Abstract

I fancy I promised in my last letter to send you some account of the Royal Agricultural Society's show held at Bristol in the first week in July. It was the 74th annual exhibition of what may not unreason-. ably be called the Premier Agricultural Society of the World. I was only able to spend one day at the show, although it lasted altogether for five days, and consequently, as I devoted a good deal of time to the Machinery and Implements Section, I was not able to see any of the livestock, which form an extremely important part of this splendid exhibition. To give some idea of the show, a few figures may be given. There were 21 show rings in which 2852 animals were judged in 352 classes, exclusive of 1436 poultry exhibits in 139 classes, and 61 classes of wool, honey, butter and other produce. In the Implements and Machinery Section there were 513 stands, in each of which a separate firm were displaying their manufactures, many of these con- sisting of engines and machinery shown in motion.

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