Report to the General Meeting. 



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this country the growth of Flax as an agricultural crop. The 

 conditions of soil and culture, the management of fibre, and the 

 question of there being or not a sure market for its sale, are prac- 

 tical and prudential considerations, which will no doubt of them- 

 selves engage the attention of farmers, without any special caution 

 being given to them by the Council ; who, although well aware 

 that there are, under ordinary circumstances, no difficulties attend- 

 ing the cultivation of this crop, yet feel at the same time that at 

 present adequate means are not generally available for taking the 

 crop off the growler's hands. 



The Council, in conclusion, have the continued satisfaction of 

 calling the attention of the Members to the gradual and vigorous 

 development of the Society in its practical and useful objects, 

 and to the addition of new members to its list from among the 

 friends of agricultural improvement in every part of the United 

 Kingdom. 



By order of the Council, 



(Signed) JAMES HUDSON, 



Secretary. 



MEMORANDA. 

 General Meeting in London on Saturday the 22nd of May, 1852. 



(Country Meeting at Lewes, in Sussex, in tlie week commencing the 12th of July, 1852. 

 General Meeting in London, on the ^atiirday in the week of the Smithfield Club Show, in 

 December, 1852. 



Monthly Council (for legislative business'), at 12 o'clock on the first Wednesday in every month, 



excepting Sept., Oct., and Nov. : open only to Members of Council and Governors. 

 Weekly Council (for practical communications), at 12 o'clock on all Wednesdays in Feb., March, 



April, May, June, and July, excepting the first Wednesday in each of those months : open 



to all Members of the Society. 

 Adjournments. — The Council adjourn over Passion, Easter, and Whitsun weeks ; from the first 



Wednesday in August to that in November ; and from the second Wednesday in December to 



the first W'ednesday in February, 



Guano analysed for Members by Prof. Wat (at 23, Holies Street, Cavendish Square, London), at 



5s. for a partial analysis, and at 10s. for a complete analysis. 

 Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs.— Members have the privilege of applying to the Veterinary 



Committee of the Society, and of sending animals to the Royal Veterinary College, on the 



same terms as if they were subscribers to the College (Journal, vol. XL, Appendix, pp. viii, ix ; 



vol. XII., Appendix, p. iv.). 



Prizes for Essays and Reports, 1852 and 1854 : terms and conditions given in last Part of Journal 

 (Appendix, pp. xxxi-iv). Essays to be sent to the Secretary by the 1st of March in each year. 



Prizes for Implements, 1852 : terms, conditions, and general regulations given in last Journal 

 (Appendix, pp. xxiii-xxx). 



Certificates for Implements to be sent to the Secretary by the 1st of May, 1852. 



Certificates for Live-Stock to be sent to the Secretary by the 1st of June, 1S52. j 



