animal economy. There can be nothing mysterious or magical about the matter; for Nature cannot manufacture fat without the elements of fat, any more than can bread be made without flour. We have seen that she has an abundance of the raw materials, that these are of an inferior quality, and that the fat produced is also of a very inferior kind; and when we come to discuss, in another article, the second head of the general subject, we shall find that, when Nature receives an abundant supply of raw materials, of a superior quality, she then produces a superior quality of rich "blooming fat," as the Metropolitan butchers call it. There is nothing unreasonable in all this, but the contrary. As to the deposition of fat in the system, that is the peculiar function of the adipose organs; and whenever there is an extra stimulus applied, there is, as a matter of course, an extra secretion or depo. sition of fat. But of this more afterwards. Under certain diseased conditions of the adipose system, however as polysarcia, or obesity-there is an unnatural disposition to deposit extra quantities of inferior fat, sometimes very unequally, in the adipose tissue. Not unfre quently it is found in parts of the body where it should not be deposited, as in the lymphatics; and as the diagnosis of the fatty period of rot bears a close resem blance to that of obesity in the human body in several respects, the question naturally arises, Do the two-the fatty period of rot in sheep, and obesity in man-belong to the same class of diseases? It is not, however, a question in nosology that we have taken up the pen to discuss, but one in the dietetics and general management of our flocks. When examined from the former point of view, there are, no doubt, a long list of diseases that the unwholesome food in question may produce, and actually do produce, according to predisposing causes existing within the system, or to management and other causes from without, to which the sheep is exposed. At the same time, when the food consumed is of such a quality as to produce disease, as the fatty stage of rot manifestly is, the pathological question cannot altogether be avoided. whose vitality in warm rotting weather is often very much depressed, and the consequent small quantity of the fatforming material taken into the system that is thereby consumed in the work of keeping up the temperature of the body, thus leaving more than the normal proportion of it to be used up in the increase of carcase weight. Then follows the long catalogue of elementary substances, of which the food is deficient, but which is daily required as the natural stimuli of all the organs of the body-so that when we begin to examine these individually, not a single organ of the whole living fabric is found to be supplied with its natural stimulus; hence the manner they gradually cease to perform their respective functions healthily, even when not affected by any other cause from within or from without, as formerly noticed. Of the various organs of the body thus deprived of part of their natural stimuli, it will only be necessary for us to notice three-viz., the liver, the adipose organs, and those organs that supply the flesh with the juice that forms so large an element in the increase of the carcase weight of a rotten sheep. The blood, as it flows into the capillaries of the liver from the intestines, supplies the bile-secreting apparatus with the elements of the bile. As was formerly shown, this secreting apparatus consists of innumerable tubular cell-vessels, each of which is an organ for the elaboration and secretion of bile. Each of these organs has, when in health, the power of selecting its food, the elements of the bile, from the blood, and of elaborating these into bile as they pass through its structure, and also of discharging this raw bile into the small ducts, where it undergoes further changes as it flows onwards to the gall-bladder. These elements form the natural stimulus of the secreting organs. This stimulus is taken in at the one end of the organ and discharged at the other. The process is partly mechanical, partly chemical; but beyond this, very little is yet known of its true character. "Doctors differ"; and they are very much divided on this, and on the structural anatomy of these secreting organs. If the newly-absorbed chyle supplies the blood with an excess of the elements of bile, it will naturally stimulate the secreting organs to make a corresponding extra quantity of bile; and if deficient of stimulus, vice versa. Some of our readers are probably experimentally acquainted