ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 185 



Before the end Q.f 1841 twenty-two Local Societies in addition to those 

 that had received aid for prizes became connected with the Central Society, 

 these were : — 



This makes a total of forty-five Societies in connection with the Central 

 Society at the end of 1841. 



In the correspondence and communications during 184 1 some valuable 

 suggestions were made indicating the great interest that had been aroused 

 in the country through the initiation of the Royal Agricultural Improvement 

 Society of Ireland. The desirability of co-operating with, and substantially 

 aiding, the Loan Fund Societies of the country was urged by Mr. Gustavus 

 Lambert of Beauparc. Mr. Blacker, of Market Hill, suggested a method of 

 itinerant Agricultural Instruction. 



Acknowledgment is made in the Minutes of valuable aid received from 

 the Highland Society, through Sir Charles Gordon, the Secretary, and from 

 the Royal Agricultural Society of England who furnished information on 

 their methods of procedure. Dr. Robert Kane (Sir R. Kane), Professor of 

 Natural Philosophy to the Dublin Society, presented the Society with his 

 voluminous work Elements of Chemistry, and intimated his intention of 

 devoting himself to the study of Agricultural Chemistry for the future, and 

 Professor Apjohn, of Trinity College, undertook the analysis of the newly 

 imported manure called guano. A set of very valuable reports which had 

 b en published and circulated on the estates of Lord Clif den, and which 

 had a most beneficial effect in stimulating and encouraging the tenants on 

 the property and in inducing them to adopt the different new and improved 

 modes of husbandry, were furnished by Mr. Martin Dwyer. 



The Council's Minute Book also states, " It is difficult to enumerate the 



