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after calving) has lately occurred 
almost daily among cows in his dis- 
trict; fifteen cases came under his 
observation in less than one week. 
The treatment adopted has been 
fairly successful, the recoveries 
amounting to sixty per cent. Mr. 
Aulton remarks on the serious effects 
of the sudden wintry weather on 
sheep and lambing ewes; numerous 
losses have resulted from catarrhal 
pneumonia with spinal disorder. 
The Committee had considered 
the report of the Sub-Committee of 
the Conference on Horse Shoeing ap- 
pointed in December last, and the 
liraft Scheme for the Examination 
and Registration of Farriers as Shoe- 
ing Smiths prepared by the Worship- 
ful Company of Farriers, and amended 
by the representatives of the Worship- 
ful Company, of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, and of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 
land. This scheme and the report 
of the Sub- Commit tee having been 
previously circulated among the 
members of the Council, it had, on 
the motion of Mr. PeU, seconded by 
Professor Axe, been resolved to re- 
commend the adoption by the Council 
of the scheme as at present printed. 1 
The Examiners on the diseases of 
animals of the farm other than the 
horse in the examinations for the 
diploma of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons held last year 
had reported that the following 
gentlemen have attained the greatest 
dist inction : — 
1. Mr. H. H. MnxwABD, Mareham-le-Fen, 
Lincolnshire. 
2. Mr. J. Goixedge, Whaddon Grove, Trow- 
bridge. 
The Committee recommended that 
the Society's large medal be given in 
silver to Mr. Millward, and in bronze to 
JI r. Golledge. They also recommended 
the payment to the Royal Veterinary 
College of the first quarterly instal- 
ment of the Society's grant of 500?. 
Applications for appointment as the 
Society's provincial veterinary sur- 
geons (1) from Mr. Robert Roberts, 
of 30 Bridge Street, Wrexham, for 
the county of Flint, and (2) from 
Professor W. T. Wilson, of the Roval 
1 See page 213. 
Agricultural College, Cirencester, for 
the county of Gloucester, in succes- 
sion to Professor Almond, had been 
acceded to. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that a letter had been received from 
Mr. Robert Thompson, the owner of 
the first-prize winner, Belle Madeline, 
in Class 80 at the Windsor Meeting, 
from which it appeared that this cow- 
had not complied with Regulation 49 
of the prize-sheet. The following 
were the animals which, in conse- 
quence of the above-mentioned dis- 
qualification, succeeded to the prizes, 
being duly qualified therefor, and the 
Committee recommended that cheques 
be drawn in favour of their exhi- 
bitors : — 
First prize of 201. to Lord Polwarth, 
for Ware of Loch Lcren. [Awarded 
second prize.] 
Second prize of 10Z. to BIr. C. W. 
Brierley, for Marchioness of Waterloo 
Gth. [Awarded third prize.] 
Third prize of 51. to Mr. Thomas 
Stokes, for Autumn Rose. [Reserve 
number.] 
Judges' Selection. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that, with very few exceptions, the 
invitations to judge at Plymouth had 
been accepted, and the necessary 
instructions had been given for the 
completion of the list. 
Implement. 
Mr. Frankish (Chairman) pre- 
sented the Report of this Committee, 
which stated that Mr. J. H. Knight, 
of Barfield, Farnham, had drawn the 
attention of the Society to an error in 
the records of the trials of his petro- 
leum engine during the Windsor Show 
last year, and the Committee recom- 
mended that the following report, 
which had been received from the 
Consulting Engineers, be published in 
the Proceedings of the Council, in 
order that the Society might take the 
earliest opportunity of correcting the 
error which had unfortunately oc- 
curred : — 
" An investigation of the case 
shows that a clerical error has been 
committed on the part of the 