with the soundness of both these conclusions, derangement of the liver being very general, During the fatty period of rot under investigation, the large quantity of food consumed requires a corresponding increase in the supply of bile from the gall-bladder, along with the pancreatic juices. To counterbalance this it supplies the blood with a corresponding increase of chyle. This chyle, however, is abnormal. It contains, for example, an excess of certain elements of bile, but a deficiency of the others; so that although the quantity of fresh bile made to feed the gall-bladder corresponds with what it discharges into the duodenum, yet the In a work recently published by authority of the American Chemical Institute, on "Positive Medical Agents," it is laid down as an axiom in dietetics, that "No organ can perform its natural function healthily, for any length of time, when any part of its natural stimulus is withdrawn." When examined in this light, the subject of unwholesome food in question is in the highest degree interesting; for during the first stage of rot this food increases the weight of the sheep more rapidly than does other foods of a superior quality; while, at the same time, it is slowly but surely undermining the health of the whole system. There is thus more than one anomaly in each of the two examples. In both cases-in health as in the disease under consideration-the increase in weight, sup-quality is inferior; ditto ditto as regards the pancreatic juice. posing the sheep full grown, consists in the filling up of the flesh with juice and the adipose tissue with fat. But it must always be borne in mind that, besides this twofold process of increase, there is a living organism to repair and maintain, upon which there is a very heavy daily waste; add to these the combustion of a large amount of certain elements of the food in keeping up the heat of the body, or in the calorification of the system, and the reader will readily be able to form some conception of the depth of complexity with which this part of the subject is surrounded. It is no doubt this complication of circumstances, upon many of which Physiology is only just now but beginning to shed the first rays of light, that has kept the fatty stage of rot, and even the disease in all its devastating entirety, from first to last, so deeply wrapt up in obscurity, that in the darker ages gave rise to so many superstitious notions, and that has been instrumental in handing down so many fallacious opinions to the present generation. The first thing that is likely to strike the eye of the chemist and physiologist, in the examination of such food and its utilization in the animal economy, is the excess of water and fat-forming material that go to increase the weight of the carcase, especially when the extra quantity of it that is daily consumed during the fatty period is taken into the calculation. The second thing that conspicuously invites attention is the dulness of the animal, This is the peculiar characteristic of the disease as regards the quantity and quality of the bile at the commencement or during the fatty stage of it, and therefore it merits special attention. Indeed medical writers are agreed that in obesity the secretions are defective. For a time the injurious effects produced upon the duodenal digestion may be small; but as the wedge thus entered gradually increases in thickness, the sheep ultimately falls off its feed, the chyle becomes not only deteriorated in quality, but deficient in quantity, less and less and worse and worse bile being made by the liver, whether it is infested with fluke or not. If there are no fluke in the liver, the disease may assume what is usually termed water-rot. This is the more common type, but there are many others. The moment fluke enter, and begin to irritate the mucous membrane that lines the biliary ducts, the mechanical and nervous action thus raised will retard the secretion of bile, thereby increasing indigestion, and consequently the intensity of the morbid action experienced throughout the system. At first the extra discharge of mucus, which trematode animalcules naturally induce from their ciliated action, would no doubt counteract this irritation and retardation of biliary secretion, especially as it is set up at a distance from the bile-secreting organs. But as fluke increase in size, and interfere with the secreting orgaus, the latter would perform their functions less perfectly, or cease altogether. In point of fact they are generally partially obliterated, or cease to exist, the coats of the ducts