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association had been in existence tor seventeen years, the 

 first steps towards its formation having been taken so far 

 back as 1880, when a meeting" was held at the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. The object of this association 

 Tiad been mainly to test various methods of analyses and to 

 recognise as " official " those which were found by the asso- 

 ciation to give accurate results. Official associations existed 

 in Germany, France, Belgium, and Holland, and had done 

 much to improve the methods of analysis, to bring agricul- 

 tural analysts into closer relations with one another, and to 

 enable them by combined action to draw attention to desir- 

 able changes in the laws which either affected them or their 

 clients, the agriculturists. He thought it was time that a 

 similar association should now be formed in England, and he 

 moved that an " Official Agricultural Analysts' Association 

 be formed, consisting solely of district analysts." The reso- 

 lution was seconded by Mr. John Hughes, and was subse- 

 quently carried. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Otto 

 Hehner, John Hughes, J. A. Voelcker, and F. J. Lloyd, was 

 then appointed to draw up a detailed scheme for the working 

 of the association. Mr. F. J. Lloyd has consented to act as 

 hon. sec. 



The Board have received through the Foreign Office a 

 copy of the preliminary returns of the 

 i^Geraany. census of live stock taken in Germany on 

 the 1 st December, 1900. The provisional 

 figures are : Horses, 4,184,099; cattle, 19,001,106; sheep, 

 9,672,143; swine, 16,758,436; and goats, 3,206,426. These 

 show increases over 1892 of 347,843 horses (or 9*1 per cent.) ; 

 1,445,412 cattle (8-2 per cent.); 4,584,184 swine (377 per 

 cent.); and 115,139 goats (3*7 per cent.); while sheep have 

 decreased in these eight years by 3,917,469 head (28*8 per 

 cent.). 



