viii Report to tlte General Meeting. 



" The Exhibitor of any animal at the Society's Country Meetings shall be 

 required to prove the correctness of his certificate to the satisfaction of 

 the Stewards, if called upon by them to do so. Until the required 

 proof has been furnished, the prize may be withheld, and the Exhibitor 

 may, on the recommendation of the Stewards, be prohibited by the 

 Council from exliibiting at the Society's Country Meetings." 



The Bedford Local Committee have added to the Society's 

 Prize-sheet offers of prizes for Cart Horses for agricultural pur- 

 poses, Dairy Cows, and for long--wooled and short-wooled Ewes, 

 Lambs, and Wethers. 



Lord Charles Russell has also offered a cup, value 50Z., to- 

 gether with a purse of 50/. as a Prize for the best managed farm 

 in Bedfordshire. The Council have decided to offer a Second 

 Prize of 50/., to appoint the Judges and pay the expenses of the 

 adjudication, and to fix the conditions of competition. 



The Implements to be tried at Bedford next year comprise 

 twelve classes of Drills, and several classes of Horse-hoes, Manure- 

 distributors, Waggons, and Carts. Prizes are also offered for 

 vehicles for the road-conveyance of Implements and Live-Stock, 

 as well as for Shepherds'-huts on Wheels, and Sleeping-vans for 

 men engaged in steam-cultivation. The points of merit which 

 are to be taken into consideration by the Judges in awarding 

 these prizes have been already arranged by the Implement Com- 

 mittee, with the assistance of the Consulting Engineers and 

 experienced Judges. 



The question of providing in the Show-yard adequate sleeping- 

 accommodation for the men in attendance on the Stock exhibited 

 at the Country Meetings has been under the consideration of the 

 Council ; and the Society's Surveyor has been instructed to 

 prepare plans and estimates with a view to the experiment being 

 made at Bedford. It is proposed to charge a fee sufficient to 

 cover the expense of building the sleeping-room, leaving it 

 optional with the Exhibitors to take beds for their men, or not, 

 at the time when they send in their Certificates of Entry to the 

 Secretary. 



The Education Grant has been renewed for the year 1874 on 

 the scheme which has now been continued for several years past. 

 The Secretary has been in communication with the Head-masters 

 of some of the County and Middle-class Schools, but up. to the 

 present time it does not appear that the study of the science and 

 practice of agriculture has been combined with a superior educa- 



