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THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 





333 



5. , po^nors, 674 life members, 4175 annual 



ltt hSTliul 19 hononrj members ; making a total of 

 ■*5?Wncr*l members on the list of the Society. 



^fcfruiK'il have transfer! I the name of Colonel 

 *J iiLer from the general members of Council to the 

 C r\f trustees of the Society, to fill the vacancy in 



of trustees 



kv 



Law- 

 into 



w list occasioned by the decease of Sir Francis L 

 . and they have elected Mr. Tendarves, M.P., i 

 Council, to complete the number of their members. 



The chemical investigations are proceeding in a satis- 

 ^JLrv manner, and the subject of the absorptive pro- 



llries of cla y soi ^ s in re ^ ereuce to manuring matter 

 £!SLes to receive from Professor Way the attention 

 25 its importance demands. The torrefaction of 

 W T? __ k,,,nin ff of clays, for the purpose of effecting 



^^ or burmn^ m . . 



beneficial change in their mechanical condition and 

 HhTsical properties, has been selected by the Chemical 

 Gmittee as the new subject for investigation on the 

 L-^nlPtion of the analysis of marls ; and the Council 



completion 



hooe that members residing in districts where such 

 process is adopted with success, will take an early oppor- 

 jonitv of sending to the Secretary specimens of 'such 

 fertilising clays, in their natural as well as in their burnt 

 -ate along with a statement of any facts within their 

 knowledge connected therewith. As Consulting-Chemist 

 of the Society, Professor Way has spontaneously offered 

 to reduce his charges to the lowest possible scale for 

 makin^ analyses of guano for the members ; and as the 

 Council consider a special analysis of that manure to be 

 the only safeguard against the attempts at fraud so ex- 

 tensively practised by unprincipled dealers, they trust 

 that themenibers of the Society will avail themselves of 

 so cheap, simple, and effective a means of security. 



The Council have decided to renew the grant of 2007. 

 to the Royal Veterinary College, for the year, for the 

 purpose of aiding that institution in carrying out one of 

 the original objects of the Society, namely, " The im- 



following conditions : — i- i nai an memners oi me ivoy 

 Agricultural Society of England shall have the privilege 

 of sending cattle, sheep, and pigs to the Royal Veteri- 

 nary College, on the same terms as if they were sub- 

 scriber to it ; and 2. That the Royal Veterinary Col- 

 lege make a report at the end of the year of their pro- 

 ceedings in connection with this grant. 



During the past half-year the Council have made such 

 alterations in their bye- laws as will restrict the official 

 bus*m< more completely to the Monthly Meetings, in 

 order that the Weekly Meetings may be given up entirely 

 to short introductory lectures, leading to subsequent dis- 

 cussion, and the communication of personal experience 

 amoi. the members, on topics connected with practical 

 farming. Professor Way and Professor Simonds have 

 each expressed their willingness to take such part in 

 these proceedings as the Council may from time to time 

 think desirable, and will make arrangements accordingly. 

 On a former occasion the Council reported to the 

 members the offer ot" a site in Hyde Park for the Society's 

 Agricultural Show of Breeding Stock : the conditions for 

 the occupation of that site, however, which were subse- 

 quent submitted to the Council by the Commissioners 

 of Woods and Forests, were such as the Council, acting 

 on the part of the Society, could not accept. The First 

 Minister of the Crown then expressed his desire to pro- 

 mote the objects of the Society by the offer of a site to 

 which, from its locality, no such conditions as those 

 necessarily required in the case of Hyde-park would 

 apply. Accordingly, Her Majesty's consent, on his 

 lordship's representation, was at once given for the 

 Society to select a site in such one of the Royal Parks 

 of Hampton-court, Bushy, or Kew, as might be found on 

 inspection most suitable for the purposes of the Society. 

