THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



the General Chester Committee, made reports, and en- 

 tered into detailed statements connected with the 

 arrangements of the Society's ensuing Chester meeting, 

 to be held in the week commencing Monday, the 19th 

 of July next. Those details had reference chitfly to the 

 requisite inquiries to be instituted, and reports to be 

 made to the Monthly Council in March by the General 

 Committee, in conference with the Local Committee, on 

 the accommodation afforded at Chester for a dinner of the 

 Society, and on the plan to be adopted for the show- 

 yard subsequently to the personal inspedion and report 

 of Mr. Manr\ing. The Council adopted the recommen- 

 duiori of the committee, founded (in Mr. Brandreth 

 Gibbs's report, on the purchase of wheat and bailey in 

 the straw, for the trials of machinery, and the selection 

 of land for the trial of the steam-cultivators. The\- 

 also ordered that a clause should be introduced into the 

 Prize-sheets, stating that all certificates received after 

 the Ist May for implements, &c., and the 1st June for 

 live stock, should not be accepted, but returned to 

 their respective senders. The Secretary reported that 

 the principal Railway Companies had signified their 

 willingness to grant the same concessions in favour of 

 the Society's Exhibition at the Chester Meeting, as on 

 the occasion of former country meetings. 



Poultry -Show. — On the motion of Lord Portman, 

 seconded by M-. George Turner, the resolution was 

 passed (of which Mr. Milward had given notice), that 

 there should be no Show of Poultry at the Country 

 Meetings of the Society after the current year. 



Member of CouNcii..^On the motion of Mr. 

 George Turner, seconded by Mr. Dyke Acland, Colonel 

 the Hon. Alexander Ni Ison Hood, of Cumberland Iiodge, 

 AN'iiidsor, was elected one of the General Members of 

 C luncil, to supply the vacancy crented by the transfer 

 of Viscount Eversley to the class of Vice-President. 



Standing Committees. — The standing committees 

 for the year were appointed. 



Frknch Show of Horses and Cattle. — The 

 Enrl of Clart-ndon transmitted to the Council a copy of 

 the note addressed to him by the French Amiiassador, 

 enclosing cnpies of a notice issued by the Emperor of the 

 French, having reference to an intended meeting to be 

 held at Aleii9an from ihe 17th to the 20th of May next, 

 for the exhi'Jiiion of horses and cattle, with the view to 

 the improvement of thtir several breeds. This show 

 will be confined to animals bred in the district, and the 

 property, for three months previously, of the exhibitors. 



Card of Mektings. — Mr. Frere transmitted a form 

 of card of meetings, which he suggested should be an- 

 nually forwarded to every governor and member of the 

 Society not in arreur of subsfription. 



Weekly Meetings. — Mr. Morton transmitted, on 

 the part of the proprietors of the Garduners' Chronicle, 

 an application for reporters to attend the weekly 

 meetings. 



The consideration of these two communications was 

 postponed. 



Tne Council adjourned to the 10th last. 



A weekly Council was held on Wednesday, 10th of 

 February ; present. Colonel Challoner, trustee, in the 

 chair; lion. Cdonel Hood, Mr. Alcock, M.P., Mr. 

 Raymond Barker, Mr. H. B. Raymond Barker, Dr. 

 Camps, Mr. Dent, M.P., Mr. Gray, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, 

 Mr. Tull, and Professor Way. 



Communications wore received — 1. From Professor 

 Hartstein, of Bonn, enquiring the present state of pub- 

 lic opinion in England respecting the ajjplication of 

 liquid manure; 2. From Dr. Lyon Play lair, asking 

 for information on the subject of wool; 3. From the 

 Minister of Agriculture of France, a collection, on the 



part of the Government, of agricultural works pub- 

 lished in his department since the former collection 

 presented to the Society three years ago; 4. An appli- 

 tion from the Mexican Company for a collection of 

 seeds, which the Council referred to Messrs. Thomas 

 Gibbs & Co., the seedsmen to the Society; 5. From 

 Mr. Bandel, of Baltimore, specimens of his Wyandotte 

 Prolific Indian Corn, grown from seed obtained from 

 the Wyandotte Indians in 1853 ;■ with a specimen of 

 the stem raised from a single t{rain. — Mr. Alcock, 

 M P., calltd the attention of tho Council to the advan- 

 tages which he thought Mr. Haikett's sy.stem of land- 

 cultivation might probably be found to possess on fur- 

 ther inquiry and experience of its capabilities. 



