Report to the General Meeting. 



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manure best adapted for particular cases, and the readiest mode 

 of detecting adulterations in the several preparations now so gene- 

 rally on sale ; and that Professor Way should also be requested 

 to favour the Members on the same occasion with a Scientific 

 Outline of the conditions affecting the growth of the turnip, and 

 a chemical explanation of the action of the different manures em- 

 ployed. The Council have further decided that, on the Wednes- 

 day evening in the week of meeting, Mr. Thompson should be 

 requested to favour the Members with a statement introductory 

 to a practical discussion on the comparative advantages and 

 disadvantages of the Thick and Thin Sowing of Wheat. The 

 Council have no doubt that the discussion of these important 

 topics will lead to the communication of many valuable results of 

 practical experience. The Council have decided to hold the 

 Country Meeting for the Yorkshire District, in the year 1848, 

 at the City of York ; and they have defined the District of the 

 Country Meeting of 1851 to be that comprising the Counties of 

 Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. 



The Council have decided to discontinue, after Michaelmas 

 1848, the appropriation of the sum of 200/. per annum to the 

 Royal Veterinary College; and to appoint a Committee to re- 

 commend the best means of improving the Veterinary Art, in its 

 special application to the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, 

 conformably with the eighth object indicated in the charter of the 

 Society. 



Professors Way and Ogston having conducted the important 

 chemical investigation confided to them, on the inorganic sub- 

 stances which are found constantly to occur in the constitution of 

 plants, their report of the results obtained during their research 

 has been made known through the medium of the Society's Jour- 

 nal ; and they are still actively engaged in the prosecution of their 

 arduous task. The Council earnestly hope that those Members 

 of the Society who have time and opportunity for the purpose will 

 avail themselves of the striking facts adduced in that communi- 

 cation, and endeavour to ascertain, by actual trial, the practical 

 value of the inorganic elements essentially required by cereal 



