1803.1 
after nine none will be admitted; the 
gates opened at eleven for exhibition. 
‘© Working oxen here exhibited to be fed 
forthe thew of 1804; will not be required 
to return to work, fhould the diftance ex- 
ceed forty miles. - } 
‘* Two pieces of plate will alfo be given, 
by Lord Somerville, to thofe who may have 
beft merited premiums, without obtaining 
them ; and another piece of plate will be 
given to the owner of the beit fat pig of 
aby age. , 
Claimants of thefe prizes, are requett- 
ed to give notice to Mr. Langhorn, one 
month previous to the day of fhew.” 
The prefent exhibition, being the fe- 
cond given by thenoble lord,was extreme- 
ly well attended ; and, from the fpaciouf- 
néfs and neatnefs of the place, and the 
propriety of the arrangements, the grati- 
fication of all the attending amateurs, and 
indeed of the lefs intereited fpeétators, 
appeared very complete. The cattle and 
fheep exhibited, were fufficiently nume- 
rous; although, in regard to the former, 
we cannot help remarking, that a greater 
variety of breeds would tend ftill farther 
to the neceffary end of elucidatioa: And 
we offer this hint to thofe who may be in 
the habits of working, from preference 
perhaps, the long and fhort-horned - varie- 
ties of cattle; however confiderable the 
diftance may be of place, where they have 
laboured, it may be yet no great incon- - 
venience to have them fattened afterwards, 
within a reafonable diftance of the me- 
tropolis. The honour of the very cele- 
brated breeds juft mentioned, or rather 
of their breeders, feems implicated in this 
bufinefs. 
- The oxen fhewn, confifted of Devon- 
fhire, Herefordthire, Suflex, Kentifh, and 
Glamorganfhire—The fheep, of Spanith, 
Ryeland, South Down, and Wiltfhire.— 
A pair of Devons, worked and grazed 
by the Duke of Bedford—Ditto Here- 
fords, ditto Mr. Edmunds—Ditto Kent- 
ifh, ditto Mr. Milar—Ditto Devons, 
worked by Lord Somerville, grazed by 
Mr. Hudfon—Ditto Herefords, worked 
and grazed by his Majefty—Ditto ditto, 
worked by Mr. Skyrme, grazed by Mr. 
Byng—Ditto Devons, ditto Mr. Webber 
—Ditto Suifex, ditto Sir Thomas Carr— 
Ditto Devons, ditto Mr. Hellings,. ditfo 
Mr. Coles—Three ditto Glamorgans, ditto 
Mr. Waters—One Soflex heifer, fed by 
Sir Thomas Carr—One Devon, ditto the 
Duke of Bedford—One Kentih, and two 
Bulls, the property of Mr. Whittle. 
Particulars of Lord Somerviile’s late Cattle-/hew. 22 
SHEEP.—Five South Down Wedders, 
two and one year old, belonging to Mr. 
E. Smith—Five ditto one year old, to 
the Duke of Bedford—Five ditto one year 
old, alfo to the Duke of Bedford.—Five 
ditto two year old, to Mr. E!lImon—Five 
Ryeland ditto two year old, to Lord So- 
merville—Five Wiltthire ditto three year 
old to Mr. Chapman. sToORE EWE 
LAMBS.—Five two-toothed Spanifh Rye- 
land, belonging to Lord Somerville—Five 
Ryeland, ditto to the Hon. Wm. Har- 
court—Five ditto, to Sir Wm. Clayton— 
Five South Down, to Mr. Runciman— 
Five ditto, to Mr. Edward Smith. 
Umpires appointed by Lord Somerville 
—The Honorable George Villiers—Mr, 
Ebfworth—Mr. Harrifon—Mr. Pefter— 
Mr. Lindfey. GaSe 
Various implements of hufbandry 
were exhibited by Mr. Lefter, of High 
Holborn, and Mr. Mac Dougale, of Ox- 
ford-ftreet ; amongf thefe were the much- 
efteemed two-furrow-plough, and fingle 
plough of Lord Somerville. Both Mr. ' 
Letter and the company fuffered a difap- 
pointment, in his not being able to bring 
forward in time his feparating or corn 
threfliing-machine. 
The tat fheep were killed on the fpot, 
and the live and dead weight exhibited. 
The yearling South Downs were wonder- 
fully ripe, and well-fattened within. 
Mr. Thomas Gibbs, of Piccadilly, 
feed{man to the Board of Agriculture, 
produced a dozen famples of feed of 
the moft valuable Englifh natural grafles, 
felected by himfelf, and the growth of his 
nurfery. They were univerlally approved 
by the cultivators’ prefent ; and the Hon. 
George Villiers, who has purchaied very 
confiderable quantities of them for his lands 
in Hertfordthire, liberally food forward in 
their commendation, affuring the company, 
from his own ample experience, of the ge- 
nuinenefs and goodnefs of the feeds. Mr 
Gibbs is patronized by Lord Somerville, 
was appointed feed{fman to the Board dur- 
ing the prefidence of that Lord, and, we 
believe, firft undertook the difficult tafk, 
the felecting of various natural grafs-feeds, 
at the defireof his Lordfhip. In-this pur- 
fuit, fo important to the country, Mr. 
Gibbs has been indefatigable ; and, for the 
honour cf the agricultural public, it is to 
be hoped, he will experience a proportion- 
ate encouragement. He hasa vait varie- 
ty of fpecimens at his nurfery, and can 
farnith large quantities of the moft valua- 
bie feeds. This article is more particu 
larly 
