ei 1848.) 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZET 
vers 
0 
Bis teir P The 
rt to the General Meeting. 
be made with the auctioneer at t the > sale of stock 
fin heri to enable the to'l 
yas j and | 
TE. 865 
| fair his best thanks for ‘the i important p practi lectures 
ion uo to the 
General MEETING.— 
"of the Society 
on Saturday 
Lord Por 
| i 
was held at the Society’s House, i in ipiis l 
-èq last, the 13th instant. 
ight Hor rtman, President, in the 
= Secreta Ba! direction of the DnE 
ased “facilities for drawing | up “his report on the | 
mo exhibition and trial of oe they have released 
t occasio 
Managers of the Royal Tastitation of Grea 
best eer fpr nthe a y have noun to: the 
are 
+ 
+ 
2 
7 
4 Fel mstruction 
thea 
h 
‘weir 
hihtted 
“4g ‘ol Council ‘have. +g “report to 
a 
The Counsel have received from oes Judges appointed | 
for the trial of Wheat selected at the Southampton | 4 te 
alon 
o the members at their | 
ublic utility. 
P'The Journal Committee, since the last General M 
ings. erg mpepentot the following awards of Prizes ve 
ast half- Phe namely :— 
. The es Country 
ie es o! of the 
T a Pots mas Disease 
prea Cou NIRY MEETINGS. 
ment of t the entrie 
country mee ~~ Penni al 
ai expendi 
gle, view, 
tent of 
* Phe Tired following principal subjects’ during’ the 
the ensuing Part of the Journaal now on the ev 
aoe: on. 
The Committee havi ing reported to the Couneil that 
Meetings 
a 
df 
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[M 
m 
| 
ashe 
with other local varieties, which will appear at iength | Me 
on 0. s, of Bangor, North Wales ; Lord Kenyon’s 
Prize of rg es or the best Essay on oo as the food of 
Cattle, Ho: rses , and Sheep. 
Mr. John Roals, of renin | Farm, Wireliscombe, Somerset ; 
prv om. ’s Prize of 20l, for the best Essay on Catch- 
cadows. 
| 
he follow + 
ock and ring one at of tke ashes of plants, for which the Council had vote 
The se Committee have reported the execution 
of the various alterations and re 
ni 
ready held, and of the | * vena zi money, sy Council have requ rene 7 the Com- $ 
ture a ae She | a o ascertain the actual state of the investigation, Society’ ws na p P REPEtTes Ha plans for. the 
the requisite d ata fur | aad favour them with ‘a report on the erim arrangement of the RE Lee Se nd 
| f th ety > an 
and their 
ir e fie ge. on the geil 
EN 
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p Oxf 
340, O; Gambridges >. ee 
, liverpool . 
2; Bristol .. 
panite an 
It will be seen by this siateme 
e 
rst X 
0 stock, and Ki than 40 t 
pe t while the 
_— | memb and ex penditure, from the year of}; Ri us R 
funds of the Society : ”  Fthe Oxfor ge meeting to that of the Southampton in ad ta ES a OF 
es clusively, will show the corresponding relation of each f a irre iy >. ing resi as 3 ist of the ess. 