becoming changed, "having much the look of soaked leather," to quote the language of Dr. Budd. The elements of the bile, or some of them, are thus not removed from the blood by the hepatic organ, but are carried into the circulation, giving the skin, flesh, and fat, the sallow appearance which they invariably exhibit, not only in animals that die of rot, but in those that are sent to the shambles as the best rotten mutton (?), such as Bakewell boasted of producing! and as too many farmers THE AGRICULTURE The French colony of Algeria has been brought rather prominently before the public here lately, by the collection of its varied products shown in the International Exhibition, the number of premiums it has carried off, and by the large investment of British capital for cotton cultivation and other industrial enterprises in that quarter. An official report of M. Mercier-Lacombe, Minister of State and Director-General of the Civil Service in Algeria, on the actual position of that colony, just published by order of the Duke of Malakoff, furnishes therefore some useful details for estimating the present condition and agricultural progress of Algeria. We find that the whole population numbers now about 3,000,000, of whom 2,700,000 are Arabs, and 192,746 Europeans. The natural land divisions of the colony are Tunis on the east, the empire of Morocco on the west, and the Sahara native tribes subject to France on the south. The northern coast line of the Mediterranean is about 250 leagues, those of the east and west about 97 leagues, and the total superficies is approximately estimated at 24,375 square leagues. The country naturally divides itself into three great divisions-that on the coast which carries the rivers to the sea, the high lands in the interior where the waters are gathered into lakes, and the Sahara. In an agricultural and pastoral point of view we distinguish the agricultural and wooded region in the north, known as the Tell, embracing about 14,000,000 of hectares, considered the granary of Algeria, yielding abundant crops, which furnish the inhabitants with their breadstuffs, tobacco, cotton, furniture woods, and wine. To the south is the Sahara, where is the pasturage of the nomad tribes. The Algerian wheats 'are divided into two classeshard wheat and soft wheat. The former is the only variety grown by the natives. The flour of this wheat furnishes a larger and better quality of bread than that of the soft wheat, and is more nutritive. The gluten, which is the essential ingredient necessary for conversion into the alimentary pastes (vermicelli, macaroni, semola, &c.), is found in larger proportion in this wheat than that of any other country, not excepting the wheats of Sicily and Taganrog. The chemical examinations made at the laboratories of Sarbonne and Paris, and the practical results of trials, leave no doubt on this point. In 1861 there were under culture with hard wheat 891,219 hectares, and with soft or imported wheat 71,002 hectares. The produce of the former was 4,849,598 hectolitres, and of the latter 71,002 hectolitres. The progress of agriculture is shown in the statement that in 1856 there were 1,270,686 hectares under culture with cereals and pulse, which yielded 6,614,094 hectolitres; and in 1861, 2,040,260 hectares, yielding a crop of 12,746,651 hectolitres. Barley is a large crop, the harvest of last year yielding 7,124,934 hectolitres. The principal other cultures at present are cotton and tobacco, although a sugar plantation has been commenced at Religanne. The production of | OF ALGERIA. The total imports of the colony, which in 1851 were less than 67,000,000 francs, rose in 1861 to 116,600,000 francs; the exports from 19,792,000 francs to 49,000,000 francs. There is, however, a much greater advance the tariff fixed in 1844 by the General Director of than this, as the value of the goods is still estimated at Finance, while the price of most has been greatly augmented. All the world knows the Arab steed. The number of horses in the three provinces of the colony is returned at 72,703, and of mares 92,699, of mules 117,164, and of asses 193,667. These resources are found sufficient, not only to mount the French cavalry and native troops of Africa, but also to furnish horses for a certain number of regiments, which, after a fixed period of service, return to France. This remount service is organized in the colony on the same plan as in France. There are three depôts, one at Blidat for the province of Algiers, a second at Mostaganem in the province of Oran, and the third at Constantine for that