Report to the General Meeting. ix 
In consequence of the alteration in the price of manures and 
feeding materials since the publication, nearly twenty-five years 
ago, of Sir John Lawes's Table of Manurial Values, Sir John 
Lawes and Dr. Gilbert drew up a revised Table at the request 
of the Chemical Committee, and this, with a valuable explana- 
tory paper, has been published in the current number of the 
'Journal.' This will be immediately republished as a pamphlet 
at Qd. each. 
The Woburn Experiments have been continued as heretofore, 
with the addition of a fresh series on the comparative manurial 
values of Decorticated Cotton-cake and Maize-meal. A further 
set of feeding experiments on the value of Silage will also be 
conducted during the winter. 
The Council having appointed a Special Committee to con- 
sider how far the Royal Agricultural Society can co-operate with 
the local Agricultural Societies in carrying out investigations 
into subjects of practical utility to Agriculture, they have recently, 
on the recommendation of that Committee, issued invitations 
to the Committees of County Agricultural Societies to hold a 
conference of representatives for the purpose of considering how 
far it is possible to establish such a system of co-operation. 
The Council have resolved to urge upon the Agricultural 
Department of the Privy Council the necessity of taking steps 
to organize a system for the investigation of the causes of out- 
breaks of contagious diseases of animals, and for ascertaining 
the duration of the vitality of the germs which produce them. 
The work of the Seeds and Plants Diseases Committee con- 
tinues to make steady progress. In the Entomological Section 
more than 400 letters have been written by the Consulting 
Entomologist solely with reference to the attacks of Insects 
upon Fdrm Crops, besides much other correspondence with 
public bodies, as well as enquiries from the Colonies with 
regard to insect injuries to crops of various kinds. 
