THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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The field experiments oa wheat, barley, and turnips 

 have been proceeded with, and those on turnips will 

 form the subject of more than one paper in the future 

 Numbers of the Journal. 



The results of the investigations made by Professor 

 Voelcker last summer in the manufacture of cheese and 

 butter have been recommended by the Committee to 

 form the subject of a lecture to be delivered in May 

 next. 



The Committee have, in consequence of a suggestion 

 from the Professor, directed him to make the composi- 

 tion and comparative qualities of different kinds of straw 

 one of the subjects of laboratory investigation, should 

 this be compatible with the investigations in cheese and 

 butter, and the field experiments. 



Admission oi<' Members to Show Yard. — Lord 

 Feversham, Chairman of the Committee, presented the 

 following report, which was adopted : — 



" The Committee recommend that the Governors and Mem- 

 bera of the Society be admitted to the Show Yard, free from 

 payment, chirins; the time it is open to the public. 



"That the Governors and Members who have paid their 

 subscriptions for the current year are to be admitted free by 

 tickets issued by the Secretary, which ticket shall not be 

 tmnaferabie ; and any Governor or Member of the Society who 

 shall be found to transfer or lend his ticket shall be reported 

 to the Council, and shall in future forfeit the privileges of 

 Membership. 



" That each Member shall sign his name, and write his 

 address, with a declaration of his Membership, on the back of 

 the official ticket, and shall also sign in the Gate-Book at the 

 Special Entrance, if required to do so. 



" Th»t application for the Member's ticket be made in 

 London, either by post or personally, not later than Friday the 

 12th of July, and afterwards at the Secretary's office in the 

 Show Yard." 



VETP.RtNARY.— Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of 

 the Committee, reported the following recommendations, 

 which were adopted : — 



" The Committee recommend that an office, with proper 

 facilities of water, &c., be constructed in the Show Yard for 

 the use of the Veterinary Inspectors. 



" That in future it shall be considered part of the Veterinary 

 Inspectors' duty to give their professional assistance in case of 

 illueas amongst the stock exhibited in the Show Yard, unless 

 objected to by the owners. 



" That each of the Veterinary Professors may be allowed to 

 introduce into the Show-yard two of his pupils as his assistants. 

 " That no horse shall be exhibited without a certificate from 

 a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as to 

 the state of the auimal with reference to hereditary diseases, 

 particularly those of the respiratory organs, which certificate 

 shall accompany the Certificate of Entry ; but that the above 

 shall not supersede the usual examination by the Society's 

 Veterinary Inspector." 



It was recommended that a request be made to the 

 Leeds local committee to take steps for ensuring a 

 supply of good hay and green forage for use during the 

 country meeting. 



The annual Report from the Govei-nors of the Royal 

 Veterinary College was received and ordered to be read 

 at the next Weekly Council. 



Implements.— Col. Challoner, who had been elected 

 Chairman of the Committee, presented the report, 

 which recommended that for — 



Drills. — The Genera] Purpose Drills, both for large and small 

 occupations, must be adapted for all kinds of corn and 

 seeds, manures dry and moist, iu quantities varying from 

 3 to 40 bushels per acre, and to have either fore or hind 

 steerage. 



The Small Occupation Seed and Manure Drill will not 

 compete with the Drill of a higher price, as its price to 

 the purchaser will be a material consideration. 



The Turnip Drills must be adapted for the ridge and 

 flat, and for manures both dry and moist, Ib quantities 

 varying from 3 to 40 bushels per acre. 

 Horse Hoes. — The Horse Hoes in Class 3 should be 

 adapted to set out Turnips at various widths, and leave 

 the plants in such a state that they can ultimately be 

 singled by hand. 



Horse Hoes should be adapted to tidge andflat work, 

 and to work in widths from 8 to 27 inches. 

 The Manure Distribitor will be preferred which is best 

 adapted foi- distributiug any kind of artificial manure 

 when in a moist or dry state ; and nhich is capable of 

 adjustment for the delivery of any quantity from 3 to 40 

 bushels per acre. 

 The Leeds Local Committee, in a letter dated Feb. 

 2nd, had stated their inability to provide the land re- 

 quired for the trial of steam-cultivators in April, except 

 at an extensive cost. 



General Leeds Committee. — Lord Walsingham 

 presented the report, which recommended that steam- 

 cultivators should be on the ground on or before Mon- 

 day, July 1, and that the trials should begin on Tues- 

 day, July 2, and that the prizes should be adjudged at 

 the Leeds meeting ; and that that decision should not 

 be made dependent upon a further autumnal trial, 

 unless decided by the stewards and judges to be abso- 

 lutely necessary. The Committee consider that great 

 importance is attached at Leeds to these prizes being 

 made known at the meeting ; for which object large 

 subscriptions have been raised. 



Presents of Books to the Library were laid on the 

 table, comprising — Magnetical and Meteorological Ob- 

 servations made at the Observatory at Bombay in the 

 year 1858, forwarded by the Secretary of State for 

 India ; the United States Patent Office Reports for 

 1857, 1858, and 1859 ; the Transactions of the New 

 York State Agricultural Society for 1859 ; the Trans- 

 actions of the Agricultural Society of Bavaria, with a 

 Pictorial Almanac for 1861, published at Munich, and 

 forwarded by His Excellency the Bavarian Minister. 



The Council then adjourned over Ash- Wednesday to 

 their weekly meeting on the 20th inst. 



Weekly Council : Wednesday, Feb. 20. — Present: 

 Mr. Raymond Barker, Vice-president, in the chair; 

 Lord Berners, Hon. W. G. Cavendish, M.P. ; Hon. 

 Col. Ilood, Hon. A. Vernon, Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart,, 

 M.P. ; Mr. Dent Dent, M.P. ; Mr, Frere, Mr. Good- 

 win, Mr. Slaney, M.P. ; Professor Simonds, and Mr. 

 Burch Western. 

 The names of candidates for election having been read, 

 The Annual Report from the Governors of the Royal 

 Veterinary College was read as follows : — 



Annual Report of the Governors of the Royal 

 Veterinary College to the Council of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society. 

 The Governors of the Royal Veterinary Collfge, in accord- 

 ance with annual custom, have again the satisfaction of pre- 

 senting their Report relative to the state of veterinary medi- 

 cine, and the means which are at their disposal to further its 

 application to the wants of the agricultural community. 

 During the past year the lectures on the diseases of cattle, 

 aheep, and pigs have been uninterruptedly delivered, and the 

 ) daily attendance of the pupils has been fully equal to that of 