province. A chief of division is placed at the head of each depôt, who is aided by a certain number of captains charged with the duty of purchasing. A remount company is stationed at each depôt, for the purpose of taking charge and transporting the horses, and for managing the stables. The service is centralized in Algiers, under the direction of the Governor-General, in the hands of a colonel, who has the title of director of remounts of the horse establishments. The purchased mares for the army are covered by imperial stallions, which are kept by the Government for the improvement of this breed. Of these there are at present 183 stallions and five asses. But they are in sufficient to supply the continuous wants of the remount, and hence stallions are purchased from the native tribes, and about 536 native stallions and 82 asses are now held for this purpose. These are from time to time taken to different stations and cover the mares either of the colonists or natives gratis. Last year there were officially served 24,369 mares and 4,339 asses, besides a large and undefined number in private establishments. Great progress has of late years been made in horse breeding. In 1856 only 16,777 mares were covered, 11,656 by native stallions and 5,121 by imperial stallions. New and vigorous efforts have also lately been made to improve the horses of the colony. The Government has established a breeding stud in which are included the choicest stallions and mares of oriental and African blood, that will be crossed by horses of the best foreign stock. The prices of horses vary according to the character, height, and age of the animals. A cavalry horse of the height required for the military regiments (1 metre 44 centimetres) costs on the average 600 to 800 francs. One of less height varies according to the demand from 75 to 300 francs. But the price of horses of pure blood is continually on the ad vance. According to the official statistics collected by the administration in establishing a native tax, it appears that Algeria possesses about one million head of cattle, and ten million head of sheep, which includes those belonging to the colonists. A report prepared in 1860 by the Commandant of the division of Algiers, pointed out in strong terms the advantage which had resulted, and would further accrue, from attention being paid to the raising of live stock. From this report we find that the combined European and native population occupy about 46,000,000 hectares, or in the proportion of one individual to fifteen hectares. There would be, therefore, one head of cattle for about forty hectares, and one sheep for every four hectares. The colonists, looking at the extent of their pasturage, and the climate, have ample room for extension; and as France pays yearly about 60,000,000 francs for foreign wool, there is plenty of scope for Algerian enterprise in this direction alone. Spain takes from Algeria yearly a large number of cattle, but these are badly cared for and fed by the natives, and of a very inferior breed, hence the purchasers have to fatten them before slaughter. The 10,000,000 of sheep produce yearly about 150,000 quintals of wool in the grease. There is exported about 40,000 quintals of this wool, the rest being consumed in the factories of Beni-Mzab, Beni-Abbes, and other native tribes of the interior, or for the preparation of tents. On the average the clip of wool weighs in the grease about 1 kilo. 500 grammes, and sells for 1f. It is quite possible to double the weight of the fleece by proper care, and to increase also largely the weight of the cattle with but very little expense to the breeders. Experience and practice have shown that a flock well managed, and placed in favourable circum. stances, increases rapidly in production and value, and after a very few years yields a return equivalent to the original capital invested. By a persistent and intelligent course of action it is asserted in the report, that it is quite possible, ere long, to make Algeria, as far as regards wool production, a second Australia, with this advantage, that she is within forty-eight hours of Marseilles. THE DINNER TO MR. M'COMBIE, OF TILLYFOUR. On Thursday, July 31, the dinner to Mr. M'Combie, Tillyfour, as promoted by the members of the Royal Northern Agricultural Society, and others, in acknowledgment of his eminence as a breeder of the black polled cattle, took place in the Music Hall, Aberdeen. The company numbered about 400, representing the leading interests in the town and county, with many gentlemen from a distance. The Marquis of