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young stock, excepi so far as they were intended ultimately for 

 the purposes of the grazier. Mr. Little spoke of the necessity of 

 manuring the grasses on poor soiU. That that was very much 

 wauted there uo one could possibly doubt. The grass 

 lands of Eugland, regarded as a whole, were a disgrace to the 

 country, the attention of farmers having been so much ab- 

 sorbed in their arable lands, that their grass lands had been 

 almost entirely neglected, and, as Mr. Hudson remarked, 

 grievously robbed. Mr. Congreve appeared to him to have 

 entirely misunderstood the purport of his paper when he said 

 that he (Jlr. Wallis) would not advise that cake should be 

 given to lean beasts. He (Mr. 0. Wallis) alluded in his 

 paper, not to stcre cattle in the yard, but simply to beasts 

 that were lean, and being grazed with a view to their being 

 fattened ou pastures. To begin with lean beasts in the sum- 

 mer would be too expensive, and would not pay ; and it was 

 in connection with that point that he recommended the draft- 

 ing of only the very fresh beasts into those pastures where 

 cake was being used. He had used cake in winter with 

 store beasts to as great an extent perhaps as almost any one 

 — to the extent of 50 or GO tons a year. As regarded drainage, 

 he did not refer in his paper to the best description of pasture 

 lands, such as those in the neighbourhood of Market Har- 

 borough and Aylesbury. He had never advocated attempts 

 to render such lands dry, believing as he did that they 

 would be injurious ; but with respect to the great ma- 

 jority of the clay lands, he firmly believed that it was im- 

 possible to over-drain them. Mr. Shaw had alluded to tenant- 

 right. That was a very delicate question, but he was sure 

 there are no class of persons in this country who had so great 

 an interest in the subject we are discussing as landlords. 

 It must surely be the interest of landlords to have their 

 pasture lauds improved, and there could not be a more effectual 

 mode of securing that object than to make allowances to 

 tenants when they quitted a farm, for the improvements 

 caused by the extensive use of cake and meal for a number of 

 years. Mr. Ramsay seemed to consider that the high price of 

 labour was capsed by the high price of meat. He (Mr. 

 Wallis) did not agree with him ; on the contrary, he thought 

 the high price of meat was partly caused by the high price of 

 labour. Mr. Bradshaw appeared to be surprised that bones 

 did not produce the same effects in Surrey as in Cheshire. 

 He (Mr. Wallis) attributed that difference to the fact that 

 the lands of Cheshire had been dairied from time immemorial. 

 All the phosphates had been extracted in Cheshire by the 

 dairy process, and hence the application of phosphate of lime 

 told there with remarkable effect ; whereas in Surrey no such 

 ptactice having prevailed, bones were not required to anything 

 like the same extent. Mr. Hobbs had alluded to his (Mr. 

 Wallis's) advocacy of the six-course system. He was 

 quite sure that that system could not be followed 

 in any soil where rye-grasa could not be grown with advan- 

 tage. In the Midland Counties, where rye-grass was very 

 luxurious, more wheat was got ou that system than could be 

 obtained m any other. He agreed with Mr. Hobbs, that it 

 was beneficial to apply a portion of farm-yard manure 

 on poor pasture soils, and to apply artificial manures to 

 the arable land. Perhaps there was no better applica- 

 tion of manure than that which Mr. Hobba advocated, namely, 



the putting, as soon as the grass had been mown a dressing of 

 about six or eight loads of good farm-yard dung per acre. 

 The effect was marvellous, and nothing could be mors effectual 

 than such an application during hot weather. He agreed 

 with Mr. Frere that the infection which arose iu the transit of 

 animals by railway was a most serious matter. Infected 

 animals were placed in railway-carriages, and remained there 

 for very many hours ; those carriages were perhaps not 

 cleaned, and thus the saliva from the mouths of the infected 

 animals remained on them ; aud when fresh beasts succeeded 

 them the contagion which resulted became a source of great 

 loss (Hear, hear). Mr. Skelton had remarked upon his (Mr. 

 Wallis's) omission of any mention of sheep feeding on old 

 pastures. Now, the explanation of this was very simple. 

 Sheep feeding was so well understood, that there was, in fact, 

 no difficulty in getting good mutton, whereas there was great 

 difficulty iu getting good beef (Hear, hear). Almost any 

 quality of sheep could be obtained at a good market, but an 

 adequate supply of good beef was a raritj', and on that 

 account his remarks were confined to beasts (Hear, hear). 



Ou the motion of Mr. John Thomas, seconded by Mr. J, 

 Williams, thanks were voted to Mr. Owen AYallis for his 

 introduction; and on the motion of Mr. Hudson, seconded 

 by Mr. O. Wallis, the customary acknowledgment was 

 made to the Chairman, 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following gentlemen have been elected Members— 



At the March meeting of the Committee : — 



R. B. By as, Neville Park, Tunbridge Well?. 



D. Gregg, 28, Cornhill. 



R. Emery, Hunstou Place, Storrington, Sussex. 



H. Raynbird, Basingstoke. 



J. M. Wills, Globe Wharf, Rotherhithe, 



At the April Meeting ;— 

 T. Bigg, Cronstadt House, Abbey Wood. 

 A. B. Bloxham, Pinner. 



Sir Brook Brydges, Bart.,M.P.,Goodnestone Park, Wingham, 

 W. J. Brown, Hazlebury Box, Chippenham. 

 J. Coustou, Champion Hill, Surrey. 

 F. Frooro, 78, Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park. 

 J. Gee, Welford. 

 A. Pontey, Plymouth. 

 W. Spencer, Chalfield, Trowbridge. 

 R. Thomas, Bletsoe. 



T. L. Thuriow, Baynard's Park, Horsham. 

 R. Upcher, Kirby Cane, Bungay, Norfolk. 

 W. Vivian, Treenon Villa, Haverstock Hill. 



At the May Meeting : — 

 W. W. Cooper, Burnham, Thetford. 

 W. J. Crofts, Church Lawford, Rugby. 

 H. Page, Walmer Court Farm, Deal. 



i^f" In accordance with a resolution passed at the May 

 meeting of the Committee, a House Book has been provided, 

 in which Members are requested to enter their names on their 

 arrival at the Club ; while a similar notification will be made 

 when they leave town. 



