. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. "SEVENTEEN ; SOLD AT CINCINNATI, 1841. (From an old print.) can be but little question. As with the Smith- field Club, gentlemen have duly gone the round of their duties, and then like Bloomfield on his visit to Vauxhall, "Why, then, they go round them again!"" It has been Mr. A out and Mr. B in, and Mr. C. re-elected, until at last, should we ever get through our A, B, C we are fairly at our wit's end. We don-'t know what to do. We have been preparing no one else


. History of Hereford cattle : proven conclusively the oldest of improved breeds . Hereford cattle. "SEVENTEEN ; SOLD AT CINCINNATI, 1841. (From an old print.) can be but little question. As with the Smith- field Club, gentlemen have duly gone the round of their duties, and then like Bloomfield on his visit to Vauxhall, "Why, then, they go round them again!"" It has been Mr. A out and Mr. B in, and Mr. C. re-elected, until at last, should we ever get through our A, B, C we are fairly at our wit's end. We don-'t know what to do. We have been preparing no one else for the place, and now that it is vacant, we have nobody ready to take it. The only thing, of course, is an ad- vertisement in the papers, which we insert here, duly free: "Wanted, a few good judges of stock, etc., etc., for the ensuing meeting of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England. Apply by letter or in person, at 12, Hanover- ; Once more do we ask, do the members gen- erally of the Society know their own rights and privileges ? Are they aware, that according to the rules and regulations of their own body, they are directly requested to send in the names of any of their acquaintances whom they feel are competent to assist in any way in the pro- ceedings? Could they tell us the names of a few gentlemen qualified to act as judges at the great national meetings, but who never yet have acted in such a capacity ? If so, as no doubt very many of them can, let them oblige, not us so much as the Members of Council, and send such names m on their nomination. Never mind if they are yet untried in so large a field. We have been working a little too much by line and rule as it is, and if we want a precedent of any kind here, it is that every man must have a beginning. So far we appear to have been selecting men as judges and stewards be- fore. Let us now extend the classes a little, as we do with the stock. Let it no longer be all Shorthorn, Hereford, and Devon, bu


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