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BERKSHIRE BREED. 
Class 123.—Boar, above twelve months old. 1st prize, 10/., Heber 
Humfrey, of Kingstone Farm, Shrivenham, Berks. 2nd, 5/., Thomas 
Radcliffe, of Cheswell Grange, Newport, Salop. 
Class 124.—Boar above six months and not exceeding twelve months old. 
1st prize, 10/., The Executors of the late W. Hewer, of Sevenhampton. 
Highworth, Wilts. 2nd, 5/., Lord Clermont, of Ravensdale Park, Newry, 
Ireland. 
Class 125.—Breeding sow. 1st prize, 10/., Richard Fowler, of Broughton 
Farm, Aylesbury, Bucks. 2nd, 5/., Arthur Stewart, of St. Bridge Farm, 
Gloucester. 
Class 126.—Pen of three breeding sow pigs of the same litter,’above four 
and under eight months old. 1st prize, 10/., Arthur Stewart, of St. Bridge 
Farm, Gloucester. 2nd, 5/., John Biggs, of Cublington, Leighton Buzzard. 
OTHER BREEDS NOT ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN ANY OE THE PRECEDING 
CLASSES. 
Class 127.—Boar. 1st prize, 10/., Clement R. N. Beswycke-Royds, of 
Littleborough, Lancashire. 2nd, 5/., Richard Elmhirst Duckering, of 
Northorpe. Reserve number, Francis Hart Dyke, of Acomb, York. 
Class 128.—Breeding sow. 1st prize, 10/., Peter Eden, of Cross-lane, 
Salford, Manchester. 2nd, 5/., Peter Eden, of Cross-lane, Salford. Reserve 
number, Richard Elmhirst Duckering, of Northorpe, Kirton-Lindsey. 
Class 129.—Pen of three breeding sow pigs of the same litter, above four 
and under eight months old. 1st prize, 10/., Peter Eden, of Cross-lane, 
Salford, Manchester. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
THE SLAUGHTER-HOUSE QUESTION. 
The arguments against slaughter-houses in towns are so 
many and obvious that they seem at first sight to leave no 
room for anything that may be alleged on the other side. 
There is the cruelty to the animals in driving them through 
hot and crowded streets, the obstruction of thoroughfares, 
some amount of deterioration of the flesh, and the fact that 
blood, skins, bowels, and other refuse which easily becomes 
putrid, has to be carted out at the cost of fresh labour and 
fresh obstruction to the streets. We need not plead in 
mitigation, though it is a fact, that so perfect are the regula¬ 
tions laid down by the Metropolitan Officers of Health, and 
enforced by the local authorities of the metropolis, that the 
slaughter-houses are virtually inodorous and harmless. All 
the blood is received into vessels carefully closed, and so 
emoved at once; the skin and other offal are removed also 
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