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OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 



I. To embody such information, contained in agricultural publications and in 

 other scientific works, as has been proved by practical experience to be useful to the 

 cultivators of the soil. 



II. To correspond with agricultural, horticultural, and other scientific societies, 

 both at home and abroad, and to select from such correspondence all information 

 Avhich, according to the opinion of the Society, may be likely to lead to practical 

 benefit iai the cultivation of the soil. 



III. To pay to any occupier of land, or other person, who shall undertake, at the 

 request of the Society, to ascertain by any experiment how far such information 

 leads to useful results in practice, a remuneration for any loss that he may incur by 

 so doing. 



IV. To encourage men of science in their attention to the improvement of agricul- 

 tural implements, the construction of farm-buildings and cottages, the application of 

 chemistry to the general purposes of agriculture, the destrviction of insects injurious 

 to vegetable life, and the eradication of v.'-eeds. 



V. To promote the discovery of new varieties of grain, and other vegetables useful 

 to man, or for the food of domestic animals. 



TI. To collect information with regard to the management of woods, plantations, 

 and fences, and on every other subject connected with rural improvement. 



YII. To take measures for the improvement of the education of those who depend 

 upon the cultivation of the soil for their support. 



VIII. To take measures for improving the veterinary art, as applied to cattle, 

 sheep, and pigs. 



IX. At the meetings of the Society in the country, by the distribution of prizes 

 and by other means, to encourage the best mode of farm-cultivation, and the breed 

 of live stock. 



X. To promote the comfort and welfare of labourers ; and to encourage the im- 

 proved management of their cottages and gardens. 



LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS. 



For the purpose of further promoting the objects for which the English Agricul- 

 tural Society has been founded, the General Committee have resolved, Tlrat it is ex- 

 pedient to receive communications from Local Societies ixpon subjects connected with 

 these objects ; presenting to such Societies a Copy of the Journal whenever any 

 Paper, communicated by them to the Journal Committee, shall have been deemed 

 suitable for publication : the standing type being also placed at their disposal for 

 printing off as many private copies of the Paper as may be required for distribution 

 among their own Members. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE JOURNAL. 



In order to effect the free transmission of the Journal, as it makes its appearance, 

 to the various Members of the Society, gratuitously entitled to it, and residing in 

 every part of the kingdom, with the greatest certainty and despatch, it is particularly 

 desired that all Members in the neighbourhood of the same Market-Town would 

 confer among themselves, and communicate to the Secretary a Complete List of their 

 OAvn names and correct addresses, along with the name of the individual to whom 

 the copies may be addressed in one General Parcel, carriage-paid. 



RICHMOND, President 

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