 The Council, in pursuance of this offer, decided to select 

 a site in Bushy Park, and were placed by the Go- 

 vernment in communication with the Commissioners of 

 Woods and Forests and the Master of the Horse, when 

 the authorities of Windsor informed the Council of the 

 gracious permission of Her Majesty, and that of His 

 Royal Highness Prince Albert, to place the Home Park 

 of that Royal demesne at the disposal of the Society, as 

 a site for the purposes of that Country Meeting, should 

 the Council consider it preferable to the one already 

 selected in Bushy Park. The Council, on the report of 

 the same Committee of Inspection that visited Bushy 

 Park, decided that the Country Meeting of the present 

 year should be held in the Home Park at Windsor, 

 agreeably with the permission thus so graciously con- 

 ceded to the Society : a permission which the members 

 of the Society will not fail to regard as not only grati- 

 fying in itself, but as enhanced in its value by the con- 

 descending manner in which it has been communicsted. 

 The attractiveness of the Home Park as a site for the 

 meeting, and its immediate contiguity to the Great 

 Western and South Western Railways, will no doubt 

 tend to the access and accommodation of a larger number 

 of visitors than have attended on any former occasion. 

 Notwithstanding the short period during which the 

 Mayor and Corporation of Windsor had on this occa- 

 sion an opportunity of making arrangements for the 

 society's reception at a place of meeting to which they 

 had invited its Members, the Council have the satisfac- 

 tion of stating that those arrangements have been com- 

 pleted most satisfactorily, as in the case of other places 

 w here the Country Meetings of the Society have been 

 neld, the Mayor of Windsor, in the name and on behalf 

 ot himself and the Corporation, having entered into 

 guarantees with the Commissioners of Woods and 

 * or. sts, by which the Society will, agreeably with the 

 tfoyal Pel-mission, be granted the full and free occupa- 



tion of the sites selected in the Home Park for the pur- 

 poses of the Meeting, and be In 11 harmless from all 

 liability of damage and from all charges of occupation. 

 The Mayor and Corporation have also platted the sum 

 of 600*." to the credit of the Society's account with 

 Messrs. Drummond, as a subscription from the town 

 and neighbourhood of Windsor, intended to meet to 

 that extent the heavy expenses which the Society always 

 incurs in the preparations for its Country Meeting. 



The week of the Society's Country Meeting at Windsor 

 will commence on Monday, the 1 4th of July next. The 

 Show, as ascertained from the entries made, will 

 consist of upwards of 1200 head of breeding stock, and 

 will be opened to the public on the Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day, and Thursday ; and the dinner of the Society will 

 take place in the Home Park, on the Wednesday of 

 the same week, in a pavilion constructed to contain 

 2000 guests. Members of the Society who apply to the 

 Secretary for their Pavilion Dinner Tickets between 

 the 20th June and the 5th July, will receive them on the j 

 usual conditions. The Council have nearly completed 

 with the principal railways throughout the kingdom the 

 arrangements for the conveyance of the stock to and 

 from the Show ; and in every case where they have at 

 present received a decision, a free transit has been 

 granted to the stock entered for the Windsor Meeting, 

 both to and from the Show ; and they have every reason 

 to believe that the same liberal concessions in favour of 

 the Society's Exhibitors, for the purpose of promoting 

 the objects of the Society, will, as in former years, he 

 conceded by the other railway companies, to whom they 

 have also applied. The Council have taken measures for 

 obtaining a greater number of nominations from which to 

 select the Judges for the Country Meetings ; but they still 

 feel the imperfection of all plans hitherto adopted for 

 their appointment. The Council duly appreciate the 

 great importance of a strict and impartial adjudication 

 of the Society's prizes, by men not only disinterested in 

 themselves, but fully qualified by their abilities and ex- 

 perience for the arduous task confided to them ; and the 

 Council will esteem itafavour if the Members of the Society 

 at large, will, from time to time, transmit to them any 

 suggestions that may tend tapromote thisdesirable object, 

 and essentially to give effect to that competition for excel- 

 lence which the Society, by its premiums, evinces so great 

 a wish to excite. They have already referred it to the 

 Judges, as part of their duty, to ascertain and report to 

 the Council any failure in the due shearing of the sheep, 

 or any excess in the market condition of the animals 

 inconsistent with their character as breeding stock. 

