vi Report to the General Meetinr/. 



1873, has l^een examined and approved by the Society's auditors- 

 and accountants, and has been pulDlished for the information of 

 the Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' The funded 

 capital of the Society remains the same as at the last half-yearly 

 meeting', namely, 24,112Z. 7^. 8fZ. New Three per Cents., and 

 the balance in the hands of the bankers on the 1st instant 

 was llllZ. 2s. Id. 



The distinguishing feature of the Hull Country Meeting was 

 to be found in the Trial-fields rather than in the Show-yard. 

 More than three hundred implements were entered for trial, in 

 thirty-four classes. Of these implements 86 were Ploughs entered 

 in 16 classes, 75 were Harrows divided into 6 classes, 58 were 

 Rollers and Clodcrushers, 42 Cultivators and Scarifiers, 12 

 Diggers, Potato-ploughs, &c., and 31 Stacking-machines. The 

 number of classes, no less than the nuinber of implements, would 

 have rendered a comparison of the relative merits of the prize 

 implements a matter of very considerable labour and difficulty 

 to intending purchasers, unless some special facilities had been 

 afforded them by the Society. The experiment of a parade of 

 the prize implements on the first two days of the Show was 

 therefore made ; and as it appeared to give wide-spread satis- 

 faction, it is proposed next year to erect a special exhibition 

 shed for this purpose in a prominent part of the Show-yard. 



Illustrated reports of the trials, by Mr. J. Coleman and Mr. 

 C. G. Roberts, have been published in the last number of the 

 ' Journal,' as well as tables, showing the dynamometrical and 

 other results, compiled with great care by the Consulting 

 Engineers, Messrs. Eastons and Anderson. 



The competition for the prize of 100/. for the best farm in 

 Holderness, in connection with the Hull Country ^Meeting, was 

 very close, although only four competitors entered for it. The 

 prize was awarded to Mr. W. G. Walgate, of West Hill, Ald- 

 Ijorough, near Hull, and the three other farms were highly com- 

 mended by the Judges. The Council regret that the illness of 

 the Judge who had undertaken to act as reporter has necessi- 

 tated the postponement of the publication of the report of this 

 interesting competition. 



Tlie show of Live Stock at Hull will be remembered on 

 account of the high quality of many of the animals exhibited ; 

 but the small entry of Horses was disappointing. An exhaustive 



