Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of the Smithfield Club From 1798 to 1900
In the June following, at an adjourned meeting held by invitation of the Duke of Bedford at the Woburn Sheep Shearing - a noted place and event in the agricultural annals of the last century - the preliminaries 'for commencing and carrying out of the object of the Society were completed.
This at the time took the form of offering premiums for the best beast above a stated weight, and fed on grass, hay, turnips, or cabbages; also for the best beast fed on corn or oil cake; for the best sheep fed on hay, grass, turnips, or cabbages and for the best sheep fed on corn or cake.
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