THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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PAYMENTS. 



Permanent charges £170 12 



Taxes and rates 10 10 



Establiahment charges .. .. .. .. 619 14 



Postage and carriage . . . . .... 28 13 



Advertisements .. .. .. .. .. 6 12 



Journal payments .. .. .. .. 1199 13 



Essay prize 20 



Veterinary grant . . .. .. .. .. 100 



Balance to Professor Siinonds on account of"! 



mission abroad, in reference to the cattle j. 150 



plai^ue.. .. .. .. .. J 



Chemical grant .. .. .. .. .. 150 



Country meeting payments : — 



Salisbury 948 



Chester 1803 17 



Subscripticna (overpaid by the bankers) returned 8 



Horse-shoeing tracts . . . . . . . . 40 8 



Sundry items of petty cash . . . . . . 5 7 



Balance in the hands of the bankers, June 30, 



1858 2225 15 



Balance in the hands of the secietary, June 30, 



1858 3 14 



£7491 1 

 Examined, audited, and found correct, this 3rd day of Dec, 

 1858. 

 (Signed) William Astbury, "l Auditors on the part 

 Joseph Druce J of the Society. 



Mr. Corbet moved a vote of thanks to the auditors, who, 

 he remarked, seemed to have a very pleasant duty to perform, 

 in consequence of the admirable manner in which it was gene- 

 rally understood the books were now kept (Hear, hear). 



Mr. Sewell Read seconded the motio-j. 



The Chairman said that the Council felt very much in- 

 debted to the auditors for the hints with which they had from 

 time to time favoured them. Upon those hints the Council 

 had endeavoured to act ; and he believed the auditors were 

 now perfectly satislied with the manner in which the accounts 

 were kept (Hear, hear). 



Mr. Astbury: They are so— perfectly. 



The motion was agreed tc, and briefly acknowledged by Mr. 

 Astbury, who observed that he could take upon himself 

 to verify the state in which the Society's accouats were now 

 kept. The management was co admirable that the duties of 

 the auditors were rendered exceedingly pleasant (Hear, hear). 



On the motion of Mr. Corbet, seconded by Mr. Read, the 

 auditors weie then re-elected, 



P Mr. ToRR had muchpleasureln moving a vote of thanks to 

 Professors Voekker, Henfrey, and Simonds, for their excellent 



lectures, which he regarded as one of the best features of the 

 society, in promoting its great object, the advancement of the 

 science and practice of agriculture. Lord Feversham had re- 

 ferred to Professor Voelcker'a journeys through the Princi- 

 pality ; and he (Mr. Torr) might perhaps be allowed to 

 suggest that the members of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 would materially assist the professor in conducting his in- 

 quiries by giving him the best practical information in their 

 power (Hear hear). Por, however useful the professor's tours 

 might be, or excellent his intention in undertaking them, it 

 was possible that they might not produce all the good results 

 anticipated from them for want of bringing practical know- 

 ledge to bear upon what was purely scientific (Hear, hear). 

 They might depend upon it, that whilst agriculture could not 

 advance without science, science was of little use without good 

 practical details; for, after all, it was the good practical 

 details which kept a man's pocket from getting quite empty 

 (Hear and a laugh). 



Mr. Sidney seconded the motion, and expressed his con- 

 currence in the observations which had fallen from Lord 

 Feversham, respecting Professor Voelcker'a exertions ; but he 

 wished to see those exertions extended to every member of 

 the society, not one of whom would be unwilling to furnish 

 the profesor with the facts he required. 



Lord Feversham had not the slightest doubt that, as he 

 had stated. Professor Voekker would hold communication with, 

 and take the opinion and advice of, all the most eminent agri- 

 culturists and tenant farmers of the kingdom ; and he (Lord 

 Feversham) had no apprehension whatever that these gentle- 

 men would decline to impart such information as they pos- 

 sessed relating to the culture of the soil, and the system of 

 farming which was carried on in their respective districts. 



The motion was carried unanimously. 



The Chairman having asked if any gentleman hnd a ques- 

 tion to put, or a suggestion to offer for the consideration of 

 the Council, 



M. Trehonnais said he would take the liberty of sug- 

 gestiug, for the consideration of the Council, that as there was 

 a prize now given for bull-calves under 12 months old, it was 

 also advisable to give a prize for heifer calves of the same age 

 (Hear, hear). 



The Chairman directed Mr. Hudson to take a note of M. 

 Trehonnais' suggestion, in order to its being submitted to the 

 Committee on Cattle Prizes for the ensuing year. 



Lord Feversham then moved, and Mr. Kinder seconded, a 

 vote of thanks to Lord Berners, the President of the Society, 

 and to Col. Challoner for presiding as Chairman that day. 



The motion was carried by acclamation ; and, having been 

 briefly acknowledged by Colonel Challoner, the meeting 

 separated. 



IMPORTANT JUDGMENT— THE TENURE OF LAND — "LANDSHARE.' 



ABERGAVENNY. 

 ^Before J. M. Herbert, Esq., County Court Judge.'] 



William Williams v. William Howells. — The 

 plaintiff is the owner and present occupier of Pentre Farm, in 



the pariah of Tregare. The defendant was his tenant for eight 

 years up to Christmas last, and on his quitting the plaintiff 

 took the farm into hia osvn hands. The detendaut held under 

 a leaae^r agreement, dated the 6th Feb., 1849, by which the 

 plaintiff agreed to let the farm from the 25th December then 



last, for one year, and so on from year to year, until six months 

 notice should be given by either party to determine the agree- 

 ment, at the yearly rent of £103, payable half-yearly. The 

 defendant agreed "not to underlet the said premises, or any 

 part thereof, or sell hay or straw, or any kind of fodder, with- 

 out the consent of the said Williams or his trust {sic), to ma- 

 nage the lauds in a proper husbandlike manner, and according 