 They consider that the higher the character of their 

 judges becomes, the more powerfully will they be able 

 to aid the Council in repressing many of the abuses 

 alleged to take place in the competition for prizes. They 

 also hope that the time is not far distant when the judg- 

 ments given in the Show-yard, in the case of Live Stock, 

 will be founded on well defined-and acknowledged prin- 

 ciples, having reference in each class to some assigned 

 standard of excellence ; and that these judgments 

 although formed on less distinct and constant data than I 

 in the case of implements, may gradually approximate | 

 in some degree to uniform and consistent results, that 

 may prove, like those in the implement yard, satisfactory, 

 at the same time, both to the Judges, and the competing 

 exhibitors ; and thus tend to establish those points of 

 form, development, and quality which constitute perfec- 

 tion of breed in the different classes of animals adapted 

 for agricultural purposes. 



The Council have selected Lewes as the place of the 

 Country Meeting of the Society for the year 1852 ; and 

 they have at the same time constituted a new district for 

 the Country Meeting four years in advance from the 

 present time, agreeably with their usual practice. The 

 rotation of districts, therefore, now stands as follows : — 



ls52— *South-Easterw, District comprising the counties of 

 Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 



1853 — South- Wales District, comprising the whole of South 

 Wales, with the addition of the counties of Gloucester, 

 Hereford, Monmouth, and Worcester. 



1854— East-Midland District, comprising the counties of 

 Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, and Rutland. 



1855 — North-Western District, comprising the counties of 

 Lancaster, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and the Isle 

 of Man. 



The Council, in conclusion, have every reason to con- 

 gratulate the members on the continued prosperity of 

 the Society, and on the undeviating manner in which it 

 steadily pursues those practical objects connected with 

 the improvement of land, the management of crops, and 

 the general advancement of good husbandry, in which 

 all its members are more or less deeply interested. 



By order of the Council, James Hudson, Secretary. 



On the motion of Sir R. P. Jodrell, Bart, seconded 

 by Mr. Windgate, of Hareby House, Lincolnshire, this 

 report was received and adopted by the meeting. 



Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the Finance 

 Committee, read the following balance-sheet from the 

 Auditors, on the part of the Society. 



Half-yearly Account, ending the 31st December, 1850. 



Receipts. 

 Balance in the hands of the Bankers, 1st July, 1850 £2435 

 Balance in the hands ot the Secretary, 1st July, 1850 

 Dividends on Stock 



Life-Composition of Governor ... 

 Lite- Compositions of Members... 

 Annual Subscriptions of Governors 

 Annual Subscriptions of Members 

 Receipts on account of Journal 



South Devon Prizes 



Receipts on account of Country Meetings 



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Law Expemes 



Payments on account of Journal 



Chemical Grant ... 

 Chemif.il Investigations... 



Veterinary Inspection 

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u ember, 1850 

 Balance in the hands of the Secretary, 3Ut of 



December, 1850 



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£178 IS <$ 



13 15 2 



At'Z 13 



20 8 g 



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740 14 T 



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1517 14 6 



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1903 15 1 



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£5925 19 1L 

 Examined, audited, and found correct, this 16th day of May, 1850* 

 (Sigued) Thomas Knight, 1 Auditors on 



Robert kemaw, r the part of 



Geo. L Raymond Barkee, J the Society. 



On the motion of Mr. Batten, of Somersetshire^ 

 seconded by Mr. Dyer, of Hampshire, the best thanks 

 of the Society were voted to Mr. Knight, Mr. Beman, 

 and Mr. George I. R. Barker, for their care and kind 

 trouble in auditing the accounts. 



On the motion of Mr. Shaw, of London, seconded by 

 Mr. Smith, of Exmoor, the best thanks of the Society- 

 were voted to Professors Way and Simmonds for the- 

 lectures they had kindly delivered before the members 

 of the Society. 



On the motion of Colonel Ciiallonkr, seconded by 

 Lord Camoys, the best thanks of the meeting were car- 

 ried by acclamation to his Grace the Duke ot Rich- 

 mond, the President of the Society. 



The votes of thanks were respectively acknowleged 

 by the parties present, to whom they had especial 



reference. 