: | Bx | of these par va Sper heads: oo enquiry during the period | ° the ciety: y the lamente rath of John oe 
|Receipts| ExPen- | of E ‘Ex of the Society’s past his Earl Spen the Council, in unanimously | electing 
| P's! ‘diture, sonal rederick Earl Spencer to fill that foen, have stand 
| its Income, | Expenditure. themselves of that _ OF pportunity o recording ox their 
A kA | sei | wey |), Ere | 24l and their deep sense of his pE Fray Res a 
16.0) 3589) WB lisk Re ‘40 80 geek 
ma Song on | x 5150 rendered to the Societ pees y ae practical 
3390 | 509 | 1709. | 2842 | 5699 object Suteen with ie EA re, an ns general, ad- 
4929 | 5736 | sor | | jes vaneement af ag eat hi SPEAR They, have 
3662, | 5166 1 1504 | eted Mr, of Dilston, a, Member ai te Cape, 
nt that the last Country | acancy caused} rick Earl 
t Shrewsbury, exe ceeded | PE Ae to the to e inati 
feeting, hela at vy tn ear ouble the entries is Gs at E te “The Council bei in conclusi ee toc siias iila 
3 the entries inple.) | 1843 K ae as oat PA members on the steady progress of the Society in the 
expenses required at the Shrew sbury | lët e .. ~- 1402 advancement of its various objects ; n the distinct 
mimo- | pei ae ; eona idences, throughout the country, of the impulse given 
tión, Pave "been only double raed of the Oxford £6802 to the national cause icultural phian its 
eeting umber of persons who. visited the The total number of pelle in arrear is 2902. movements. They ore bes sens more, nee as 
ury eing, pois local, causes, |. £1915 hayicg pom discharged from a Maye Sines that, y attem is 
last ge 
eo thickly populated t than 
Distric 
that 
of the Society, in which Shrew: 
ecent 
neral 
w members havi 
meeting in May.. Sine 
a oe elected, 42 Gave 
ad +} 
- | count since the 
+ date JR 
are ipupeipie of practical’ ag le de 
| died, and 316 beens truck off thel 
| now cried ee the follows ing. member 
Tar 
and the Societ 
ve Oe 
$ 193 
IA 
5399 
A 
ers oe t J 
fleeting Honorary Mer nbers. fe 
eTa 
ou: 
a gaa town, the Council feel hik a gra atiriple of | 
a hay ing h hel 
d me A e Council havi ing ordered the | list of the Society to 
te 
sof i 
Serious bere s of stock, and of 
0 Bane i implements of distant dist 
e assem. ET 
cellence to 
ir Coun 
Feuote eg Aiaran m direct information as 
improvement, of. personal measan Of the 
bot a 
an. min fly e equal in — 
in the 
will: appea the of the 
The ede et nt meer ae dan the 
the 
rinted for 
Lee and x 
į Jour! hi 
j List 
op mias phpracier | 
the indis 
of combining e application br a Tae! 
reasonings im ett 
on discussion se the, rich soe 
‘weekly 
| Councils, which will be hel session 
of the Society, from February to 3 
By o rder of the Council, panes Hepat, Seti 
(0) ir. WARREN by 
Mr, N a this srp was received and pnd 
ted. 
| ado; 
REER, 
the. re} 
aprons would render, effect:ye serviee to 
ad 
ce the Duke or) Norte 
vse presidents ts of the aag 7. 
of the Society the ot 
from 
lendid 
ave rama 
| donation into iie. prizes to be offere ed for 
to-divide cite 
the best 
aren oe the to 
ay 
tina Re, pur- 
siol gm ay, sS y Current 
read. to. the 
Ethe aa by the Ist 
of sees 1846. nthe prize essays being rese 
nd reading at. the Newcastle meeting. 
namely :— 
Prize‘of 50L, for the best essay on: the remedy for 
the atone disease, and on porte treatment: in ‘the various 
stages of its lantin row nse f 
i 5 Siaram required to furnish | 
ay, sePore, oa trouble 
- knowledgment of 
Society owed t isa e Ma 
arewsbury ; to Me eee Ta 
EEN Behr i i 1e Ra 
cil have appointed 
erred t 
p i igh them :. 
ee 
yor and Sarpa of}. i An aecount of the growth of the Point: ierta the last 
Ata: of } to year, with goterence nee oe a ei of the i 
2. The nature and cause o sease: 
: ilway Comp ne ‘and t 3 The réthedies for the disease ; explaining thé principles on 
Police, the Copa cil have ‘wee which the a A) founded. 
,4,. The treatm = Potato in planting, both. from. the | 
tubers and sy seed, and in various stages of its 
‘owth. 
