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cheese, and of the animals competing for the local prizes, added 

 greatly to the interest which must under any circumstances have 

 been excited by the excellent stock competing for the prizes of 

 the Society, and by the trials and public working of the magni- 

 ficent array of steam-engines and other agricultural implements 

 and machinery sent to the meeting. 



The Council have decided that the Warwick meeting shall be 

 held in the week commencing Monday the 11th of July next. 

 Already the requisite portions of land in that neighbourhood have 

 been placed under suitable management for the purposes of the 

 trials of implements ; and the site of the show-yard has been 

 surveyed by the Society's contractor of works, with a view to its 

 being duly prepared, under the instructions of the Warwick Com- 

 mittee, for the exhibition of the stock and implements. The 

 Council have adopted a series of local prizes, placed at their 

 disposal by the Local Committee, to be competed for under 

 the general regulations of the Society, and to be open to general 

 Competition, with the exception of the prizes for cheese, which 

 will, at the request of the Local Committee, be restricted to 

 cheese made within the county of Warwick. The Society's prizes 

 for live stock will exceed by 58/. the total amount of prizes 

 offered last year in this department ; and third prizes have been" 

 added to the great majority of the classes for cattle, sheep, and 

 pigs. The Council have decided to adopt several arrangements 

 connected with the mode of distinguishing the prize animals, the 

 restriction of local prizes to animals competing in these classes 

 alone, and the management of refreshments for the public, which 

 they hope will in each case be found to be improvements. The 

 Council have also decided on the following prizes, to be offered 

 in the department of implements at the Warwick meeting, 

 namely : — 



Class of Ploughs £40 



Class of Harrows 20 



Class of Cultivators 20 



Class of Clod-crushers 10 



Cla.ss of KoUers 10 



Class of Tile and Brick Machines 20 



Class of Draining-machines and Implements 20 



Special Prize for the best application of Steam-power to the Cul- 

 tivation of the Soil fiO 



Miscellaneous Awards Silver Medals. 



