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FREE ADMISSION TO SHOWS. 

 The Society holds every year an Exhibition of Live Stock, Farm Produce, 

 and Implements, to which, and to the Grand Stands at the Horse Ringf, Dairy, 

 and elsewhere. Members are entitled to free admission. 



REDUCED RATES FOR ENTRIES AT THE ANNUAL SHOW. 

 Entries of Horses, Cattle. Sheep. Pigrs. Poultry, Produce. &c., can be made 

 by Members at reduced rates. For Implement exhibits the entry-fee of £1 

 payable in addition to the chai'^es for space is not charged when a pai-tner of 

 the firm is a Member of the Society. Firms and Companies may secure these 

 privileg'es by the Membership of one or more of their partners. 



SOCIETY'S JOURNAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. 



Every Member is entitled to receive, without charge, a copy of the Journal 

 of the Society, each Volume of which contains articles and communications 

 by leading authorities on the most important agricultural questions of the day, 

 together with official reports by the Society's Scientific Advisers and on the 

 various departments of the Annual Shows, and other interesting features. 



Copies of the Journal may be obtained by Non-Members of the Publisher, 

 Mr. John Murray, 50a Albemarle Street, W., at the price of ten shillings 

 per copy. 



Copies of the Society's pamphlets, sold at not less than One Shilling each, 

 are obtainable by Members at half price on direct application to the Secretary. 



LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. 

 The Society has a large and well-stocked library of standard books on agri- 

 cultural subjects. A Reading Room is provided, at which the principal 

 agricultural newspapers and other periodicals can be consulted by Members 

 during ofiice hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). 



CHEMICAL PRIVILEGES. 



The Society makes annually a considerable grant from its general funds in 

 order that Members may obtain at low rates analyses of feeding stuffs, fertilisers, 

 soils, &c., by the Society's Consulting Chemist (Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, 

 Analytical Laboratory, 22 Tudor Street, London, E.C.). Members may also 

 consult Dr. Voelcker either personally or by letter at a small fee. 



VETERINARY PRIVILEGES. 



Members can consult the Professors of the Royal Veterinary- College. 

 Camden Town, X.W., at fixed rates of charge, and they have the privilege of 

 sending Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs to the College Infirmary on the same terms as 

 subscribers to the College. 



BOTANICAL PRIVILEGES. 



Reports can be obtained by Members from the Society's Botanist (Professor 

 R. H. BiFPEN, M.A., School of Agriculture, Cambridge), on the purity and 

 germinating power of seeds, and on diseases or weeds aifecting farm crops, 

 at a fee of one shilling in each case. 



ZOOLOGICAL PRIVILEGES. 

 Information respecting- anj- animal (quadruped, bird, insect, worm, &c.) 

 which, in any stage of its life, affects the farm or rural economy generally, 

 with suggestions as to methods of prevention and remedy in respect to any 

 such animal that may be injurious, can be obtained by Members from the 

 Society's Zoologist (Mr. Cecil Warburton, M.A., School of Agriculture, 

 Cambridge) at a fee of one shilling in each case. 



GENERAL MEETINGS OF GOVERNORS AND MEMBERS. 

 The Annual General Meeting of Governors and Members is held in London 

 during the week of the Smithfield Club Show. A General Meeting is usually 

 also held in the Showyard during the week of the Show. 



SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OF GOVERNORS 



In addition to the privileges of Members, as described above, Governors are 

 entitled to an extra copy of each Volume of the Journal, to attend and speak 

 at all meetings of the Council, and are alone eligible for election as President, 

 Trustee, and Vice-President. The minimum Annual Subscription of a Governor is £b, 

 with a Life Composition of £'50. 



