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£. 



Shorthorns 180 



Here fords . . . . . . .180 



Devons 180 , 



Other breeds 70 



Horses .165 



Leicesters . . . . - . . .120 

 Southdowns (or other short-woolled Sheep) . 120 

 Long-woolled Sheep (not Leicesters) . . 120 



Improved Lincoln Sheep 50 



Pigs 80 



1265 



The prizes for implements and for poultry will be decided on 

 the reports of respective Committees, on the 1st of February 

 next, when the conditions and general regulations of the Prize- 

 sheets will be finally arranged. 



Professor Way, the consulting chemist of the Society, delivered 

 before the Members, in June last, a lecture on the management 

 of the sewerage-matter of towns as manure for agricultural pur- 

 poses ; and Professor Simoncls, the veterinary inspector of the 

 Society, is continuing his researches into the cause and treatment 

 of diseases occurring among the live stock of the farmer. 



The Council witness with much satisfaction the steady support 

 which the Society receives in the acquisition of new Members 

 and zealous co-operators, the lively interest created in the dis- 

 tricts assigned for the successive Country Meetings, and the 

 increasing intelligence w^hich distinguishes the agricultural com- 

 munity of the country. Science is no longer regarded as an 

 unattainable acquirement, but has become an active principle, 

 which, like the magnetic needle, points out the course to be 

 steered, when all around is dark and uncertain : it has, indeed, 

 been found to be that knovdedge which is power. 



By order of the Council, 



JAMES HUDSON, 

 Secretary. 



