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opinion, depended on tlic stylo of feeding, and he 

 hoped tlie judges woukl be very particular in 

 seleeting the feeder. If possible, they should have 

 the same feeder for the whole of the mills. (Ex- 

 ])rcssions of dissent.) Mr. Suttie went on to say 

 that tlie English uiaehines broke the straw, and that 

 he hud found a Scoteh maehiue with peg drum thrash 

 oats inueli eleaner than with the English maehine. 



A member wished to know if the peg drum would 

 answer as well with steam as with horse power ? 



Mr. Hope said, the right of patent was sold to 

 various parties, and maehines had been put up, but 

 they were all taken down a^aiu in a few mouths. 

 They did not answer when driven by steam. He did 

 not know wliat was wrong. 



Mr. Wallek said the peg drum was an American 

 invention, and from the nature of its construction 

 it must break the straw. 



Mr. MacUgan : 111 the drum of the machine 



which I used the thrashing was performed by means 

 of rubbing, and not by beating. There are rows of 

 buttons on the drum, and also on the concave, which 

 buttons rub against one another ou the grain, exactly 

 as if the grain was held in the hands and rubbed. 

 The straw came out beautifully unbroken. It was 

 so good that I thatched my stacks with it; after 

 that I used it for thatching my turnip pits, besides 

 using it for some other purposes. 



No other member offering further observations, 

 Sir John M'Neill brought the discussion to a 

 close by saying, that it Mas impossible for any one, 

 whether connected with agriculture or not, to doubt 

 of the importance of the subject to the welfare of 

 the community, or to doubt of the excellent mode in 

 which it had been brought before the Society by 

 Mr. Hope. 



A vote of thanks to Sir John terminated the 

 proceedings. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



A Monthly Council was lield on Wednesday, the 7lh 

 of April : present — Colonel Challoner, Trustee, in the 

 Chair; Lord Walsingham, Lord Feversham, Hon. W, 

 G. Cavendish, M.P., Sir Watkia W. Wynn, Bt., M.P., 

 Sir Charles Gould Morgan, Bt., Sir John V. B. John- 

 stone, Bt,, M.P., Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bt, Mr. 

 Raymond Barker, Mr. Bramston,M,P., Mr. Brandreth, 

 Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Druce, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. 

 Hamond, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. James Howard, Mr. 

 Humberston (Mayor of Chester), Mr. Jonas, Mr. Lav/- 

 rence, Mr. Milward, Mr. Paget, M.P., Mr. Pain, Colonel 

 Towneley, Mr. Turner (Barton), Professor Voelcker, 

 Mr. Vyner, and Mr. Jonas Webb. 



The following new members were elected : — 



Batrs, Thomas, Brompton Hall, Churchstoke, Salop. 



Bcniug:tou, Thomas, Wallingfeti House, Brough, Yorkshire. 



Case, Thomss, Testertou Hal), Fakenham, Norfolk. 



Claridge, William, Pitch'ord Perk, Salop. 



Colling?, Rev. William, Sark, Channel Islands. 



Davies, Richard, Aylstoiie Hill, Hereford. 



Elhsou, Henry, Stone, Tickhill, Rotherham. 



Evans, Edward, Boveney Court, Windsor. 



Finch, Jacob, 1, Adelaide Place, London Bridge. 



Gardner, Francis, Ryburgb, Fakenham, Norfolk. 



Garsed, Jolin, The Moorlands, Lantwit-Major, Cowbridge, 



Glarmorganshire. 

 Grundy, Edward S., Reddish Hall, Lymna, Warrington. 

 Henry, Frederick, Lodge Park, Streffan, Scotland. 

 Horner, James, Lincoln. 



Houblon, John Archer, Hallingbury Place, Bishops-Stortford. 

 Jackson, Robert, Corporation Road, Carlisle. 

 Johnson, J., Gunnerabury Park Farm, Ealing, Middlesex. 

 Johnson, J., junr., Hauger Hill Farm, Ealing. 

 Kettle, George Mackenzie, Dallicot House, Bridgenorth. 

 Lockbart, WiUiam, Hall Wood, Satton, Chester. 

 Mead, James, Penryn, Cornwall. 



Menson, James, Brinsworthy, Northmolton, Devonshire, 

 Naylor, Richard Christopher, Hooton Hall, Chester. 

 Osbiston, Samuel, junr., Ryhurgh, Fakenham, Norfolk. 

 Price, Joshua, Featherstone, Wolverhampton. ' 

 Richards, John, Mathgrafel, Meifod, Montgomervshire. 

 Rigg, Rev. Arthur, The College, Chester. 

 Roscoe, Edward Henry, Newton House, Chester. 



^''i' ^^l- ^°^^ Parkinson, Witheringaell Rectory, Stonham, 

 Suffolk. 



Stark, Michael John, Duke's Palace Bridge, Norwich. 

 Stobart, John Henry, Wilton-le-Wear, Darlington. 

 Strode, George Sidney, Newnhara Park, Plymptou, Devon. 

 Trench, William Stuart, Essex Castle, Carrickmacross, Ireland. 

 Tuley, Jo-eph, Truewell Hall, Keighley, Yorkshire. 

 Walker, Rev. T., Clipston Rectory, Northampton. 

 Walker, John, Newton Bank, Cheater. 

 Weeding, Mrs., 47, Mecklenburgh Square, London. 

 Welsh, John, Kirkton, Hawick, Scotland. 



Finances. — Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the 

 Finance Committee, presented the monthly report on 

 the accounts of the Society, from which it appeared that 

 the current cash-balance in the hands of the bankers 

 was £86S. 



HoRSE-SHOEfNG. — Mr, Thompson, Chairman of the 

 Journal Committee, reported the completion of a cheap 

 reprint of the article in the last Journal on Horse-shoe- 

 ing, by Mr. Miles, of Dixfield, near Exeter, of which 

 members had the privilege of purchasing copies (at the 

 office of the Society, 12, Hanover-square), at the rate of 

 half-a-crown per dozen. 



Editorship of Journal, — Mr. Jonas had leave to 

 postpone his motion, " on the best course to pursue for 

 the future editorship of the Journal," till the next 

 Monthly Council. 



Lectures. — Colonel Challoner, at the previous 

 Monthly Council, having called the attention of the 

 meeting to the desirableness of having a lecture delivered 

 before the membera once in each month during the 

 season, Mr. Fisher Hobbs moved, and Mr. Raymond 

 Barker seconded, the following resolutions, which were 

 carried unanimously : 



1. That there shall be not less thau four lectures during the 



season. 



2. That Professor Voelcker, the Consulting-Chemist of the 



Society, be requested to deliver a lecture before the mem- 

 bers in the Council-room of the Society, on Wednesday, 

 April 28th, at half-past 12 o'clock, on "Agricultural 

 Chemistry in its Relation to the Cultivation of Root 

 Crops," 



3. That the Journal Committee he requested to raaVe ar- 