Huntly, Lord-Lieutenant of the County, presided; and the Croupiers were: Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Convener of the County; Sir J. D. H. Elphinstone, M.P.; and Mr. Farquharson, of Haughton. The hall was laid out with two principal end tables, and five others along the area. Behind the chair was a portrait of Mr. M'Combie's famous Poissy Ox; and in the centre of the hall was a trophy formed of the cups and medals gained by him. In returning thanks for his health, Mr. M'Combie said: My Lord Marquis, Croupiers, and Gentlemen, I feel quite overpowered by the expression of kind feeling toward me which has been made to-day by you, my Lord, by the Croupiers, by a large number of the landed proprietors of this, the greatest cattle breeding and cattle feeding county in Britain-by the Lord Provost, by the Magistrates, by many of the influential citizens of Aberdeen; by tenant farmers and friends from various parts of Scotland; by gentlemen with whom I have fought hard battles in our showyards, and by many of my old servants, who have attained, by their good conduct, respectable positions in society. I feel in my inmost heart, the generous, the surpassing kindness you have shown me, I am very highly gratified by the terms in which you, my lord, have spoken of my exertions to improve our polled breed of cattle, and of the success with which these exertions have been crowned. I was led by a father, whose memory I revere, to believe that our polled cattle are peculiarly suited to our soil and climate, and that, if their properties were rightly brought out, they would equal, if not surpass, any other breed as to weight, symmetry, and quality of flesh. I resolved that I would endeavour to improve our native breed. I have exerted all my energies to accomplish this purpose. For many years I was an unsuccessful exhibitor at the Smithfield Club. I went to Baker-street, I minutely examined the prize winners, I directed my attention especially to the points in which the English were superior to the Scottish cattle: I came to the conclusion that I had been beaten, not because our Scottish breed was inferior to the English breeds. I saw that I had been beaten, because I was imperfectly acquainted with the points of the animals most appreciated in Baker-street, and the proper system of feeding them. I selected the animals best fitted for exhibition at Baker-street. I doubled, I tripled, I quadrupled the cake allowed to my feeding stock, I attained the object of my ambition. The English agriculturists always maintained that a Scot would never take a first place in a competition with a Shorthorn, a Hereford, or a Devon; I have given them reasons for changing their opinion. A Polled Scot, exhibited by me, took the first place at Birmingham. To a Polled Scot, exhibited by me, the Prince Albert Cup was unanimously awarded at the late Great International Show in France, by a jury of twelve, consisting of English, Irish, and French gentlemen, in a competition with the finest oxen of the English breeds, in a competition with the finest oxen of the French breeds. I feel very highly gratified that you, my Lord, representing the sentiments of this influential assembly of gentlemen-one of the most influential assemblies, I believe, that ever met in the metropolis of the North-bave expressed yourself to the effect that I have reflected credit on Aberdeenshire, and promoted the agricultural interests of Scotland. The Aberdeen Free Press, which reports the proceedings at great length, gives, as an appropriate supplement to the same number of the paper, a complete list of the prizes taken by Mr. M'Combie with his cattle. These comprise upwards of £1,300 in money, 66 gold, silver, and bronze medals, 5 silver cups, a piece of plate, and a gold snuff-box. A portrait of Mr. M'Combie's Birmingham cow, "the best animal in the show," appears in The Farmers' Magazine for August, THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. MEETING AT The County Society, and the Cirencester Association, which had for several years enjoyed but a feeble existence, united their forces in 1855, since which they have made successful progress, but wishing to keep pace with the times, and following the example of other places, the authorities resolved to hold their meetings in different parts of the county; the district to be varied annually. As the opening of a park for the especial convenience of the good citizens of Gloucester was appointed to take place on the 30th of July, and the park being well adapted for the purpose of the Agricultural Exhibition, it was