аа ааа ааа ааа аы ааа ааа HN 
Jery 8, 1865.) 
nly came to my knowledge on Saturday 
matter of so mnoh кароо 
and see the sheep оп the next day, 
taken place. The fact o! 
deum, and " un the 
E 
consis utsix hundred ewes and lambs 
irasi ti sotoni 17 animals were known to 
hc 
E е эпі Bue 
- use sre this aiv i rri im ^f e fonnd "by m 
Е ter or less extent, t ringing uj 
somber of 2o als to га Tu ei 
к outbrea 
sase sex t ч а Tof sheep. Tho deti d 
ien rep ithin а few miles of Lewes, betwee: 
оао and Newbaven. 
scarce! that 1 shall spare no pains to а: 
Д к irm m Xue progress of this Е r а On 
„Жы, agal ^w 
nately oceu 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
annual subscription of 8s. Under the'new a 
ment the Transactions em be corn nd indepem 
dently, and sent free to a mo 
€ intim 
z have them, The would b ed i ann 
mber, and, as at present, the ы of "a en 
чой, aldit with the list of members, constitute a 
volume. ssrs, Blackwood to 
resolution comm d these gehtlemen, and 
са in the the Society; have s that 
* cai ann ot permit a connection such as has existed 
iet d M lackwood since 1828 
to [лем without expressing their sense of the able 
anner 
| inv. invariably discharged their duties, and of the friendly 
ін, X have 
yere 
Soc grec 
gren between tbem and the 
arly с ees атэ. 
Mr. Harr MAXWEIL T reported that t there was every 
t tl exhi omm would be са 
— ‚апа in ism ri = 
= zd ELLE wi A the c а= апа dh side 
Erica dear Sir, s ш 
ЖОН Dare, moe TT MONDS, 
The ene then adjourned io Tuesday, e 116 | 
шї, at 12 noon, for tl à 
IGHLAND AND À lf-y г ly 
E E: this Society Јав ek 0" new rs 
The drm iol. rm ihe venenis submitted 
for the approval of the meeting the following Bye- 
lawa :— 
Byr 
терог e the ie Domnall on Education, the 
ointed :— 
term 
отаев Board of Exam iners a app 
Science 
and Practice of Agriculture —Mechanics and Construction 
—Professor Wilson, George ES pe, Fentonberns; s 
Russell, Pilmuir ; and John Wilson, Edington Mai: 
Botany.—Professor Balfour. 
Chemistry. —Prof: Anderson. 
AM essor All 
тету. — Professor Dick. 
[Атту ам бекм Surveying.—Professor Macquorn mem 
and David up we E E. 
т and, v —Kenneth Mackenzie, С.А. ; 
ter M'Lagan, o dd dorus 
b = That the «Эз shall be both written and oral; 
that the value of the ым Shall be determined by numbers ; 
се exam үрер public. 
That there sh all Ts examination, ns to E. styled 
рашт the АНА Examination," те 
“ Diploma Examina wd The pem to be ou: id candidatos 8 
less than 18 years of age, the second to thos o hav 
pleted 21 years. 
IV. That to passthe “ Certificate Examination" a candi- 
data must be acquainted with farm accounts, зт 
and surveying, possess a good knowledge of praetical 
agriculture, an general acquaintance with the elements of 
d a 
botany ну, а, natural history. 
V. That a certificate in the following terms. signed by the 
President ог Ма Кым of the Council on Education, and 
by the ера shall ba. granted to candidates passing this 
en examined, and has 
m accounts, mensura 
ements of botany, 
tance 
gaea and natu ni Spem "md that hei is m еса 
ri 
to present himself for the and examina! tion, 
the Mene Г for сә Soci dip! 
