Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-01-31
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sMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW.
The last MARI Lane .Ezpress. Ia its report
Of the late Smithtield Club show, among
other matters, says that Devons were not 50
we'll represented as in former years, and in
detail they did not work out well.
In the next class. for steers not exceeding
s years and 3 months old, contemporary
to secure the first prize-the breed cup for
the best Devon, and the, champion cup for
the best steer or OK In the show. These
were very high honors for an animal of sec
ond-rate excellence, which isall we could
discover in him. The character of this ami
ma was good and his style neat, his back,
ribs, and rounds good, and quality undenia-
BILE, but he. stood high, and was not particu-
Iarly straight nor level. 1t is worthy Of
comment that last year the Judges passed
this animal without notice when exhibited
III the younger class"
OF HerefOrds we extract af follows:
The Herefords were numerically weak,
and the quality Indifferent, considering their
capabilities on the whole they were not as
good as they were at Birmingham, where
they were not so good as usual. The young
CT steers were particularly disappointing,
though three out of the four entries were
bred by two OF the best men of the day, Mr..
j, Price, OF Pembridge. and Mr.. VIM. lay
Tor, Of Ledbury. x \ II Taking the
Heretords as IL whole, they We're sparingly
represented, the older oxen not as good as
they use to be in slowergoing times, and
the young steers not in their usually good
form whilst the most important class ofall,
that Tor steers not cxceeding3 years and 3
months old, was virtually unrepresented-
,contain,ns only olH All nal OF no show merit.
Sussex cattle are reported as numerically
strong, but in very few instances We're they
we'll finished. Norfolk and Suffolk Polled
breed was not worthy of mention, and there
was only one Welsh animal exhibited. Tn
Scotch breeds. though irregularly and spar
ingly represented, contained exhibits OF
great merit, surprising in quality anything
else in the show. The West Highlanders
were. MS a class, poor, yet two of their num-
Der extraordinarily good a yellow dun be-
tAohSljs w oA LAitdtA NSAAolI SutIllAillR,
taking the first prize.
Conserving Siiorthorns the Express says
Tile Shorthorns were about the most mix
ed lot we have ever seen at %Islington.
Bare shoulders, imperceptible neck-veins,
narrow chimes, fiat ribs. bad rumps and
rounds, coarse bone, thin flesh, and thick
fat, all to lie seen at the first fat stock show
in the world, The class for steers not ex-
,ceeding 3 years and 3 months, contained on
~ one entry-a plaiil-shouldered fat-sided,
Aneyen bullock. with a good loin, belonging
10 the Prince Of Wales, and to this animal
the judges awarded the second prize, al
though 1t was difficult to see THAT even a
bare COMMUNICATION was deserved. The
oxen above 3 years and 3 months, and not
exceeding 4 years and 6 months, We're not
H. creditable to the Slorlhorn breed AS the
corresponding Hereiords We're to their
breed-Wlich is saying very little for them.
"REMINISCENCES OF FLORA TEMPLE.
Mr.. James ID. McMann, WHO had Flora
Temple in his possession seven years, a few