considered expedient that the two celebrations should take place simultaneously. It is an important element incidental to provincial agricultural societies, that they excite competition of those productions of the soil which may be termed indigenous-those for which the immediate neighbourhood is celebrated. When a spirit of rivalry is once established, provincial exhibitors are encouraged to extend their competitions, and thus support the more formidable meetings. The most powerful auxiliary to the success of all will surely be found in a determination to support each other, totally free from petty jealousies and envious distinctions. When the amalgamation of the Cirencester with the county Association was resolved upon, other aids were called into effect to give éclat to the occasion, and ensure popularity. An active and most effective committee was formed, including many gentlemen immediately identified with the interest of the city. Mr. Alfred Wheeler undertook the reponsibilities as honorary secretary, to share in the arduous labours with Mr. Trinder, who has for many years, with great zeal and ability, devoted his services to the Society emanating at Cirencester. Rather than have the dinner in an overcrowded heated room, it was determined that a cold one should be provided in a spacious tent, erected within the precincts of the park, and the gracious custom of inviting the ladies to be present was a complete success. A flower show on such an occasion was an accompaniment which could not be dispensed with. The weather on the opening day was most propitious, one of those delightful summer days we have been so long hoping to enjoy, but till recently hoping for in vain; and the hay harvest being finished, and the corn harvest not yet commenced, a fortunate interregnum afforded exhibitors opportunities of absenting themselves from home without inconvenience. If we had no Scottish dairymaid in characteristic costume, as at Battersea, the scene was graced and enlivened with many a fascinating dairy maid, represented in propria persona by the farmers' daughters. According to custom, the shorthorns prevailed in numbers over the Herefords; the former principally under the patronage of the president, Mr. Edward Holland, Messrs. Lane, Bowly, Hewer, Garne, Stratton, and Butler, the latter a gentleman who has only recently come forward as an exhibitor, and on this occasion with marked success. The Herefords were mostly exhibited by Messrs. John Hewer, William Perry, W. and J. Taylor, and Mr. John Wigmore, who stood boldly forth in honour of the county. It is amusing to study the enthusiasm with which some of the shorthorn advocates will carry out their fancies in support of their favourites, when they will not allow themselves to distinguish merit in animals of any other class, oftentimes when there is evident superiority in the latter. Under the powerful dominion of fashion's sway, there are men who will too frequently permit themselves to be influenced beyond all propriety. When we perceive animals laying on fat in patches approximating to deformities, how can we reconcile those protuberances with that beauty of outline and elegance of propor tion indispensable with true symmetry? These patchy protubeberances are deposits of fat, which have accumulated from over-feeding, not only of the animal exhibiting them, but also of his antecedents; thus it becomes an inheritance most de GLOUCESTER. sirable to be dispensed with. Moreover, such "beauty spots" do not consist of healthy fat; for it is in a sort of condensed condition, to which adipose cartilage might not be an inappropriate term. An unnatural refinement of the skin, connected with unmistakable indications of morbid disease in other parts, afford very certain evidence that incestuous breeding has been adopted to a degree injurious to the constitution. The three aged bulls which received the prizes in the first class had each of them been shown at Battersea without reward or commendation. In the cow class, Mr. Stratton obtained the first prize with an animal that the judges at Battersea did not distinguish. Her over-fat condition appeared somewhat antagonistic to our ideas of a breeding animal, although she is a very superior specimen, and as splendid an animal to meet as it is possible to conceive. The first and third prizes for heifers under two years old were assigned to Mr. Butler for two useful animals with every appearance of robust constitutions, and the second prize to Mr. John Lane. Mr. E. Bowly and Mr. R. Stratton obtained the premiums for heifer calves with those which had