The Council adjourned over Ash- Wednesday to the 

 24th of February. 



BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND 



SOCIETY 



FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. 



A uutnerously-attended meetins; of the Council of this So- 

 ciety was held at Waghoro's Railway Hotel, Taunton, on 

 Saturday last, the Right Hon. Lord Courtenay in the chair. 



The Cardiff Meeting, 1858. — Mr. John Widdx. 

 COMBE, tlie Director ol ttie Snow-Yard, reported that the ne- 

 cessary notices had been issued iuvitin^ tenders for enclosiug 

 the Show-Yaril, and bho (or supplying the diauer and re- 

 freshmeuts m couuection with the forthcoming meeting at 

 Car.litf. 



The Barnstaple Meeting, 1859. — A. deputation 

 from Barnstiipli', couaisting of Lord Viscount Ebrington, 

 F. Maunder, Esq. (Mayor), and Messss. Avery, Har- 

 ris, Gilbert, aud Laugdoo, wnited upou the Council, 

 aud represented that the local committee formed for 

 iiivitiug the Bath and West of Eug'aud Society to that town 

 next year had obtaiued subscriptions to the required amount 

 (£800), aud, in additiou to that sum, the deputntiou were pre- 

 pared to guarantee on the part ot the inhabitants a large 

 number of special pr zes for local purposes out of the surplus 

 funds. Tne deputation elicited from tne Council iiiformaliou 

 as to the nature aud exteut of tue grouud that w. uld be re- 

 quired for the site of the bhow-jard aud the trial fields ; nnd 

 tiie Council noniiuaied a sub-committee to visit Barnstuple on 

 Thursduy, the 25th of February, to confer with the local com- 

 mittee on the amount of acoommodaliou offered, aud to iotipect 

 the sites. 



New Members. — Rev. W. Beaver, Cowbridge, Glainor- 

 gau; Messrs. R. T. Crawshay, Cyrlilla Castle, Merihyr T>d- 

 vil ; C. F. Williams, Tregullow, Cornwall; H. T. Siuiih, 

 Devouport ; F. Pitts, Alphiugtou, Devon ; G. Radmore, Thor- 

 vertou, Devou; J. Beaviss, Durchester ; W. Partridge, Dul- 

 verton; W. Hobbs, Lechlade, Gloucester; E. Spifmler, Mauor 

 Mead. Plymouth; G. May, Modbury, Devon; T. Stron?, 

 Dunchideock; W. Farraut, Wellington; Fred Sharlaud, J. 

 Collier, J. Knowlmaii, J. Broom, W. Steer, Culmstock; J. 

 Doble.Bucklaud St. Mary; J. F. Matthew, Hemyock. 



CURE FOR COLIC IN SHEEP. 



SiR,_Will you allow me a small space in your columns, 

 that I may communicate to your agricultural readers the fol- 

 lowin< particulars ? „ , ^ • .». 



I have a number of sheep feeding on Swede turnips with 

 cnt hay An unusual number having beeu attacked wi h 

 colic, aud every cise proving fatal, I determined to try the 

 following remedy : " Ten drops of laudanum, ten drop, of 

 essence of peppermint, one tea-spoonful of the spirits of tiir- 

 pentiue, and one tablc-jpoonful of sweet oil." I have lu no 

 instauce found this fail to produce a cure within a couple of 

 hours although the sheep have been perfectly paralyzed, and 

 unable to stand. . , ., . .. 



I shall be glad if this suggestion should prove of use to 

 others, aud I remain, your obedient lervaut, J. F. 



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