fjalbnal Agricultural Sacietg of Uixtarm. PATRON : HIS EXCELLENCY SIR H. B. LOCH, K.C.B., GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, &c. FIFTEENTH GRAND ^ZtsmSTTT-A-L SPRING EXHIBITION. WITH INDEX AND PLAN OP GROUNDS. TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY* 19TH, 20TH, 21ST, AND 22ND AUGUST, 1885, AT THE SOCIETY'S SHOW GROUNDS, ADJOINING PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY FERGUSSON & MITCHELL, 25 & 27 COLLINS STREET WEST. 1885. XXII, ADVERTISEMENTS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, LIMITED (Formerly the Australian Economic Bank, Limited,) COLLINS STREET WEST, MELBOURNE. Capital, £1,000,000. Subscribed, £300,000. Paid-up and Reserves, £100,000. JDirectors: M. H. DAVIES, ESQ., M.P., CHAIRMAN. JOHN BANKS, ESQ., J.P., VICE-CHAIRMAN. WM. ANDERSON, ESQ. JOHN MOODIE, ESQ. T. B. MUNTZ, ESQ., C.E. Fixed Deposits received at Highest Current Rates. Current Accounts and General Banking Business. HENRY CORNELL, Manager. RAILTON'S FINE SEEDS, Forwarded FREE BY POST, orders over 2s. 6d. Assorted Flower Seeds included gratis with all postal orders over 5s. 8- d. s. d. s. d. Beet per oz. 0 ti Cress per oz. 0 4 Parsnip per oz. 0 6 Carrot - 0 6 Celery 0 9 Rhubarb 1 0 Cabbage 0 9 Lettuce 0 9 Radish 0 4 Cauliflower 2 0 Onion 0 9 Turnip 0 i FLOWED SEEDS. Railton's Special Collection, for present sowing, 12 very choice varieties for 2s. 6d. AGRICULTURAL SEEDS. Samples and prices of CLOVERS, GRASSES, &c., forwarded on application. Sorghum, 90-day Maize, Field Turnip, Carrot, &c. MANGOLD WURZEL, Prize Strains CHAMPION YELLOW GLOBE, MAMMOTH LONG RED, GIANT LONG YELLOW. Illustrated Catalogue and Guide to Amateurs sent post free to any address. MILTON & CO., Seedsmen, 10*7 Swanston St., JVtelTfc>ovii"ri.e. JJalmnd Agricultural ^ocietir of Victoria. — The FIFTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of this Society will be officially opened, at the NEW SHOW GROUNDS, adjoining Flemington Racecourse, by His Excellency the Governor of Victoria, On THURSDAY, 20th August, at 12 o'clock noon. Members of the Society, 011 presentation of their Cards, will be admitted with two Ladies free. The public will be admitted on WEDNESDAY, from 10 a.m., during the adjudicating of the judges, on payment of a fee of 5s. each. On Thursday, from 9 a.m., 2s. 6(1. On Friday, from 9 a.m., 2s. ; and on Saturday, from 9 a.m., Is. Tickets may be obtained at the Gates, and at the Spencer Street Railway Station, 011 each day of the Show, covering railway journey and admission to the grounds. Railway return fare, 6d. Prize Cards will be attached to the Exhibits with ribbons, as .follows :— FIRST PRIZE Blue Card, Blue Ribbon SECOND PRIZE Reel Card, Red Ribbon THIRD PRIZE Lavender Card, Lavender Ribbon FOURTH PRIZE Brown Card, Brown Ribbon HIGHLY COMMENDED White Card, White Ribbon COMMENDED White Card, White Ribbon SPECIAL ... Green Card, Green Ribbon GRAND CHAMPION PRIZE WINNERS, Gold Card, Yellow Ribbon. Refreshments of all kinds will be provided on the Ground by C. D. Straker, Three Crowns Hotel, Victoria Street West, Melbourne, who binds himself to supply everything of the best quality at Melbourne hotel charges. Forage and Bedding for stock will also be supplied on the Ground by J. Whitelaw, of Fitzroy, at Melbourne prices. The Blind Asylum Band will play on the Ground on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, from 12 o'clock noon. THOMAS PATTERSON, Secretary. xviii. ADVERTISEMENTS.