Bc гюе Dip 
= па ry e ; chemistry, | ү 
а diploma in the following terms, bearing the cor- 
ate seal of the Society, and signed d the Prodent or Vice- 
cil o; D n Education, and by t e Secretary, 
to candidates passi oé "the second examina- 
d he was 
y 
Rie sentimen o of "e meeting. He was of 
*8 previon ese bye x ould prove as 
hith t ones, The 
publie. The гё анау made were as follows: 
d of cattle, 125 horses, 850 head of sheep, 
38 swine, 288 poultry, de imple It was expecte: 
represented, the locality being so far north; but t 
entries were already 700. 
The Show of 1866 s d be at Glasgow, and that of 
e at xa 
abel IELD EXPER: 
failed in their in id 
N Was because th 8 i 
"ы evidenced fo themselves to'the rewards offered 
A ев the diplo 
om Scotland. The reason 
x" preliminary instruction was 
labourer 
4 вад 
art of their time 
о months compara 
eral inquiries. 
€— of 
tituted a em 
siderable iet a о dat d ^t e result of 
which, he trusted, would be fov De interests of P eer 
when they had got them completed. Thisled him to refer to 
m 
ttee had 
organ n efficient 
system of field experiments, The report had been submitted to 
the directors, and would, he adopted and 
carried out. He might explain that thoy proposed that 
the Society should institute exp der cid in i se 
ere =з {һе country—these experiments to be e$ rried out on 
кр selv similar plan with any о! chan agricultural experi- 
They proposed to commence pes res in the first 
instance, and to divide the um into becas in which the 
experimen lbe carried out, It was proposed that a field 
nine gis committee should be appoltitod by tbe Te 3, 
xperimente to bem 
mittee shona” bà 
br reine that the experiments i ach district of the 
si sir а Men the уаде 
оре comm 
rran пац for their publication. 
with cultural 
experi 
very considerable. enit of labour Ге to the experimentera 
and to the committees. pos 
p should b Bi mada in all matter 
results, and this would add сопа ШУ to the work 
bich. from the нч he had made, they would see was 
s ifficiently arduous already. 
necessary to elucidate 
ERINARY COLL 
MAITLAND irn —1t ai the 
Тнк VET 
Sir ALEXANDER Mig ffords 
in being able to report n the 
Labourers, Bedfordshire Agriculture, 
satinn on. Mr. Whi id :— 
ext meeting, which will be held in October, certain 
ural labourers. ОҒ these 
One of them was for a 
Ms Yo 
priz to be give 
Diigo tie took exce 
who has reare 
urse to а from 
Irve, of 
accordance with. t 3 in 
9f the m e general 
ive up the 
S acu 
f Dru: 
AM "hey b cid: to d the 
зач ан res и. io g 
Which the Mose. Blacks 
the Јоде a aâctions had been printed 
9f Agriculture and gi oia to larer 
ir ne It E 
wer the dependence of 
also, that a careful | 168; 
n r | bringi 
and Apicultural 
the labourer, and savoured of the tim. 
to the parish for irelief ger their 
only house they regarded was the wi 
мз езд е вај t prizes 
в for gardenin, 
which they Айю skill, but um 
rearing their 
th 
€ RNC е anything in 
m prize: families. He would 
t give 
n the piran 
over ; in the meantime he pes d them to take the 
Ee on. 
e had 
had work € 
ppreciated 
—EC that they were 
аз ащ classes of the 
zum nans ог 
n being іде 
this euo ys шго аА through the "i 
land. and he had pleasure oin sying that ia cultivation боб 
stood . It will be resting ose who 
d to none interesting to th i 
we t inted wi he fact that Bedfordshire was the 
birthpiaee of all agricultural societies. We back to the 
time of F Duke of Bedford, the great patron of 
culture, wh sheep shearings at Wobu! mdi 
markable:an influence as to attract the aristocrac; 
D de seyth 
were prohibited implements, 
to z whom niex his eek referred, that one farmer had lost a 
sideral 
PE 
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8 
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d 
Mr. HENRY CORBET had à ond a m: shows in 
England, Scotland, and Ireland, and he assured m the cart 
rae - —' purposes shown that day best 
hade whilstthe hunters and haekneys were very 
indeed. 1 He had Коба the Bedfordshire Society some 
y , and therefore he w: lified speak of 
p riget nary improvement ear, e attended' the 
show ade last т, the stock occupied а 
t Biggles yea! 
little bit. of s feld, whilst nd 
cattle үе os vy c Mtn d found that all good. 
cattle, sheep, and pigs. v. oun at all were very 
had heard tho remarks of the hon. member for Bedford 
those prise were discontinued. 
