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THE CULTIVATOR, 
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of Cotswold ewes, belonging to ¥m. Lane, of Glouces¬ 
tershire, were capital specimens of this breed of sheep. 
The mountain sheep were Cheviots and Exmoors. 
The Cheviots were very fine indeed, and the Exmoor 
ewes, to which the first prize as shearlings was awarded, 
were unusually good. Under this division was exhibited 
a fine Shetland ram and 5 pure Shetland ewes. These 
were great curiosities—very small, with long coarse 
wool. The ewes were of the size of the small Welsh 
sheep so famous for their superior mutton, and these I 
believe are somewhat famous for the same purpose. The 
ewes were part white and part black—so wild that a net 
over their pen was required to keep them in the enclosure. 
The contrast between them and the large Cotswold buck, 
which would weigh more than all of them, probably, 
was very striking. A very singular ram was exhibited, 
entirely black, fine wool, rather smaller than our old 
Merinos, a cross between the Spanish and Welch sheep. 
There were several Merino rams and ewes exhibited 
with their fleeces, all from Surrey. They were very 
fair representations of the old Spanish Merinos, had 
good forms, though rather small—the wool very fine, 
but quite short, more like the Saxons, much, than our 
Merinos. This kind of sheep does not meet with much 
favor here, as the great object is mutton, on which the 
people live, and the breeders thrive. 
In the stock department, there are some curiosities on 
exhibition. The little Shetland bull mentioned yester¬ 
day, is a very fit companion for the Shetland sheep and 
but a very little larger. A Bramin bull, heifer and calf, 
in addition to the Roman bull and cow, attracted atten¬ 
tion. 
The Ayrshire and Alderney or Jersey stock, were very 
good indeed, and showed the peculiarities of those dis¬ 
tinguished breeds, which stand pre-eminent for their 
dairy qualities. Some of the Ayrshire cows were very 
fine animals, of much larger size, than usually seen in 
our country, and although they showed the pure Ayr¬ 
shire breeding, I could not but surmise, that possibly a 
trace of the Durham might be found in them. I was 
much pleased with the Long-horns, although there were 
only two bulls and five cows and heifers exhibited. One 
of the bulls to which the prize was awarded, w r as an 
animal that, take him all in all, could not have been 
easily beat in competition with the more popular breeds. 
The cow r s developed fine milking qualities ; the heifers 
were very excellent, and I believe, that for some parts 
of England, the restoration of this breed in its purity, 
would not be detrimental to the farmers. The cows are 
now very generally found in all the large dairies; in some 
instances they are crossed with the Short-horn or old 
Teeswater, and they are very generally approved. They 
are a very hardy breed of cattle, attain large size, and 
although they do not attain as early maturity as the 
Short-horns, they are long-lived and are a very valuable 
breed. 
I was most surprised with the Sussex cattle. When I 
first passed them, I supposed they were Devons, and I 
can now account for a race of cattle in our country, 
which pass for Devons, but which I have no doubt are 
descended from the Sussex. The cattle of New-Eng- 
land, in many districts, have the characteristics of the 
Sussex, and I believe a good selection made from these 
cattle on exhibition here, might have been imported to 
the United States, and sold without an objection, to 
most purchasers as Devons. I met Mr. Bell to-day, 
at the Sussex quarter, and he expressed his astonish¬ 
ment at these cattle, of which he had never heard. He 
noticed at once their great similarity to what are called 
Devons in America, and said he might have been de¬ 
ceived in them himself if they had been exhibited in the 
Devon class, and offered to him as Devons. At the 
Maryland State show, a stock of cattle was exhibited 
from the State of Deleware, called New-York Devons. 
I could not imagine where they came from. But my 
impression is that they are from the Sussex breed. 
These cattle are very much prized in Sussex. They 
are rather larger than the Devons—probably they are 
from the south Devon stock, originally. They are gen¬ 
erally a shade lighter color, and not quite as fine as the 
north Devon. They make capital working oxen, good 
beef, though late to mature, and they claim for them 
good milking qualities. 
The Scotch polled cattle were few, and mainly of the 
Angus breed. They are very large, but develop very 
fair fattening propensities. When examining the Angus 
cow, which was remarkably fat, I met a London sales¬ 
man, who examined her with great care and told me he 
never met with a more perfect animal for beef, and such, 
I confess, was my own impression, after a very close ex¬ 
amination, though his opinion was of far more impor¬ 
tance than mine. Of the Scotch horned, there were 
but few. Two West Highland cows, which showed the 
purity of that celebrated breed, but no bulls, except 
quite a young one on exhibition. 
The Dinner. —At 4 o’clock, precisely, the great din¬ 
ner of the Society, for which 2000 tickets were issued, 
and all disposed of, came off. It was in a grand pavil¬ 
ion adjoining the show grounds, excellently arranged. 
Two tier of tables, raised five or six feet above the 
floor, were arranged on each side of the main hall. At 
one of them the Duke of Richmond presided—Prince 
Albert and the Belgian Minister on his right, and Mr. 
Lawrence, U. S. Minister, and the Mayor of Windsor, on 
his left. The residue of the tables on the side with the 
President, were occupied by the invited guests, among 
whom I was allotted a seat. The opposite raised tables 
were occupied by the Governors of the Society. Lord 
Portman, Y. P., in the absence, (from illness,) of Lord 
Ducie, president elect, presided. The tables below were 
filled up by the members of the Society, and others who 
had tickets. Mr. T. Bell, one of our delegates, was 
present. So admirable were the arrangements, that 
every one had a seat, and every necessary attention. The 
eating of the dinner was, as you may well imagine, dis¬ 
posed of in no ordinary speed, most of those present not 
having broken fast since early in the morning. At 
length the trumpeters, one by the President, the other 
by Lord Portman, on the opposite side of the hall, sound¬ 
ed the notes for attention, and the Duke of Richmond, 
after a few remarks applicable to the occasion and to the 
toast, proposed the health of her Majesty, the Queen, 
which was received with great applause, as it is every¬ 
where in this country. The Duke is not an eloquent 
speaker, so far as manner is concerned, but he has great 
tact in what he says, and in the speeches which he made 