-' PREMIER PERMANENT BUILDING, LAND, AND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION. S» : a- s" ja Nb- a to! s o Rl Loans Granted On Easy Terms to Suit Borrowers. 'Office, T Collins St.West. JAMES MIRAMS, Sec. CONTENTS. PAGE. DRAUGHT HOUSES ....... I THOROUGHBREDS - - - - - - - - 12 TROTTERS AND ROADSTERS - - - - - - 14 HUNTERS, HACKNEYS, PONIES AND SHOD SADDLE HORSES - - 17 CARRIAGE HORSES, BUGGY HORSES, AND PHAETON PONIES - - 20 SHORTHORN CATTLE - - - - - - - 22 HEREFORDS - - - - - - - - 39 AYRSHIRES- - - - - - - - - 40 ALDERNEYS - - - - - - - -44 BRITTANIES - - - - - - - - 49 DAIRY CATTLE - - - - - - - - 49 FAT CATTLE -------- 50 MERINO SHEEP - - - - - - - 51 LONGWOOLS -------. 54 DOWNS --------- 57 FAT SHEEP - - - - - - - - 58 SWINE - -. - - - - - - - 58 POULTRY --------- 62 DOGS ---------- 66 CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SPRING CARTS, DRAYS, &C., AND HARNESS - 72 FARM PRODUCE, DAIRY PRODUCE AND WINES - - - 79 PRESERVES, &C. - - - - - - - - 84 MANURES --------- 85 MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS - - - - - - 85 STANDS --------- 86 XXII, ADVERTISEMENTS. TANGYES LIMITED, ENGINEERS jj» AND Importers of Steam lEnsines (HOISTING AND WINDING.) Gas Engines Band Saws Shaping Machines Hydraulic Machinery Weighing Machines Roots' Blowers Crab Winches Hand Pumps Hydraulic Jacks Patent Lifting Blocks Engineers' Lathes Screw Jacks Tangye Steam Pumps Amateur Lathes Tangye's Governors Tangye's Ram Pumps Punching and Shear- do., dc., dc. Saw Benches ing Machines TANGYES LIMITED, Cornwall House, COLLINS ST. WEST, MELBOURNE, AND BATHURST STREET, SYDNEY. Cjjeflathmal Agricultural Society of Victoria* LIST OF OFFICE BEARERS FOR 1885. JJnlrou : His EXCELLENCY SIE HENEY BEOUGHAM LOCH, K.CB., GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA, &C., &C. {tcesfbtnl : DE. PLUMMEE, WYABUN PARK, GISBORNE. JAMES GIBB, ESQ., M.L.A., MELVILLE PARK, BERWICK. J. M. PECK, ESQ., LEBANON, MOONEE PONDS. W. J. LOBB, ESQ., DARRAWEIT GUIM. FEANCIS HENTY, ESQ., KEW. FEEDEEICK PEPPIN, ESQ., ST. KILDA. DAVID MITCHELL, ESQ., BDRNLET STREET, EICHMOND. trustees : JAMES GIBB, ESQ., M.L.A., MELVILLE PARK, BERWICK. DE. PLUMMEE, WTABDN PARK, GISBORNE. W. J. LOBB, ESQ., DARRAWEIT GUIM. Jllcmbers of OCouncIt: THE HON. CHAELES YOUNG, JOB SMITH, ESQ., THORNBURY M.L.A., ALBERT-STREET, EAST PARK, NORTHCOTE. MELBOURNE. EOBEET SIMSON, ESQ., LEURA, HUGH LENNON, ESQ., NOBTH MEL- TOORAK. BOURNE. J. G. BEISBANE, ESQ., MOONEE WILLIAM THOMSON, ESQ., PROS- PONDS. PECT, KYNETON. THE HON. JAMES BUCHANAN, JOHN BUNCLE, ESQ., NORTH MEL- M.L.C., BERWICK. BOURNE. JOHN FINLAY, ESQ., ALMA EOAD, CHAELES LYNOTT, ESQ., ST. KILDA. ST. KILDA. SAMUEL GAEDINEE, ESQ., BUN- JAMES GAETON, ESQ., JOLIMONT DOORA PARK. TERRACE, JOLIMONT. THE HON. WILLIAM M'CULLOCH, D. E. M'GEEGOE, ESQ., QUEEN-ST. M.L.C., GLENROY. THOMAS BEUNTON, ESQ., SOUTH- S. G. STAUGHTON, ESQ., WOOD- STREET, ASCOT VALE. SIDE, ALBERT PARK. A. PATTEESON, ESQ., ST. GER- JOHN CUEEIE, ESQ., LITTLE COL- MAINS, CRANBOURNE. LINS-STREET WEST. JAMES HEAEN, ESQ , EOSENEATH, JOHN