Lecture. — Professor Wat will deliver a statement 

 before the members in the council-room, on Wednesday 

 next, at 12 o'clock, on the preparation, composition, 

 and agricultural use of superphosphate of lime. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



(Continued from page 317.) 



Mat. 



Date. 



May 14 

 15 



Time. 



11 a.m. 



10.50 p.m. 



7.20 a. in. 



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5.55 p.m. 

 7.50 a.m. 



V1A0 p.m. 

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WlND. — WEATBia. 



NE. Gentle breeze, and tine 



day. 

 a.m. Bright punny cloudless 



morning, Kentle N E. breeze. 

 2 p.m. Wind shifted, and 



upper scud began to fly 



from SW., lower as before 



from NE. 

 Sunset. Very threatening 



appearance to W. 

 NW. Gentle, fine, sunny 



morning. 





6.30 

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29.85 



SW. Wind shifted, and sky 

 overcast ; about 7 p.m. a 

 slight shower ot rain ; 

 wiud S. 



SSW. Gentle, cloudy, plea- 

 sant day. 



WSW. Brisk breeze; over, 

 cast, with very rainy ap* 

 pearance, but none fell. 



29.78 I Thin, misty, overcast, patt- 

 ing swiftly from sW. 



29.79 1NW., and more moderate. 

 Fine evening and night. 





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a.m. WWW. Stiff breeze;. 



heavy clouds, 

 p.m. NW. Stiff breeze;, 



fine day. 

 Stiff NN W. breeze, and fine. 



* This storm must have been at some distance ; it probably 

 came from the Bermudas, and turned off to northward. 



f This storm came from westward, and passed over England 

 to the eastward. 



X This was certainly a different current from the last one ; it 

 must have lain a long way to the westward, and probably ori 

 the 17th produced a heavy gale off Newfoundlannd. 



Dorchester, May 22d. j>\ P. J5. M. 



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(Signed) 



Thomas Raymond Barkee, 



Chairman, 



C. B. Challuner, 

 Thumas Austen, 



£5925 19 11 



Finance 

 Committee, 



Notices to Correspondents. 



Bricks: W B H says, "My object beiDg the improvement of 



agricultural buildiugs, I take the liberty ot asking your moro 

 experienced correspondents what ia the best size and form 

 to make brick for building farm premises, and whether or. 

 not it is advantageous to have them made hollow, and what 

 is the best shaped mould for such a purpose ? A brick- 

 maker near me proposes a brick 18 inches by 9, mad* 

 hollow by a machine. 1 ' 

 Docks: Lover of Poultry. Grains are hardly nutritive enough 

 for growing ducks ot seven weeks old, unless mixed with ttie 

 fiuest pollard and a sprinkling or Barley-meal ; Barley-meat 

 with pollard and milk, not too stiff, is an excellent diet for 

 fatting ducks. They will get on taster shut up in an old 

 stable than when having the run of your rattier large garden 

 aud pond. For further information buy a Poultrv-boofc 

 or two. 



Escape of Milk : W W, When the cow becomes dry, the fistula 

 in the teat may be cured by an operation, but not while 

 milking continues. W m C. S. 



Gorse : Inquirer. It for use as fodder, to cut it every oth 

 year will involve as little waste as possible. 



Kilns: G Forrester. Your letter will be answered by a com- 

 petent authority in a short time. 



Management of Poor Land: A Speculator will find that all 

 crops require manure. If your land is infertile, owing to 

 poverty, lime will only add to the mischief. Plough it and 

 re-plough it this summer, and force next year a crop of 

 f urnip or Mangold Wurzel by means ot guano and super- 

 phosphate, as you have no farm-yard dung at como>aud ; 

 consume them on the land, and then grow Barley and seeds * 

 and let the land he down for a year or two. 



Mangold Wdezel : A B says, M There is a paper, in the 

 Agricultural Gazette of the 17th inst., signed • B. E.,' in which 

 he gives us an account of root crop culture. Will he be so 

 kind as to explain whether Mr. Huxtable applies a pint of 

 phosphate to each Turnip or Mangold Wurzel root ! and if 

 u be placed above the seed when it is dibbled % " 



