The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-06-21

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Of water is ample and Che arrange ements
for taking away the, manure excellent.
Offices for the attendants, with hay and
grain barracks, are being provided, and
q very large hotel adioins the yards. x
"The International feature has been
better worked up at their Exhibition
than at any previous ones" 80 says at
least Professor Archer, one Of the Eng
lish commissioners who has attended all
the previous world g fairs. In confirms
zion of this T might state that the Cen
tennial commission from Canada has
made official requiGtion for space in the
International stockyard for the exhibit
tion Of one hundred and fifty head 3of
neat cattle, seyenty-Ave sheep, seventy
hye swine and 800 coops OF poultry. In
addition, a firm of shippers proposes to
put on q special steamship to fetch cat
tie from Europe. This ship will not
undertake to run fast, but rather to
make the trip as comfortable for the
animals as possible by running slow or
even turning tail to the storms If de-
sirable. = All the railroads offer free
return transportation on live stool; but
it is likely that most Of the, foreign e1-
hibits will be sold on the ground. The
secretary OF the treasury has amended
the late order, which interdiets the: i'm
portation of cattle, which was issued to
prevent the introduction tof contagious
diseases, provided the animals have
been examined by q competent veterl-
nary surgeon and certified TO be- free OF
disease. This certificate must be m
dorsed by our consul at the port OF
shipment, and the animals must be in
tended for exhibition or breeding.
The list Of prizes runs high up into
the thousands as first, second and third !
prizes will be awarded to the best OF
every recognized breed R,esen OF tne
competing lists, sweepstake prizes esone
excepted. For instance, cattle will com=
pete in herds. This constitutes q class.
Now, as there are nine erecognized breeds
of cattle-viz.: shorthorns, Holsteins,
Herefords, Ayrshires, Devons, Guern-
seys, Brittanies, 1Kerrys and Jerseys-
there will be three times (frst, second
and third prizes) nine or twenty7seyen
prizes in, the class Of herds. For bulls
alone there are three classes-viz. bulls
three years and over, over two years and
under three, over one year and under
two AS each of the three classes has
nine breeds and three prizes for each
breed we have three times nine times
three) eighty-one prizes for bulls OF
COWS there are four; classes, according
to age, and, therefore, 108 prizes.
There are also sweepstake prizes both
for bulls and for COWS. Fat and draught
cattle have five classes, viz: The best
fatted steer and the fattest COW, the most
powerful yoke of oxen and the, most
rapidly walking yoke, OF oxen, the most
thoroughly trained yoke and the mos1
thoroughly trained team Of three o,
more yokes of oxen. Breeding horses
have sixteen classes; speed horses fou,
classes; walking horses one class
matched teams five classes; asses to,
breeding four classes; sheep thirteen
classes, and goats the same; swine twelve
classes; dogs ten classes and poultry
two classes. The latter are to be exhibit
ed in pairs of one year and over as one
class and under one ycer as one class
They include chickens, turkeys, ducks
geese, swans, pigeons, Guineas and ornla l
mental birds; In. this division it is eas.
to see that the number of prizes will b.
immense as awards will be made to-
superiority to every recognized breed
If there are fifty breeds of chickens ant
two classes lover one year and under on
'year) and three prizes, we would hav
fifty Cbreeds) multiplied by two (classes)
multiplied by three (prizes first, secon'
and third), or three hundred prizes to
chickens alone. Ducks and pigeons o
the recognized breeds are very numer
GUS, and so it is plain that, as each breet
competes only with others of its owl
breed, the awards in the live stock sec
ton will, as I said, run up into tn
thousands. Living fishes will be dis
PLAYED in both fresh and salt waite
aauaria, and awards will be made for tn
largest display of fish of all species
The aquarial exhibit will, no doubt, b.
the largest ever made in this country
aud perhaps the geological garden may
secure the whole.
As the officers of the bureau OF agrl
culture are determined to leave nothing
undone to make the live stock displa.
the crowning feature of the Agriculture
department it is obvious that they hav'
an onerous work on hand. A cardlna
object of this exhibition is to pronot
Improvement in breeding stock, ant
visitors to the Exhibition will have tn
great advantage Of seeing animal
brought, not only from America, bu
from Europe.