failed to gain distinction at the exhibition of the Royal Society. The Herefords entered were very many of them animals of great merit; and the first prize in the aged bull class was secured by Mr. H. Capper, who also received the second premium at Battersea. The second and third prizes went to unsuccessful candidates at the great metropolitan show. To Mr. Charles Vevers was awarded the first prize for bull, cow, and offspring, the bull a very perfect specimen-good coat, good handler, with wonderful thighs; if any exception could be taken to the cow, it was her colour. The second prize bull, Mr. Duckham's, was rather patchy about the rump. In the class for heifers under three years old, Mr. J. M. Read obtained the third prize with Theora, after having gained the first prize at the late Royal show; and it is a great triumph for Mr. J. Wigmore, his taking first and second at this meeting-the former with Curly, the latter with Gentle the First. But this gentleman's good fortune was not confined to that class; in the succeeding one, for heifers under two years old, he was first with Flirt, and second with Gentle the Second; the third prize going to Mr. W. Perry for a heifer with which he gained a similar position at Battersea. Mr. M. Read's Miss Southam, who took the second prize in London, was first here; and Mr. W. Evans' Nena the Second took the other prize. We now come to six dairy cows exhibited by Mr. T. Morris, with which he obtained the prize in that class, and of which he has just reason to be proud. With all the necessary attributes of good breeding they combine the valuable qualities of usefulness, excellent milkers, and as great an aptitude to fatten as can be consistently associated with milkproducing powers. The fat cows must not be allowed to pass without a comment. Beauty, the Hereford with which Mr. J. Wigmore's name again stands first in the prize-list, is a fine specimen of her class; and it could scarcely require a moment's hesitation, when they were brought out for the inspection of the judges, to decide to which they would award the honour; while butchers pronounced her superior in quality to her Shorthorn rival. Of sheep there was a good display, the Cotswolds for which this district is so famous predominating; but in estimating priority of place for generally useful purposes, Mr. Holland's Shropshire Downs would surely gain the highest distinction. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort patronized the meeting with some good Southdowns, which, without losing that refinement so apparent in that breed, had gained a little more size than usual. The pigs were few in numbers, and only calling forth a passing remark, as respectable specimens of their species. It is impossible to ignore the fact that Gloucestershire is not a horse-breeding county. The numbers exhibited were comparatively small, and several of indifferent quality. The exceptions as regards the latter remark generally apply to those which obtained rewards. The mare and foal for agricultural purposes had an easy conquest. She also carried off the prize at Battersea - a far greater recommendation. Mr. W. Hewer gained the prize for mares or geldings suitable for saddle or harness. The competition lay between him and a four-years-old chesnut shown by Mr. T. Dewe-a horse with more power than the winner; but the action of the latter was so superlatively good as to demand for him priority of place. He is by Sir Peter Laurie, dam by Shamrock, and quite a gentleman's hunter, to carry something under 13 stone. We must not dismiss this without a meed of praise to those gentlemen who took so active a part in the proceedings, in arranging the details of the yard, and promoting to the utmost the convenience and enjoyment of the visitors; the only drawback being the non-appearance of the prize-list on the first day, entirely owing to the negligence of the printer, Mr. Carrington. He may not have had sufficient experience in these matters to enable him to judge of the very great disappointment occasioned to all those who are interested in the wards, when they cannot procure the necessary information. PRIZE LIST. CATTLE. JUDGES.-Henry Higgins, Wollaston, Lydney. Matthew Savidge, Sarsdon, Chipping Norton. SHORTHORNS. Bulls above two years old. - First prize, £8, George Barne, Churchill Heath. Second of £5, William Hewer, Sevenhampton. Third of £2, William Hewer. Highly commended: Richard Stratton. Bulls above one and under two years old.