' THE BUTLEIGH SQUIRE" 



with other details as to name, where grown, 

 nature of soil, etc., was attached to each drawing. 

 These drawings are always exhibited at the Society's 

 show, where they attract much attention, and at 

 other times can be seen at the Society's Bath 

 offices. 



There was a further very desirable innovation, 

 which provided that before being judged every 

 exhibit of cider should be analysed by the Society's 

 analyst, and whenever any preservative is found 

 in it, as not infrequently happens, it is at once 

 disqualified ; particulars of the analysis, in any 

 event, are attached to each exhibit. 



In 1893 the Council was enabled to put their 

 ideas, with respect to improvements in cider- 

 making, into actual practice, through the liberality 

 and public spirit of Mr. R. Neville Grenville, 

 of Butleigh Court, Glastonbury, a vice-president 

 of the Society, who, having placed premises, 

 machinery, and apples at the Society's disposal 

 at Butleigh, for the making of cider, followed this 

 up the following year by erecting there a laboratory 

 or experimental station, so that practice and 

 science could go hand in hand. Here for a 

 succession of years, and until the National Cider 

 Institute was founded, a valuable series of experi- 

 ments was carried out in connection with every 

 branch of the subject, under the direction of 

 Mr. F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S., F.I.C. All interested in 

 the industry were invited to visit the station and 

 see for themselves the advantage of calling in 

 science to the aid of practice. Large numbers of 

 cider-makers and farmers availed themselves of 

 the opportunity to learn how far improved methods 



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