The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-06-11 00:00:00

From this ft is further akeereable that the Cornwell,
exhibitors hese incremed from 1 at Dorcheettr to 88 at
Tomo , awl the WilvTo6s on their own gmsand there
were 40 Dorsetshire eiiibitre, only 2 agrictilturi.te
from that cet,rity are repreaented at ti.e present
meeting. Applying .ether mode of analysis, the
following emnioirative results ar3 arri.ed at :—Of she
428 head et cattle at the present muting, as against
592 at Dorchester. there are 134 cattle as spa nit 30 •
133 ram., u against 142 ; only 100 fres is against
227 ; 80 homes as against 58; and 42 pigs, or preeiaely
the maw number In both instance.. The falling of ia
Lb. number of atotk h. therefore Entirely attributable
to the Amen Muses ; in e•ery °Orr department the
Col 'wall chow is equal. if not superior, in point of
numbers to the vie ling of last rear.
Tux hutitv Of STOCI.--T.., eLow el lire stock May
be conikiaered on the whole as highly creditable and
utidectory.
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Tbe Devon stock were very good of their kind, and
swung the exhibitors wbo earned off ; rises in Cla.• I
were M. Farthing, of Stowey, with • splendid bull,
bred by Sir A. Beal, Bart, shioh took the place of
honour ; and Mr. Turner, of B..rtun, who it•CCI,..I the
2.1 prize. The Short-borne were a good aloes. and
considering the distance trout their native Louie, they
way be considered a rather rows:kid:As feature of the
Show. The Herefurds were but poorly represented;
in t. • Old Bull Class there we. no entry. and is
Class 18 the second prize for pairs of Heifers wan
•itlikeld fur want of merit. _ .

In &asap the cempetition was very fair oassideriag
the e rcumst in is, and it is out • little reniarkelile
that all the knit prises for Leieedere were carried al
by Mr. Trinuain. a Cornwall farmer. Anna' the
exhibitors was Mr. George Turner, id Sartori, bet his
:annals, though gaud of their kind, were held tab.
disqualified. lu the Longwools nut wielded to cos.
Ora aaCutawolda or Leicester*, there were seine rams
of &yew, quality ; but only one pen of 1111,4116- The
Cumwolda, which *ere represented by Messes, Tombs,
Handy, aad Brocue, du not call for any special
remark. lie Down chases were re”pectably fßiled. and
among the animal' noes deserving of nodes lame Woes
mabited Vila. It: G. Throokneurtun,and Mr. H. leekse.
of Whitesurcir, Illandlord. In the "all other" liowa
classes the competition was limited, sad no animated
paitteular merit was exhibited. In the Honied Sheep
Climes Ur: Danger and Mr. Rood were the only
eumpetitors.
The Horses in point of numbers were fez in excises of
them at any former on sting, and mecum diem were
some very gaud liaised*. The Puaim, however, lied
orny tea representatives, and them sere aslizely • ilk*
taut sera. Iu elms 49 DO prior *ea mnieded.
The hack gelding exhibited by Mr. Josiah Hill, of
Came, was ,ugcl.sdsiurvd mid took the Arm prise.
The Pip were exactly the WIN is number ae
Dorchester, and those of the Luxe hewed were as pod
.1 at any previous weeds( of the Society. In the smell
breeds the competitions was good, except in the dem
tor breeding sows not reseeding nine mostke.
Aninng the extra stock was • good Short-bora Cow
In loath, shown by Mr. Farley of Tram, sad there wag
also a beantifal Short -horn Heifer, exhibited by Mr.
Trethewy. of Gratopound. For the Cornwall Challenge
Cap there were live competitors. four of whom were
exhibitors in Class 46. The cop or belt for the t
I year was carried of by Mr. ticcrio Hiddiek, Trolls-
' sick Farm, Truro, and them as no doubt that he sill
nest year endeavour to Isseuese its permammte
owner,
Tits Dentaisarr YAlD.—Asioser the exhibitors fa
Ibis department were most of the leading linos in the
country. Owing to a serious numb Oa the Cora.
wall railway on Friday morning, 11011311 ci the Maple.
waits which bad been entered for exhibition never
found their way to the yard, sod If several ef the
lerger makers had not put forth their energies sad
iinuxdiateig forwarded duplioate machinee, the eons-
pleteima of the show would have been greatly de-
tracted from. Mit was, while at Dorchester there
were no lam thaa 135 steads, at Truro the number was
only 104.
Till Aims Dirairmiarr.—The experiment of dom.
bluing on exhibition of works of art and skilled mane.
fact am with • show of live stock mid implement. wee
attended with so much gnomes at Barnstaple sad Dor-
chester that it is now regarded as a permanent branch
of the Society's operations. Paintings and drawings
by local and other artiste, domestic utensils is so
silver, glum, and other materials are grouped together
with couaiderable artatie effect, and to give the whole
• character there is • special seleetios of articles free
the Booth Heaeingtom Museum, whisk oae.p7 s large
case in the east,* of the special protection

The following were the judges of ..ái—
Do..—Misr. Tern of Aylesbury, sad J Ford, of
Blandord—firrtforde and Pio—Neesrs I Ford and
Squarey, of Beh.bury —B4loyr/torn. and Long whaled
Sheep—Yawn Drum, of Eyinehani. and B Utth. se
Chippenbam Borns Weirs Gibson, Booth. and
Brookso—nort 4000 i Sheep—Yuan &vim sod &oars:.