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The Evening Meeting was held in the same place. In 

 the absence of the Noble President, William West, Esq., 

 F.R.S., V.P., was, on the motion of the Rev. W. Thorp, 

 unanimously called to the Chair. 



The Chairman, in opening the business said, for the 

 kindness — the undeserved kindness — of the Geological and 

 Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 

 having placed him a few years ago on the list of officers, as 

 one of their Vice-Presidents, he felt it his duty, when called 

 upon, to avoid making any demur to the proposition of the 

 Secretary. The first paper to be proceeded with was one by 

 James Haywood, Esq. ; but, owing to indisposition, he was 

 unable to attend. The paper, however, had been committed 

 to Mr. Lucas for the purpose of being presented to the Meeting. 



Mr. Lucas said he regretted the absence of the Author 

 of the paper, inasmuch as the Meeting would be deprived of 

 that part which he would undoubtedly have taken in the 

 discussion which would follow. As regarded himself, he was 

 somewhat ignorant of the subject, and could not, therefore, 

 afford them any further edification than what they would 

 derive from the reading of the paper. He then proceeded 

 to read the following : — 



ON THE CLOVER SICKNESS OF CERTAIN SOILS : BEING AN 

 ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES PRO- 

 DUCING THE FAILURE OF THE RED CLOVER CROP, 

 WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS PREVENTION. BY JAMES 

 HAYWOOD, ESQ., SHEFFIELD. 



Agreeably to the request of the members of the Blyth 

 Farmers' Club, at a meeting held on the 5th of June last^ I 

 undertook certain experiments and investigations on the soils 

 furnished to me by Mr. Beavor, of Barnby Moor, with refer- 

 ence to the cause of the failure of the red clover crop. I 

 submitted these soils to a minute chemical analysis, so as to 



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