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cream, offered by the Plymouth Local Committee. Five Prizes of 51. 
each, and five Prizes of 31. each, will be given for Fresh Butter, Fresh 
Butter slightly salted, and Butter made from scalded cream. Prizes 
will also be given for Cider and Perry, and for Jams and Preserved 
Fruits made in 1889. The British Bee-Keepers' Association will 
continue their Prizes for Hives, Honey, and Bee-Appliances. 
20. The Butter-making Competitions, which the Council believe 
to have been of material benefit during the past few years in incul- 
cating the improved principles of dairying, will be continued at 
Plymouth. The following classes have been arranged, five Prizes 
being offered in each class : — (1) Tuesday, June 24. — Dairymaids 
who have won a prize at any agricultural or dairy show. (2) 
Wednesday, June 25. — Dairymaids who have not won a prize at any 
agricultural or dairy show. 
21. Another interesting feature of the Plymouth Meeting will be 
a competition of Shoeing Smiths practising in the counties comprised 
in the district of the Show. The competition will be in two classes — 
Hunters and Agricultural Horses — and five Prizes will be offered in 
each class. The Worshipful Company of Farriers have generously 
offered to provide a First Prize of 10£. in each of these two classes, 
and to bestow the freedom of their Guild upon the two First-Prize 
winners. This public-sjfirited proposal has been cordially accepted 
by the Council, who have expressed to the Company their willingness 
to co-operate with it in its efforts to promote skilled farriery and 
the registration of duly-qualified Farriers. 
22. Prizes amounting to 3001. have been offered in three classes 
by the Plymouth Local Committee for the best- managed Farms in 
the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The number of farms entered 
for competition is seventeen, and the Judges will start on their first 
tour of inspection shortly after Christmas. 
23. The Council have agreed to continue for another year the 
grant of three Premiums and Gold Medals for thoroughbred Stallions 
serving Mares in District D, which comprises Berkshire, Cornwall, 
Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Surrey. Sussex, 
and Wiltshire. These Premiums will be competed for at the same 
time, and generally under the same conditions, as the twenty-two 
Queen's Premiums offered by the Royal Commission on Horse-breed- 
ing. Arrangements have again been made, in conjunction with the 
Hackney Horse Society and Hunters' Improvement Society, for 
holding a Joint Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, London, on 
March 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1890. Members of the Society M ill be entitled 
to free admission to this Sliow on making previous application for 
tickets to the Secretary, 
24. The Council have received an invitation from the Town 
Council of Leeds to hold the Society's Country Meeting of 1891 in 
that town. The customary Committee of Inspection has been ap- 
pointed to report on the site and other accommodation offered, and 
