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duce. The prizes offered, in addition to medals, etc., were 3345, 

 of which the Society provided 2821, the remainder being given 

 by the breed societies, local societies, and other donors. The prizes 

 were allocated thus: Horses, 850; cattle, 1176; sheep 618; 

 pigs, 227; poultry, 167; produce, 209; horse-shoeing, 38." 



Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture. (British 

 Year-Book of Agriculture and Agricultural Who's Who, 1909-10. 

 London, 1909, p. 15). 



"Founded 1865. Subscription from i. 350 members and 105 

 associated bodies, with 20 ooo nembers. Annual receipts, including 

 440 from affiliated societies, 1100 (francs 27 775). Payments, 

 i TOO. Balance of assets, nearly i ooo. 



The objects of the Central Chamber are to promote the best 

 interests of agriculture, and with that view to watch over all 

 measures affecting agriculture in and out of Parliament. It took 

 the leading part in the demand for the creation of a Board of 

 Agriculture (1889), the promotion of the Diseases of Animals Acts; 

 the Agricultural Rates Act; and Agricultural Holdings Act. 



The Council of the Chamber meets eight times in the year. 

 The subjects under discussion by the Chamber within recent times 

 are revealed in a statement which was prepared and issued for the 

 General Election in 1906, setting forth the legislation required in 

 the interests of agriculture: i) Sale of Butter Bill; 2) Dogs Bill; 

 3) Local Taxation-relief from excessive burdens imposed on agri- 

 culture, and provision of one uniform assessment for all purposes, 

 both imperial and local; 4) Railway Rates, prohibition of preferential 

 rates for foreign produce, and better means for obtaining reduction 

 of unreasonable rates on English produce; 5) Tuberculosis, no 

 further powers to be given to local authorities with regard to tuber- 

 culous meat or milk, pending report of Royal Commission, and 

 that when report is issued the consequent measure should be made 

 to apply to the whole country generally, due provision being made 

 for payment out of imperial funds of compensation in respect of 

 animals or carcasses seized as tuberculous; 6) Beer duties to be 

 adjusted in favour of beer brewed only from barley malt and hops,, 

 brewers to be compelled to declare ingredients used; 7) Uniform 

 system of agricultural weights and measures ; 8) Retail vendors of 

 foreign meat to be registered; 9) Margarine to be coloured with 

 some innocuous substance; 10) Preservatives and colouring matter 



