The Eskdale and Liddesdale Agricultural Society usually organised a large annual event including various competitions, but this was cancelled during the war. The last annual show (the 80th) before the war was in 1913, with 770 entries, held on Milntown, the rugby club ground.
The president was the Duke of Buccleuch and the secretary was Alex Thomson.
Its main activity in 1915 was organised by the Clydesdale Horse Section, which arranged for visits of the prizewinning three-year old colt Bonnie Kelso for breeding. Bonnie Kelso undertook a weekly trip from a farm near the Scotland-England border and did a two-day tour of the area, staying in Langholm for the night.
In normal years, judges from around the country were appointed for various categories, such as:
- Sheep: Cheviot, Border Leicester, Blackfaced, half-bred.
- Cattle: shorthorn, Galloway, Ayrshire, cross-bred, grazing.
- Horses: draught, saddle, hunters; horse shoeing; driving competition.
- Dogs: rough collies, smooth collies, foxhounds, fox terriers, Border terriers, Dandie Dinmont terriers, variety (e.g. pomeranians).
- Poultry: sometimes also part of the Langholm Horticultural Society’s annual show.
- Other classes: for example, field turnips, vegetables, butter and eggs, honey, home baking, knitting, walking sticks.
