. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, 1921 SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 163 THE NEW SHOW IN SCOTLAND. To Auimal Husbandry men and perhaps others who have to do with Canadian exhibitions, a recent event in Scotland, "The Royal Ayrshire Show," popularly known as "The New Show," presents some food for thought. Shows, exhibitions and expositions as they are variously called have ever claimed the credit of being great developing agencies. Education, demon- stration, inspiration, etc., have always crowned them in luncheon spe
. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, 1921 SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 163 THE NEW SHOW IN SCOTLAND. To Auimal Husbandry men and perhaps others who have to do with Canadian exhibitions, a recent event in Scotland, "The Royal Ayrshire Show," popularly known as "The New Show," presents some food for thought. Shows, exhibitions and expositions as they are variously called have ever claimed the credit of being great developing agencies. Education, demon- stration, inspiration, etc., have always crowned them in luncheon speeches and press reports. Their power and their benefit cannot be denied, but the fulness of their service may well be questioned and the direction of their force may often be condemned. While recog- nizing to the full the virtue of the show, it must also be admitted that it has been one of the greatest propa- gators of useless fads and fancies with which Agricul- ture has been burdened. So much so is this true that the commonplace man has come to regard the show^ animals with at least a measure of suspicion. Such has been the diagnosis of the Jiard headed frugal Scotch- man of the old land, and may the writer, with some knowledge of shows in general, add that the Scottish show has not been a lone offender. At any rate the Scotchmau decided to put his Ayr- shire Cattle house iu order aiul in attempting' to do so he had no easy task. Tradition and the established order of things are alwaj's formidable opponents. Moreover the old time show in Ayrshire, Scotland, as elsewliere, had made reputations which were not going to be readily sacrificed; it was performing a distinct service of a certain type for those who dominated it, and any interference with the channel of its influence meant serious disturbance. But the soundness of the cause and the justice of the case ultimately forced the issue with the result that the majority of Ayrshire breeders in Scotland who were keeping pure br
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