Peace for taking’ T 5. Phe mode of pitting Sua preserving Potatoes in ordinary 
respectively jseasons, with the e principles upon which any improved plans i 
ERA be founded. 
thod of providing for the Prize of 202, for the second-best essay on the same 
Judges, and for regulating TEN 
e 
at of the 
Of remuneration 
e Coun 
sera the following question: 
st. me 
gi the Couneil the most suitable. ro! n of 
merice in 1848, for the Annual County 
a he 
the sblizations ahiet information under oe Pr reris rt 
for their hanfioesa i of the disease at the 
Prize of 307. for the best history o 
densed detail ef begin 
r this 
Competitors 
perswpes by experiments. 
is prize will be required to furnish 
i 
oa sr ndviners of 
rved for 
the $ 
present time affecting the Potato ; involving & ¢ON-| meetin 
cess: of ex 
ot AUE bes 
poh had, been ay paid oe of the, general fund of 
Aep mount of prizes ; awarde d 
"The Folowing z resolutio ied unanimously : 
the motion of ea Duke pt Richmana: seconded by Mr. 
Trie Ffobbs, That t Boar thanks of the Society A ven 
to the judges at the S £ wsbury meeting: 
2. Om:the ametion. of ee B wne, seconded. by arke, 
That: the best thanks of the Society be ee = Dr. 
fair, for the lectures with which He had fay roured 
of 3 byi Professo 
pak tthe why thanks.of the e. Society be conyeyed to 
of the Royal Mstitution of castes ‘Britain, ~ 
heir theatre for the delivery of Dr 
ie ts 
. On the motion of Mr. Divett, ALP; scored b 
T That the best thanks of Gol hissy Ca 
ss Mr. Tawney, eet 
Thomas Knight, for t ‘their 
aeco ai 
he auditors: having then bee edited om the 
| re Base: M.P at at the Tne: of the 
ee when. it .w Mr. 
by acclamation, * Thatıthe 
tt, M.P., om 
Divett, , ae 
best thanks of a Saey be given 
z i st | information on te followin: rat points :— e valuable services he had trea ee ty the 
gement of patent pie gigas $ 1, ‘The history of the disease in the Potato in oe Britain, Sadets asits President, and fi pot conductin the chair 
ected by the Judges for tria! ean ecules Eseason or aea pasne traii s regarding at that meet tag” The: Presi cay having: suitably ac- 
t for re Newcastle meetin me -A On the methods for reta progress of the diseas knowledged this nanimous expression of the thanks of 
according to the 3 On the methods pro rae extracting the nutritive ine the Baia, Mr. Ten left the chair. and the meeting 
ase is aet in the amount of redients of diseased Po Potatoes. 
een! alrea ablished'; the}. Dr. Lyon Playfair, the inne pan -Chemist ‘ to’ the | > The Meetings of the Council stond adj <a ete iie 
for implements at Aran gri! pi inving indiy ar — to deliver two lectures Christma ai ta tha trek Welk me 
Council are gratified to m the race disease the members, on the oeca- astma: esday. ary. 
applications received from ion of the Been general meeting, the eil. at} In the pa eport of Dr: ‘Lyon “Piny fai’? Sond 
z soliciti ng the Society to} suggestion of the Jeu mmittee, directed all | lecture; pate d p fallen into air error in making 
ting in each om their respective fe on that subjeet to be ye submitted to Dr. Playtair’s Dr may me State s there was no E of ob- 
éfidcts resulting from the system of inspection previously to their future co consideration Pot re abroad for From 
iets’ adopted by the Couneil have’ that Committee ; and the Royal tion of Great the following ‘extract * Dr. Playfair’s manuscript 
} ical and beneficial | Britain tee a pi t tre af the dis- | Pee it will be seen what is aly the ċasë inthis 
that they are duly estinta by the |posalof the Council, for the gre of these lectures, | poin abroad, but not 
a For the acco en ater of = ex-|the President, in the e Council, and on a oi “ I the more impress upon y you the. necessity 
have decided on further r arrangeme to | behalf of the Bocisty, bas casted Dr. Lyon Play- | for taking care of seed, from the cireumstance that we 
