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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



fitted to perform the duties of Editor to the Society. 

 Mr. Frere was therefore duly appointed to the office. 



Canterbury Committee. — The Committee re- 

 commended that inquiries be made respecting a reduc- 

 tion in the cost of Catalogues for the country meeting. 

 That the Secretary be authorised to communicate with 

 the Railway authorities respecting the transport of live 

 stock and implements to Canterbury. That the follow- 

 ing reply from the general manager of the South Eastern 

 Railway respecting the heights of bridges on that line be 

 published for general information: " In reply to your 

 letter of the 8th instant, the inside dimensions of our 

 trucks are as follows: Goods trucks: 15 feet long 

 by 7 feet wide, 14 feet long by 6 feet 2 inches wide ; 

 coal trucks, 14 feet long by 6 feet 3 inches wide; 

 cattle trucks, 13 feet 10 inches long by 7 feet 1 inch 

 wide ; carriage trucks, 15 feet long by 7 feet wide. The 

 majority of the goods trucks are of the largest size, and 

 all may be laden 7 feet G inches above the top of their 

 floors." 



Implement Committee. — The Committee recom- 

 mended that, in answer to inquiries made by different 

 implement makers, a reply should be sent to the effect 

 that it be left to the option of makers of threshing 

 machines whether they put in a shaker or screen, or 

 both, provided they keep within the limit of six-horse 

 power; and also that combined finishing machines do 

 not come within this year's prize sheet. 



Chemical Committee. — It was arranged that Pro- 

 fessor Voelcker should investigate the following subjects 

 during the present year : 



1. Coutiaualiou of field cxperimeLta ou Barley. 



2. „ „ „ Wheat. 



3. ,, „ „ Turnips. 



4. The action of simple saliue substances on the soil. 



5. The feeding value and composition of Mangel pulp, 



6. Tlie chemistry of Cheese and Butter mamifacture. 



A vote of £200 was granted to Professor Voelcker 

 for his investigations during the past year. 



On the motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. 

 Torr, the following committee was appointed to consider 

 and report to the Council whether any and what changes 

 should be made in the present mode of reporting the 

 business transacted at the weekly and monthly Council 

 Meetings, both for the use of the Society and for com- 

 munication to the public journals, viz. : Journal Com- 

 mittee, Col. Challoner, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, and Mr. 

 Brandreth Gibbs. 



A deputation from the Local Committee at Canter- 

 bury, consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Punnett, and Mr. 

 Collard, Hon. Sec, waited upon the Council to confer 

 on the subject of local prizes. The following were 

 accepted with thanks : 



LIST OF LOCAL PRIZES. 



Ploughs. 



For the Plough on the Turnrise principle 

 or otherwise best adapted to turn Ihi 

 furrow-fclico, according to the Kentish 

 system of ploughin?, the depth of the 

 furrow not to be less than 8 inches 



For the ploughman 



Third 



prize. 



£10 

 2 



For the Implement best adapted for the general cultivation 

 of Hop lands £iq 



For the Machine best adapted for mowing Grass and Clovtr 

 for agricultural purposes.... 20 



For the Machine best adapted for reaping agricultural crops 10 

 For the Machine bett adapted for pressing Hops (in c'.oih) 



for the home market ..»— . . . 



For the design of the most economical building the best 



adapted for drying Hops, to be illustrated either by plans 



or models, accompanied with an estimate and specification 



ill detail of the cost 



10 



30 



For the apparatus the best, adapted for drying Hops 80 



Hops. 



For the best sample of Golding Hops.. 

 For the best sample of any other kind of 



Hop 



For the best managed sample of Golding 



Hops 



For the best managed sample of any other 



kind of Hop 



Third 

 prize. 



;e3 

 3 



Wool. 



For the six most valuable Kent fleeces combining quantity 

 and quality of one year's growth £10 



For the six most valuable Long-wool fleeces, Kent or other- 

 wise ••• ..• 10 



For the six most valuable Short-wool fleeces 10 



[Tlie wool to be the property and growth of the Exhibitor.] 



Sheep. 

 Kentish or Romney Marsh Breeds. 



The best pen of 5 two-year-old Ewts 



,, ;, 5 three-year-old Ewes .... 



The beht Shearling Ram 



,, Ram of any other age 



. , pen of Shearling Ewes 



The Sheep to be from the same flock 

 and bred by the exhibitor, and the Ewes 

 to have brought up a Lamb to the 1st ol 

 June. 



CA'rrLE. — Sussex Stock. 

 CUss I. Bull calved on or before July 1, 

 1858, and not exceeding G years 

 old 



„ II. Bull calved since July 1, 1858, and 

 more than 1 year old... 



,, III. Bull calf, above 6 and under 12 

 months old 



„ IV. Cow in-milk or incalf, abovelhrce 

 years old 



,, V. Heifer in-milk or in-calf, not ex- 

 ceeding 3 years old 



,, VI. Ytarling heifer 



,, VII. Heifer calf, above 6 and under 12 

 monllis old , 



Ponies op any Beeed. 

 The on ner of the best Sta'Iion Pony not 



exceeding 14 hands high 



The owner of the best Mare 



Third. 



£ 5 

 5 

 5 



The undermentioned local societies contribute from 

 their funds towards the above-named local prizes, viz. : — 

 The Kent Cattle and Implement Association, and the 

 Feversham, Deal and Dover, Ashford, Normington 

 and Wingham, Sittingbourne, Chatham, Isle of Tha- 

 net, Gravesend, and Rochester Agricultural Associa- 

 tions. 



It was resolved that the judges for local prizes be ap- 

 pointed by the Society in the usual way, due respect 

 being paid to the recommendation of the Local Commit- 

 tee. Mr. Humberston's motion relative to a scientific 

 investigation into the manufacture of cheese was referred 

 to the Chemical Committee, 



On the motion of Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, seconded by 

 Mr. Torr, the Council entered into the consideration of 

 the districts for the future country Meetings of the So- 

 ciety, and it was resolved that Yorkshire be the dis- 

 trict selected for the meeting of the Society in 1861 , and 

 the Secretary was directed to furnish the schedule of 

 requirements to the authorities of any city or town de- 

 sirous of inviting the Society. The invitations received 

 will be considered at the Monthly Council on the 4th of 

 April, when a committee will be appointed to inspect 

 the accommodation offered. 



On the motion of Mr. T. Raymond Barker, seconded 

 by Colonel Challoner, it was resolved — 



" That the Council concur in the re-transfer into the name 

 of Mr. Huxley, in the Three per Cent. Reduced Stock, iu the 

 books at the Bank of England, of the sum of £300 transferred 

 by him into the names of the Right Hon. Lord Portman and 

 Thomas Raymond Barker, in September lasti sa security on 



