Royal Agricultural Society of England. 



PRIVILEGES OF GOVERNORS AND MEMBERS. 



FREE ADMISSION TO SHOWYARD. 



The Society holds every year an Exhibition of Livestock, Farm Produce, and Im- 

 plements, to which nnd to the unreserved portions ot the Grand Stands at the Horse 

 Eing, Dairy, and elsewhere, Members are entitled to free admission. 



REDUCED RATES FOR ENTRIES AT THE ANNUAL SHOW. 



Entries of Horses, Cattle. Sheep. Pigs, Poultry. Produce, &c.. can be made by Mem- 

 bers at reduced rates. For Implement exhibits the entry fee of £1 payable in addition 

 to the charges for space is not charged when a partner of the firm is a Member of the 

 Society. Firms and Companies may secure these privileges by the Membership of one 

 or more of their partners. 



REDUCED RAILWAY FARES FOR MEMBERS ATTENDING THE SHOW. 



The Railway Companies grant Tickets to Members for the double journey at the 

 price of a single fare and a third. (Minimum distance 30 miles.) 



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 commimications by leading 

 authorities on the most important agricultural questions of the day, together with 

 official reports by the Society's Scieniiflc Advisers and on the various departments of 

 the Show, and other interesting features. 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 agricultural 

 subjects. A Reading Room is provided at which the principal agricultural newspnpers 

 and other periodicals can be consulted by Members during office hours (10 a.m. to 4 

 p.m. ; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 'i 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 Labora- 

 tory, 1 Tudor Street. London, E.G.). Members may consult Dr. VOELCKER personally 

 or by letter at a small fee. 



VETERINARY PRIVILEGES. 



Members can consult the Professors of the Royal Veterinary College, Camden Town, 

 London, N.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. 

 BIFFEN, M.A., School of Agriculture, Cambridge, on the purity and germinating power 

 of seeds, and on diseases or weeds affecting farm crops, at a fee of one shilling in each 

 case. 



ZOOLOGICAL PRIVILEGES. 



Information respecting any animal (quadruped, bird, insect, worm, &c.) which, in 

 any stage of its life, aft'ects the farm or rural economy generally, with suggestions as 

 to metbods 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 WAR- 

 BUBTON, M.A., School of Agriculture, Cambridge, at a fee of one shilling in each case. 



GENERAL MEETINGS OF MEMBERS. 



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

 month of December, during the week of the Smithfleld Club Cattle Show. A Meeting 

 is also held in the Society's Show yard in the summer/ 



ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION OF MEMBERS. 



The Annual Subscription of a Member is payable in advance on the 1st January of 

 each year. Every candidate for admission into the Society must be proposed in writing 

 by an existing Member. Forms of proposal may be obtained on application to the 

 Secretary, at 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C. 



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. A Governor also receives a Silver Gilt Badge admitting him to the 

 Show and to the Council and Governors' Rooms. The minimum Annual Subicription 

 of a Governor is £S, with a Life Composition of £S0. 



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