-First prize, £8, John Lane, Barton Mills. Second of £5, George Jones, Witley Court. Third of £2, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Highly commended: Edmund Ruck. Commended: Richard Stratton, Bull-calf under twelve months old.-First prize, £5, Robert Hewer, Sand Hill. Second of £2 10s., Edward Hoiland, Esq., M.P., Dumbleton, Highly commended: Richard Stratton. Bull, Cow, and Offspring.-First prize, £10, John Lane, Barton Mills. Second of £5, Richard Stratton, Stapleton. Highly commended: Thomas Garne. Cow in-calf or in-milk.-First prize, £6, Richard Stratton. Second of £4, John Lane. Third of £2, Edward Holland, Esq., M.P. Highly commended: J. W. Comely. Breeding Heifer under three years old.--First prize, £6, John Lane. Second of £4, William Hewer. Third of £2, Richard Stratton. Breeding Heifer under two years old.-First prize, £6, William Butler, Badminton. Second of £4, John Lane. Third of £2, William Butler. Highly commended: W. Hewer. Heifer Calf.-First prize, £4, Edward Bowly, Siddington. Second of £2, Richard Stratton. Commended: The Earl of Radnor and Richard Stratton. HEREFORDS. Bull above two years old.--First prize, £8, R. H. Capper, Ross. Second of £5, Thomas Edwards, Wintercott. Third of £2, W. Perry, Cholstrey. Commended: W. Evans. Bull above one and under two years old.-First prize, £8, W. J. Morris, Whitwick. Second of £5, James Taylor, Stretford Court. Third of £2, J. M. Read, Elkstone. Bull Calf under twelve months old.-First prize, £5, Thos. Edwards, Wintercott. Second of £2 10s, Wm. Perry. Highly commended: James Taylor and John Wigmore. Commended: W. J. Morris. Bull, Cow, and Offspring.-First prize, £10, C. Vevers, Ivington. Second of £5, Thomas Duckham, Baysham Court. Cow in-calf or in-milk.-First prize, £6, James Taylor, Stretford. Second of £4, W. Perry. Third of £2, J. M. Read. Breeding Heifer under three years old.-First prize, £6, John Wigmore, Ross. Second of £4, John Wigmore. Third of £2, J. M. Read. Breeding Heifer under two years old.-First prize, £6, John Wigmore. Second of £4, John Wigmore. Third of £2, Wm, Perry. Heifer Calf.-First prize, £4, J. M. Read. Second of £2, Warren Evans, Usk. Commended: The whole of the class. Six Dairy Cows.-The prize of £10, Thomas Morris, Maisemore. Fat Steer. First prize, £6, The Earl of Radnor, Coleshill. JUDGES.-Henry Lane, Cotswold, Bibury. Five Breeding Theaves.-First prize, £5, J. H. Elwes, Shearling Ram.-First prize, £4, William Garne. Second of £2, T. Beale Brown, Hamper. Commended: W. Garne. Porter, Baunton. Ram and five Breeding Ewes.-The prize of £6, Thomas SHORT-WOOLS. Five Breeding Ewes. The prize of £5, John Moore, Littlecot. Five Breeding Theaves.-First prize, £5, The Duke of Beaufort, Badminton. Second of £2 10s., The Earl of Radnor. Ram of any age.-First prize, £4, The Duke of Beaufort. Second of £2, John Moore. Shearling Ram.-First prize, £4, The Earl of Radnor. Second of £2, The Duke of Beaufort. Commended: John Moore. Ram of any age.-First prize, £4, E. Holland, M.P. Second of £2, E. Holland, M.P. Shearling Ram.- First prize, £4, E. Holland, M.P. Second of £2, E. Holland, M.P. Commended: E. Holland, M.P. Five Breeding Ewes.-The prize of £4, William Hemming, Caldecott. CROSS-BREEDS. Five Breeding Ewes.-Not awarded. Five Breeding Theaves.-Not awarded. FAT SHEEP.-LONG-WOOLS. Three Shear Hoggs.-The prize of £3, The Royal Agricultural College. Three Ewes.-The prize of £3, Thomas Porter. FAT SHEEP.-SHORT-WOOLS. Beaufort. Three Shear Hoggs.-The prize of £3, The Duke of FAT SHEEP.-CROSS-BREED. Three Shear Hoggs.-The prize of £3, The Royal Agricultural College. PIGS. Maisey Hampton. Second of £2, Wm. Hewer, Sevenhampton. Boar Pig under one year old.-First prize, £4, C. Hobbs, Three Sow-Pigs under six months old.-First prize, £4, withheld. Second of £2, E. Reeve, Ross. Sow Pig for Breeding.-First prize, £3, The Rev. Henry Bailey, Swindon. Second of £1 10s., Edward Bowly. Highly commended: The Royal Agricultural College and The Earl of Radnor. Commended: Wm. Herbert, W. J. Sadler, and W. Yells. Sow and Pigs.-The prize of £3, The Royal Agricultural College. HORSES. JUDGE.-John Walker, Knightwick. Mare and Foal.-First prize, £5, John Attwater, Cubberley. Second of £3, J. H. Elwes, Colesbourne Park. Agricultural Stallion.-The prize of £10, John Sivell, Longford. Highly commended: John Crump. Commended: Colonel Kingscote, M.P. Agricultural Filly or Gelding.-Firat prize, £5, Edward Phillimore, Cheltenham. Second of £3, Charles Wakefield, Quenington. Mare or Gelding for Harness or Saddle.-The prize of £5, Wm. Hewer. Sevenhampton. Highly commended: W. T. Dewe. Commended: The whole class. Pony not exceeding 14 hands,-The prize of £5, Wm. Smith, Bibury. |