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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Country Meetings : 



Chester 1 



Warwick 11 16 



Dividend from estate of 

 late Secretary 970 1110 



Sale of Sundries, 



983 7 10 

 4C 4 



To Canterbury Meeting, July, 1860 : 

 AnsQunt received on ihis account ,,. 2624 1 



Ce, 



By Expenditure : 

 Establisiiment, including Rent, Taxes, 



and Salaries 5S3 5 



Postage and Carriage SO 5 a 



Journal : £. a. d. 



Printing -,. 415 10 6 



Literaiure 181 6 



Stitching 60 6 2 



Delivery, Advertisin?, 



&e...., HI 12 11 



798 10 1 



Chemical Grant 32) 



Veterinary Grant 200 



Advertisements 7 19 



Warwick Meeting Arrears 40 



Testimonial to U. T. Brandreih 



Gibbs, Esq., Honorary Secretary,. 19 6 



Sundries.. S 13 11 



Subscription returned.. ., 10 



By Investment : 



^Ji'OO New 3 per Centi .....:,.... 



By Country Meetings : 

 Paid on account- 

 Canterbury, 1830 1827 16 2 



Leeds, 18BI 2 



je9371 9 1 



2008 9 1 

 1875 



By Balance in hand ; 



Bankers 



Secretary 



3647 6 10 

 12 15 



1827 18 2 



3660 1 la 



£9371 9 1 

 (Signed) A. N. Hood, for Finance Committee. 



QuiLTER, Ball, Jay, & Co., Accountants. 

 Examined, audited, and found correct, this 7th day 



ot December, I86.1. 

 (Signed) William Astbury, ) Auditors on the part 



Henry Corbbt, j of the Society. 



Balance Sheet, 30th June, 1860. 



Liabilities. 



To Capital : £. s. d. £. s. d. 



Surplus, 1st January, 1860 1'3^64 6 11 



Surplus of Income over the Expen- 

 diture dunng the Half-year, viz : 

 £. s. d. 



Income 5404 15 9 



Expenditure 20O8 9 1 



, 3396 G 8 



16660 13 7 



To Balance at Credit of Canterbury Eshibition, 



I860 793 2 10 



£17456 16 5 

 Assets. 



£. s. d. 



By Cash in hand .,,, , saeo 110 



By New 3 per Cent. Stock £12,000, cost 11796 14 7 



By Books and Furniture, Society's House, Hanover 



Square oflOO 



Mem. — The above Assets are exclusive of the amount 

 recoverable in respect of Subscriptions in arrear 

 30ih June, l!i60, which at that date amounted 



to £3697. 



£17456 16 5 

 Mr, Arkell in moving a vote of thanks to the auditors, 

 said, while he was feeling sensible of the services which it 

 had rendered to agriculture, he agreed with Mr, Sidney 

 that the Society ought not to rest on its oars. All societies 

 were too apt to relax their efforts after they had met with par- 

 tial success, and hence the icnportance of occasionally in- 

 fusing a [little fi-esh blood (Hear, hear). Young men were 

 generally more energetic than old ones (laughter) ; and 

 while they took care to have sufficient ballast in the Conn" 

 cil, they should also aim at securing increased vitality 

 (Hear, hear). 



The motion having been seconded, was put and carried. 



Mr. Astbury returned thanks for himself and his brother 

 auditor. 



On the motion of Mr. Eaymoni Barker, seconded by Mr. 

 Owen Wallis, Messrs. Astbury and Corbet were re-elected 

 auditors, and Mr, Cohen, formerly head clerk in the Society's 

 establishment, was clioseu to fill the vacancy occasioned 

 by the elevation of Mr. S. Druce to a seat in the Council. 



Mr. EocHFOET Clarke then called attention to the subject 

 of improving the house drainage in towns, and applying the 

 sewage matter to the fertilization of the land. He referred 

 in terms of approval to the exertions which are being made 

 by the Emperor of the French in this respect, and instanced 

 with satisfaction the success which had attended the mea- 

 sures adopted at the fortress of Viucennes, at Bordeaux, 

 and Toulouse. Whi'.st at the latter place, he observed, the 

 Mayor, M. Courlois, told him that there was then a lady in 

 that city, living in great style, who had made her fortune 

 entirely by the collection and sale of this description of 

 material (laughter). Mr, Clarke concluded his observa- 

 tions by handing the chairman a copy of a pamphlet, of 

 which he was the author, on the " Reform of the Sewers " 

 and the " Rescue of the Rivers." 



Lord Beenees then proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 Earl of Powis for presiding, and in doing so alluded to the 

 subject of Mr. Clarke's pamphlet. He added that he could 

 bear personal testimony to the value of nightsoil m its appli* 

 cation to all crops, and more especially to clover and 

 sainfoin. 



Mr. S. Jonas seconded the motion, which was assented 

 to by the meeting with loud acclamations, 



The Chairman said, I beg to thank you for the compli- 

 ment you have been pleased to pay me. I am glad to find 

 from the observations which have been made to-day that 

 there is a general concurrence with regard to the objects of 

 the Society, thougli differences of opinion may exist as to 

 the particular mode or degree in which some of those ob- 

 jects should be pursued. With respect to the encourage- 

 ment of local breeds, or the assistance of farmers in remote 

 districts in improving the local breeds, I must say I think 

 the ordinary arrangements of the Society provide for that 

 in a satisfactory manner. Every year we give general prizes 

 for the established breeds of slieep — the Leicesters and the 

 Southdowns; and, lam happy to say, now also for the 

 Shropshire Downs : while, as regards cattle, we give prizes 

 for the established breeds — for example, the Shorthorns 

 and Herefords — which are to be found all over the country. 

 But, at the same time, local breeds are not neglected ; for 

 while taking care that nothing is done which would clash 

 with the rules of the Society, we give men in different 

 localities an opportunity of gaining prizes for the classes of 

 animals in wliicli they were especially interested. I may 

 allude, by way of illustration, to the large class of Eomney 

 sheep exhibited at Canterbury. That is a class of sheep of 

 considerable bulk; and, although not models of beauty, 

 like the sheep of Lord Walsingham or of Mr. Jonas Webb, 

 yet perhaps owing to the nature of the land on which they 

 are found — a peculiar marsh district — they are more useful 

 there than other sheep would be, because they suflfer less 

 than others would do from rot. I think that when we dis- 

 cover large local breeds, we may fairly consider that there 

 are *ome local reasons of soil or climate which make them 

 particularly suitable to that particular district (Hear, hear). 

 With respect to the observations as to the need of improve- 

 ment among the sheep of Wales, and the introduction of 

 Cheviots, let me remind those who were at the Shrewsbury 



