Report to the General Meeting, Dec, 1852. 



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Christmas the final arrangements for the Poultry Prizes. They 

 have also decided on the Prizes to be offered for tlie Essays and 

 Reports of next year. They have agreed to the arrangements 

 for preparing the land for the trial of Implements, and have 

 accepted the offer of the Contractor of Works to undertake their 

 execution at the same rate of charge as in former years. They 

 have received from the Professors at the Royal Agricultural 

 College at Cirencester the offer of co-operation in any way by 

 which their services may be thought, by the Council, best to 

 promote the objects of the Society at the Gloucester Meeting. 



In order to consider the most effectual means of obviating the 

 over-feeding of live stock for breeding purposes exhibited at the 

 Country Meetings of the Society, the Earl of Ducie, as its late 

 President, undertook, after the Lewes Meeting, the task of enter- * 

 ing into communication with the greater number of those gentle- 

 men who had acted as Judges at the former Country Meetings 

 of the Society ; and the great majority of their opinions being in 

 favour of decisive measures to put a stop to an evil so generally 

 complained of, a Committee was appointed, who have made the 

 following recommendations, which have been since adopted by 

 the Council : — 



1. To appoint three Jtiries of Condition for the three divisions of (1) Cattle, 



(2) Sheep, (3) Horses and Pigs ; each Jury to be drawn by lot by 

 the Steward of each division from the whole of the Judges comprised 

 in it, and to consist of 9 Judges and 1 Steward ; the Steward himself 

 not to vote, but to take the decision in each case by a show of hands ; 

 the majority of votes to decide. 



2. The following notice to be printed in red ink at the foot of each Certi- 



ficate of entry, namely, " All animals sent for exhibition which shall 

 in the opinion of the Jury be in an over-fed condition will be dis- 

 qualified by the Jury before inspection by the Judges and a placard 

 to be placed over the standing of every animal that shall be so dis- 

 qualified, stating the reason of such disqualification. 



3. The age of Bulls in the two classes of each division of cattle not to 



exceed four years and two years respectively on the 1st of July in the 

 year of show for w^hich they are entered. 



4. Ko Bull in Class 1. of each division of cattle to be eligible for a Prize 



unless a Certificate is produced of his having served not less than three 



