influence such Exhibitions must have on the welfare and prosperity of
the agricultural community, the figures themselves would be but dry
reading, and those for the past few years will suffice.


1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883.
Cattle ................... 113 125 152 108 161 150 101
Sheep .................... 69 91 64 47 88 85 75
Pigs ..................... 64 73 52 60 58 67 69
Corn ..................... 27 58 29 36 55 67 66
Roots .................... 94 112 175 182 124 131 117
Potatoes ................. 76 116 138 88 104 96 187
Poultry .................. 2077 2149 2197 2247 2409 2489 2816
Pigeons .................. 629 715 702 815 902 838 1332
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3149 3439 3505 3583 3901 3923 4763
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1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883.
No. of Visitors .. 53,501 65,830 38,536 47,321 55,361 50,226
Receipts ......... £1,673 £1,997 £1,206 £1,585 £1,815 £1,665


[Transcriber's note: No figures are given in the original for 1883 in
this table.]

In addition to the Christmas Cattle Show, the Society commenced in
March, 1869, a separate exhibition and sale of pure-bred shorthorns,
more than 400 beasts of this class being sent every year. Indeed, the
last show is said to have been the largest ever held in any country. The