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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGXAND. 



A Monthly Council was held on Wednesday, the 



3rd of November : present, II is Grace the Duke of 



Marlborough, President, in the Chair ; Lord Berners, 



Hon. Colonel Hood, Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., Sir 



Archibald Macdonald, Bart., Mr. Dyke Acland, Mr. 



Amos, Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Bram- 



ston, M.P., Mr. Caldwell, Colonel Challoner, Mr. Exall, 



Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Wren Hoskyns, Mr. Howard, 



Mr. Jonas, Mr. Milward, Mr. Pain, Mr. Shuttleworth, 



Professor Simonds, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Torr, Mr. 



George Turner, Professor Voelcker, and Mr. Wilson (of 



Stowlangtoft). 

 The Earl of Carnarvon, of High-Clere, Hampshire, 



was elected a Governor of the Society. 

 The following were elected members : — 



Barker, Thomas, Brown's Yard, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds. 



Bloxsidge, Satauei, Warwick. 



Bonner, Heury C, East Rudharn, Rougharn, Norfolk. 



Booth, W. H., Artiugton Manor, Newbury, Berkshire. 



Bradstock, Thomas Skinner, Cobrey Park, Ross, Hereford. 



Cobden, Richard, Midhursl, Sussex. 



Coleman, John, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencetter. 



Co'lins, Francis, Aston Farm, Stone, Staffordshire. 



Corrigan, A., Royal Dublin Society, Dublin. 



Creese, William, Teddington, Tewkesbury. 



Davis, John, Penlaaoweu, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire. 



Dobaon, Samuel, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. 



Edmuads, Richard, Trunkweil House, Reading. 



Ellison, Charles, Oldbury Lodge, Bridgeuorth, Salop. 



Glen, George, Puddington Hall, Cheater. 



Grisewood, Harman, Daylesford Hoii3e,ChippingNortou,OxDD. 



Grundy, John, The Dales, Staud, Manchester. 



Halkett, Peter Alexander, Wyndham Club, St. James's. 



Hemming, William, Moreton-m-Marsh, Gloucestershire. 



Humphries, E., Pershore, Worcestershire. 



Ivimy, John Hill, Hinniugton, Shiffiial, Salop. 



Leigh, William, juu., Woodchester Park, Stone House, Glou- 

 cestershire. 



Lloyd, William Butler, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury. 



Lyne, Charles, R.N , Newport, Monmouthshire. 



Makgill, George, Winchcombe, Cheltenbam. 



Margary, Majnr, CharUiam Park, East Grinatead, Sussex. 



Marsh, William James, Loridge, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. 



Martin, Edward, Nonsuch Park Farm, Ewell, Surrey. 



Newton, Thomas, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 



Phillips, William, The Lod^ce, Rcigate, Surrey. 



Pope, Thomas, Harewood House, Bletchingley, Surrey. 



Potter, T. B., Buile Hill, Mauchester. 



Powell, Thomas, jun.. The Gicr, Newport, Monmouthshire. 



Rowland, Edward, Cliygate House, Esher, Surrey. 



Smith, Hugh, 2, Porchester -square, Hyde Park. 



Spark, William, Shilton House, Coventry. 



Synge, Francis Hutchinson, Dysart, Co. of Clare, Ireland. 



Waller, John, Pen Park, Bristol. 



Wallis, Richard, Eastlauds, Basingstoke, Hampshire. 



Wilkinson, Joseph, Roundhay, Leeds. 



Finances. — Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the 

 Finance Committee, presented the report on the ac- 

 counts of the Society ; from which it appeared that the 

 current cash-balance in the hands of the bankers was 

 £-'1,909. The Chairman also reported that a further 

 investment had been made in the purchase of stock, by 

 which the invested capital of the Society had been raised 

 to £'10,000 in the Now Three per Cents. The recom- 

 mendation of the Committee that the thanks of the So- 



ciety should be conveyed to Messrs. Williams and Co., 

 of Chester, for the accuracy and courtesy with which 

 they had acted as the local bankers of the Society during 

 the period of the Chester meeting, was adopted unani- 

 mously. 



Journal. — Mr.^Tliompson, Chairman of the Jour- 

 nal Committee, laid before the Council the following 

 report, which was unanimously adopted : — 



Report of Journal Committee, Nov. 3, 1858.— '1. 

 On the 4th of May hrt this Committee reported to the Coun- 

 cil, " That the present Editors of the Journal would undertake 

 to carry ou the work as at present for a few months, on being 

 allowed to engage such paid assistant or assistants as they 

 found necessary, and would report to the Council the result of 

 the experiment." The Councd thereupon decided, " That the 

 present Editors be requested for the present to continue to 

 edit the Journal, aud that they be allowed to expend not 

 exceeding £300 per annum in procuring assistance." The 

 Committee have now to report that Mr. Acland and Mr. 

 Hoskyns find that their engagements are such as to preclude 

 their taking any large share of the editorial work, and it is 

 recommended that Mr. Thompson be the sole editor, the 

 business of the Journal Committee being transacted as here- 

 tofore. 2. A cheap reprint of Dr. Lang's prize essay on the 

 Potato Disease, in the last Number of the Journal, is recom- 

 mended. 



On the motion of Lord Berners, seconded by Mr. 

 Raymond Barker, the ,bcst thanks of the Council were 

 voted to Mr. Dyke Acland 'and Mr. Wren Hoskyns for 

 the valuable services they had rendered to the Society, 

 as Vice-Chairman of the Journal Committee, in co- 

 operating with Mr. Thompson in the editing of the 

 Journal. 



Agricultural Chemistry. — Mr. Wren Hoskyns, 

 Chairman of the Chemical Committee, informed the 

 Council that Prof. Voelcker has prepared a Report of 

 the progress of work in his laboratory, which would be 

 brought under the consideration of the Committee at its 

 next meeting, and submitted to the notice of the Coun- 

 cil. He took that opportunity of presenting to the 

 Council, on the part of Prof. Voelcker, a little work 

 on Agricultural Chemistry, by Mr. Sibson, the first 

 assistant, in his laboratory at Cirencester, 



Certificates. — Three cases of alleged false certifi- 

 cates of entry at the Chester meeting were, on the 

 motion of Colonel Challoner, referred respectively to 

 the Stewards of Cattle and Implements, and to the 

 Implement Committee, for their investigation and report. 



Cheese Prizes. — The Steward and Judges of cheese 

 at the Chester meeting favoured the Council with valu- 

 able suggestions and details connected with any future 

 prizes for cheese that might be offered [at the Society's 

 country meetings. These communications, along with 

 a letter from Mr. George Jones against the use of 

 colouring matter iii cheese, were referred to the General 

 Warwick Committee. 



Show-yard Services.— On the motion of Mr. 



