lo April ioi^.] Auiuial Ciruiit io Ai^^ricidiural Societies. 237 



throughout the year in strict contormity wirh the tollowing comhtions and 

 to the satisfaction of the Department : — 



Applications must he sultmitted not hiter than 1 st May, and accompany- 

 ing the application must be a list of the subjects (see l)elow) which the 

 Society chooses for the series. The dates of lectures will then be fixed 

 ■by the Department, and if Societies will state the most suitable seasons 

 for their districts the lectures will, as far as possible, be arranged accord- 

 ingly. 



An attendance of at least fifteen bona fide farmers, farmers' sons or 

 farm-hands will be required, otherwise tht^ lecture will not count for the 

 special subsidy. 



The President or Secretary or a member of the Council 01 Committee 

 of the Society must take the chair at each lecture and must certify as to 

 ihe number and bona fides of the attendance as above required. 



The rent of the hall, advertising and all other local charges are to be 

 paid by the Agricultural Society ; all other expenses by the Department. 



The Department will recognise any suitable lecture, paper, or address 

 that a Society may arrange to have delivered by any person other than a 

 Departmental officer, and such lecture will count as one of the four re- 

 •fjuired, provided due notification prior to delivery of lecture is given, 

 and the President of the Society afterwards cenifies as to bona fides and 

 ■suitability of the lecture and the number and character of the attendance. 



SVN'OPSIS OF T.FCTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS. 



Principles of Agriculture. 



r. The plant food of the sod. 



2. Cultivation methods and management. 



3. Principles of manuring. 



4. Valuation of artificial manures. 



5. The management of the farm. 



6. Special crops and catch crops. 



■7. Irrigation principles and methods. 



Veterinary Science and Live Stock Subjects. 



1. The structure and care of the horse's foot (lantern). 



2. Brood mares and breeding mishaps (lantern). 



3. Colic, constipation, and other bowel complaints. 



4. Ailments of dairy cows — milk fever, impaction, udder complaints. 



5 Contagious diseases of stock — abortion, blackleg, tuberculosis, 

 anthrax, pleuro pneumonia, &c. 



6. Aihiients of swine, or ailm.ents of sheep. 



7. Unsoundness in horses (lantern). 



8. Principles of stock breeding — stud horses. 



Dairy Farminij. 



1. Breeding and management. 



2. Dairy buildings. 



3. Dairy management. 



4. Milk and cream testing. 



5. Foods and feeding. 



6. Pig breeding, feeding, and m.inagement. 



