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William Brown Tring Agricultural Association Volume for 1877-1881 |
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William Brown Tring Agricultural Association Volume for 1877-1881 |
Contents
It is clear that the pages for the entries were prepared before the September meeting, when arrangements of judges, etc., were agreed before the show.
Special General Meeting of the Members to reconsider the alteration made at the General Meeting as to the rule relative to the Limitation of Membership to a ten mile radius of Tring to be measured by the nearest public road.
The Association held its 41st Meeting on Oct 11th 82. The weather was unprecedently wet and to some extent cause the absence of several head of stock from the Show Yard especially in the pig classes, the pens with a few exceptions being vacant atho' a better entry had been [not] received.
The Sheep Classes were very well filled and were highly commended throughout for the general good quality by the Judges.
The Horned Stock Classes had a very full entry and the quality throughout was pronounced to be very good by the Judges especially the Class for Heifers under 3 years old. These classes like the pigs suffered considerably by the wet weather. The Class for Entrie Horses had but three entries and were not well represented. Also the Class for Mares and Foals, but the Colt and Gelding Classes had a very full entry. The hunters as usual were a weak class.
The Prizes for Roots & Crops were all well contested and a most satisfactory show was experienced.
A more conspicuous number of Farm Servants were entered for the Long Period of employment and the accounts from the results of the lambing prizes was satisfactory.
The Ploughing contest is becoming each year more curtailed and the number of teams entered grow less.
The contest in the Barley Class was very strong.
The Cottage garden produce as usual was largely represented from Wendover and I would strongly recommend that if these prizes are continued they should only be open to competition to servants in the employ of Members.
On the whole the Show would have been one of the most successful yet held but for the weather.
The funds are at present very low and unless new members are enrolled a curtailment of the prize list must be resorted to. Several old members have discontinued their subscriptions on a/c of the unfortunate seasons, and as the prize list has been continually added to, this matter must receive the attention of the meeting.
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