116 OUR ISLAND STORY lottetown Royalty, 702 bushels; James Procter , New Glasgow , 678 bushels; James Arthur , New Glasgow , 604 bushels. The first grain show in Charlottetown was held in March, 1850, and the winners of the prizes were: Christopher Bullman , Rustico , best wheat, 63 J /2 lbs. per bushel; James Proctor , New Glasgow , second best wTheat, 65 lbs.; R. C. Woolner , Rustico , best two-rowed barley, 53% lbs., William Hodges , Rustico , second best two-rowed barley, 53 lbs.; Ewen McMillan , West River , best four-rowed barley, 50 J 4 lbs.; B. E. Wright , Royalty, second best four- rowed barley, 50 J ^ lbs.; John Bryenton , B. P. Road , best oats, 383^ lbs.; William Morrisey , Lot 48, second best oats, 38 J ^ lbs.; James Finch , Crapaud , best red clover seed, 50 lbs.; Thos. Abbott, second best red clover seed, 50 lbs.; The judges were Messrs. Isaac Thompson, Alexander Simpson and George Beer , Jr. In April of the same year there was an exhibition of fat oxen —the first ever held in Charlotte to wrn—and the prizes offered by the Royal Agricultural Society were awarded as follows: First prize £3, to Geo. Beer—live weight of ox 1387 lbs.; dead weight of ox 770 lbs.,—age of ox, four years; second prize £2, to John Thorne, live weight of ox, 1600 lbs., dead weight, 890 lbs—age of ox, nine years. A cattle show, the first in Charlottetown , was held on the 25th of September, 1850. The first and second prizes were £3 and £2 each, and the awards were: For best blood colt foaled in 1848, Mr. McKinnon ; second best, John Arthur , New Glasgow ; best blood filly, William White , ; second best, Donald McLauchlan; best cart filly, William W. Lund ; second best, John McNeill, North River ; best Entire horse, any age, (Saladin) Hon Captain Rice ; best mare, any age, Mr. McBeth ,—judges, William Swabey, Robert Fellows . Best bull, calved in 1848, Charles Hens- ley; second best do, W. Cranston ; best heifer calved in 1848, W. Hyde, West River ; second best George Beer Jr. ; best bull, any age, Hon. Captain Rice ; best cow, any age, George Coles . The judges were Edward Hay thorne; Henry Longworth , and Robert Mutch. At the same time there was an exhibition of grain, butter, cheese and other articles, afterwards forwarded to the World's I-