London 2" Pel fast about wai: 
ing given as prizes, but he hoped the Committee of this 
ошогу Would ro retain the two prizes to which objection had 
en m: 
THE MAYOR (Ме. James Howard).—Speaking of the spread 
of intelligence reminded bim of a эы: upon which he had 
been t] a good deal urin 
"Тъцо are are to certifi directors much pleasure 
ecd ser in heart arts 2 and Sciene od ы ected with Dick and bis oll, undor tho able supe Кең ы ешил уеагв e abes have been made to extend aod M тта 
a Board of Шы чое e rted чы m Proficiont t therein by | public seminary, and to attract students from all parts of the has бош, of the ^ cm y. classes, and much, pA much good 
; 1 - аз been accom iege 
rr. PRA E Stotland on Edneation i —€— PREMIUMS FOR REPORTS. WV been ждо: Жо а вирено ойлоо уйып the 
“а the 18th day M Edom. uet given under tho Gre Mr. IR e Dra m reported that the following premiums reach of ронй do 2 advantage {о М. peop usd 
ata tho had been aw: : а good 
paced at the-dis Eea e yide ll be| 1, 30l. to James Archibald Campbell of Inverawe, Newlands - 5. bue ж озүмө т it s ced € E 
to who pass with distinguished applied lia prizes Tarm, Rugby, for a fis она on the results of the application of Бае фоб роет а лоза PEN І 
BE usen ПУБ Modal vos oer С ear o steer. e d sanoat wher th aana of ната md reta 
fi report on impro aedi on the estates of Murkle 
We opportunity a ity of "ue M at onld, атай himself of сы 1 1 ет ie n EN Granton, Edinburgh, do лыр еге — eg wr tpm chooL of this 
best and s and 47. to the students who passed the for e troughs Жн дел to railway trucks. en Ms Aa рн pec à оп, Y pe лч. 
has in the Univer ае Маа in the agricultural| 4. The Silver М dalto George Menzies, Bullions, Dunferm- ke beard, Тор. cud odoratipt is дере ресс уне кыр М 
ersity of Edin line, for тее» elevator. den : 
Bde cA, То Chan CE daher Sai Тү, Ses Med to А. esti Fala АШ, or oret Dini eS dE on ш к Тый tenues 
е Craigi te, grano distr! si butor. to set about it vigorousl e simply mentioned the subject 
The then formally asked th This concluded the business, and the meeting sepa- | to-day, and commended i eir ion. He 
they Пу а e meeling if lock. only one other question to nam „is the prizes to 
moua төрөш аы byelaws, апа an almost nnani. | "ated at two o'clock, ____ labourers touched upon by Mr. Whit Ho was an advo- 
д 1 5 taunch опе, for the systám as 
been given, vour of the recommendations having pie —At the annual dinner of this poser, Skill, а Ие fully а B ы-ы Mr. Whit his 
Mr, Hows after the very а meeting held on UM UN last, | objection to ае" labourers for length of 
eneur in the отту to say he could not |, (€ remarks were made o D а large farnily. He maintained that the offer of 
= 
е! 
termed ** moral quales" o it um o" 
аг. Ар an agricult 
Мово maintained (hat 
- EET e s 
as deserving of а птер armer was 
he sot a good за example to the other labourers of his 
performed the duties 
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Clubs. 
: кое: — Laws.— Last week а meeting 
others interested in a modifica- 
rein ба e was held here—W m. M'Combi 
En. ы Tillyfour, presiding. The meeting was very 
