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Milward, seconded by Sir Archibald Macdonald, the 

 Council voted unanimously to Mr. David FuUen ^'20, 

 and to Mr. Tliomas Baldock .£10, in consideration of 

 their long services, and of the assistance they had ren- 

 dered to the Society in the department of the show-yard 

 at its country meetings. 



Warwick Meeting. — On the motion of Lord 

 Berners, seconded by Mr. Milward, Lord Leigh was 

 elected the Vice-Chairman of the Society's General 

 Warwick Committee. The Council also appointed the 

 several members of that committee. 



Implements. — Colonel Challoner reported that the 

 Implement Committee had made arrangements for the 

 due consideration of the report to be made to the 

 Council at their next meeting, on the subject of the 

 triennial trials of implements, and on that of the prizes 

 for implements to be offered for the Warwick^jMeeting. 

 A memorial from implement-manufacturers, containing 

 various practical suggestions, was presented by Mr. 

 Shuttleworth, and referred to the Implement Com- 

 mittee. 



Trial-Lands. — Mr. Brandreth Gibbs reported, on 

 the part of Mr. Caldwell and himself, the result of their 

 inspection of the land in the neighbourhood of War- 

 wick for the trials of implements next year, and the 

 arrangements they had made for the land to be placed 

 under suitable cultivation for the different purposes 

 required. 



Local Prizes. — On the motion of Mr. Brandreth 

 Gibbs, seconded by Mr. Milw;ird, the following resolu- 

 tion was carried unanimously : " That, in future, if 

 Local Prizes be given, the same animals shall not be 

 entered to compete for both the Society's and the Local 

 Prizes." 



Prize Animals. — On the motion of Mr. Milward, 

 seconded by Mr. Torr, the following resolution was 

 also carried unanimously ; " That, in future, as soon as 



the Judges shall have, in each case, made their decision 

 of an award, the prize animal shall be distinguished as 

 the winner, by such means as the Steward shall think 

 best for the purpose." 



Portuguese Agriculture. — A communication 

 having been received by the Council from the Portuguese 

 Government, through its representative in London, 

 stating that the Royal Academy of Sciences at Lisbon 

 were engaged in collecting information on various topics 

 of agricultural interest, the Council ordered, on the mo- 

 tion of Mr. Raymond Barker, seconded by Mr. Pain, 

 that a complete set of the Society's Journal should be 

 presented to that scientific body. 



Horse Shows in France.— The Earl of Malmes- 

 bury transmitted to the Council a copy of the circular 

 issued by the French Minister of Agriculture to the dif- 

 ferent prefects of France, requiring reports to be made 

 to him of proposed horse shows in the different districts. 

 These shows are to exclude fall-blood horses (they re- 

 ceiving already sufficient remuneration), and are to con- 

 sist only of breeding animals of the half-bred and 

 draught description. The further conditions of exhibi- 

 tion would be promulgated by the Government on 

 having received and discussed the several reports re- 

 quired. 



Drainage in France. — The Board of Trade re- 

 turned their thanks to the Council for the answers to 

 queries on drainage, on the part of the French Govern- 

 ment ; transmitting at the same time a copy of the 

 Monitcur Universel containing an Imperial decree re- 

 lating to Government loans for the purposes of drainage. 



Pacific Guano. — The Earl of Malmsbury trans- 

 mitted communications on the subject of guano at 

 Jarvis Island. 



The Council having ordered their thanks for the various 

 communications presented to them, adjourned to Wed- 

 nesday, the 1st of December. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE 



At the Euxton Court Leet, Mr. Samuel Downes, of Liver- 

 pool and Cheshire, made the following remarks, first, in allu- 

 sion to the difTerent soils best adapted for producing good 

 crops, and making good dairies. Opinions were various on 

 such subjects, but be had heard from a good agriculturist that 

 the beat che-ae was made on cold clay farms. In his remaiks 

 he would endeavour to adduce nothing hut what was practica- 

 ble, aud what any agriculturist might try during the present 

 season. He had uo doubt hut some of them had discovered 

 some new trait in agriculture, and at meeting* like the prp. 

 sent they should try and communicate them to their neigh, 

 hours. The speaker next made some remarks on the manuring 

 of land for the growth of turnips, observing that bones, the 

 manure of which contained the greatest quantity of phosphate 

 of lime, were the best adapted for that purpose ; and not only 

 for that, hut for preserving the greenness of the fields. He 

 had had the shooting over land on which such manure had 

 been laid some years ago, and the change was very great, the 

 herbage being »s good now as when the manure was first put 

 on. He knew a farmer who on twenty acres of new clay land 



could not keep more than six cows ; but now through the 

 agency of manure, ether than that of the farm-yard, was able 

 to keep 24. Allusion was next made to the transfer of real 

 estate in the country, the expenses of which were enormous. 

 The transfer of radway property or plant was comparatively 

 easy, hut the transfer of real property was not only difficult 

 but expensive, and it was for constituencies to endeavour to 

 obtain a reduction of such charges. The duty should have 

 been dischar;;eJ by those ia authority; but he was sorry to 

 find that inost of the men of the present day wlio were termed 

 eminent men did not give proper attention to these things. 

 But to leave that suhject — as chemistry had been applied so 

 successfully to agriculture, he thought photography might 

 greatly assist the producer of stock in determining which 

 animals to breed from. He would illustrate this by a simple 

 fact. A friend of his spent 8?. or lOZ. in going to various 

 localities in order to get the beat animals he could. Now if 

 photographs could have been obtained of those different ani- 

 mals, a saving of expense might have been effected, aud jour- 

 neys of many miles prevented. Another difficulty under 



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