HUEST, ESQ., SUMMERLEIOH, ESSENDON. ROMSEY JAMES MALCOLM, ESQ., OLRIS WILLIAM LEAEMONTH, ESQ., NEW CRAIGIEBDRN. HALL, MOONEE PONDS. DAVID MUNBO, ESQ., QUEEN-ST. -THOMAS LEAEMONTH, ESQ., F. S. EOBEETS, ESQ., BOURKE MOONEE PONDS. STREET WEST. 3iott. Bet- Surgeon: GEAHAM MITCHELL, ESQ., F.E.C.V.S. Bccrctortj : THOMAS PATTEESON XXII, ADVERTISEMENTS. THE AUSTRALASIAN ZMZTTTTT-A.L xk Stack Insurance |aciett LIMITED. CAPITAL - - £100,000. HEAD OFFICE: Victoria Chambers, 59 Queen Street MELBOURNE. HinctorS: JOHN L. DOW, ESQ., M.P., CHAIRMAN. HON. J. P. LEVIEN, MP. THOMAS LEARMONTH, ESQ. ANDREW TOWN, ESQ., J.P. FRANK COWLEY, ESQ. ©tiural fWanagu-: FRANCIS TUNMER. HORSES, CA TTLE, SHEEP, PIGS and DOGS. INSURED AGAINST DEATH FROM ANY CAUSE. SHIPPERS are informed that MARINE POLICIES are ISSUED covering Mortality whilst in transitu. Rates and Full Particulars can be obtained on application to any of the Local Agents, or from FRANCIS TUNMER, General Manager•„ LIST OF JUDGES AND STEWARDS. DRAUGHT HORSES. JUDGES. STEWARDS. D. Gibson, Bolinda. J. G. Brisbane. Thomas Watson, Gisborne. John Currie. J. L. Thomson, Paradise, S.A. John Daniel. D. Ewart, Murchison. E. Greaves, Cranbourne. THOROUGHBREDS, HACKNEYS, &o. Albert Lobb, Darraweit Guim. T. Learmonth. W. E. Dakin, Flemington. James Hearn. Martin Lyons, Kyneton. James Garton. HUNTERS. Robert Orr, Ballarat. J. M. Peck. T. Rennison, Mordialloc. J. Hearn. James Wilson, St. Albans. J. Garton. TROTTERS AND CARRIAGE HORSES. F. B. Clapp, Melbourne. W. J. Lobb. E. M. Bond, Preston. W. J. Clark. Stratford Strettle, Melbourne. J. Rose. SHORTHORNS AND HEREFORDS. G. M. Bell, Melbourne Club. J. M. Peck. G. H. Cox, Mulgoa, N.S.W. 0. Lynott. J. Ware, C'aramut. AYRSHIRE AND DAIRY CATTLE. Robert Black, Lilydale. Job Smith. John Kerr, Campbellfield. D. R. M'Gregor. James Nielson, Tylden. T. Harmer. ALDERNEYS AND BRITTANIES. J. E. Pemell, Randwick, N.S.W. Job Smith. J. \V. Anderson, Belfast. D. R. M'Gregor. Frank Gilbert, Mornington, T. Harmer. FAT CATTLE AND FAT SHEEP. J. Pritchard, Fitzroy. F. Peppin. T. K. Bennett, Melbourne. MERINO SHEEP. Thomas Shaw, Camperdown. A. Patterson. R. Oliver, Elphinstone. Jjimes Malcolm. James Spipul, Momalong, N.S.W. xxiv. LIST OF JUDGES AND STEWARDS. LOXGWOOLS AND DOWNS. JUDGES. STEWARDS. W. Armstrong, Hexham. James Buchanan. R. Hood, Merrang, llexham. S. G. Staughton. W. Wils n, Jindivick. SWINE. A. Crichton, Gembrook. T. Brunton. A. Swan, Essendon. John Bond. J. C. Hutton, Preston. POULTRY. D. G. Clarke. J. Hurst. J. H. l'ewtress. W. Learmonth. DOGS. R. G. Banner. W. Thomson. J. Munday. J. Buncle. BUGGIES AND HARNESS. C. Brown, Kyneton. T. M'Caw. H. A. Crawford, Beechworth. H. H. Peck. F. B. Clapp, Melbourne. DAIRY PRODUCE. W. B. Bennetts, Fitzroy. D. Mitchell. W. McEwim. H. Hearne. W. White, Bomsey. GRAIN. H. Wilson, Kilmore. Francis Henty. D. S. Hughes, Melbourne. J. S. Stewart, Sandhurst. WINE. George Graham, Rutherglen. Dr. Plummer. J. A. Panton, Melbourne. H. Creswick, Melbourne. HOPS. R. B. Brinkley, Melbourne. F. Henty. J. 11. Ballenger, Melbourne. W. F. Smee, Melbourne. EXCAVATORS. Hon. W. Irving Winter, Australian Club. F. S. Roberts. Hon. T. F. Cumming, Melbourne. Charles Young. Rees Davis, Flemington. ADVERTISEMENTS. P, D. PHILLIPS & CO., Importers and Commission Agents, HAVE ON SALE-