Report to the General Meeting. 
to about the same extent as last year. The number of samples 
analysed has been 1581. The very decided fall in the price 
of all kinds of artificial manures, in particular sulphate of 
ammonia, as also in that of feeding-stuffs, has been a prominent 
feature of the year. While this has been to the advantage of 
the consumer, it has also had the effect of introducing a larger 
number of inferior articles than before, and the cases reported 
to the Chemical Committee show that the exercise by Members 
of their privileges of chemical analysis has been attended with 
great benefit. 
The Field Experiments at Woburn have been carried on 
further, and during the winter two sets of feeding experiments 
were conducted — one on the value of ensilage for fattening 
bullocks, and the other on sheep-feeding. The results of these 
have been recorded in the last number of the ' Journal.' Fresh 
experiments have been commenced upon the growth of clovers, 
and also upon the laying down of grass to permanent pasture. 
As announced in the last Report of the Council, arrange- 
ments have been made with the Royal Manchester, Liverpool, 
and North Lancashire Society, the Yorkshire Agricultural 
Society, the Essex Agricultural Society, and the Norfolk 
Chamber of Agriculture, for the carrying out of practical 
experiments in agriculture by a system of co-operation between 
these Societies and the Royal Agricultural Society. The 
experiments of the present year have been duly carried out, 
and visits of inspection have been made by officers of the 
Royal Agricultural Society. The several reports will in due 
course be presented to the Special Experiments Committee. 
The assistance of the Society's Laboratory has been also fre- 
quently given in connection with these experiments of Local 
Societies. 
The most important feature in connection with the Seeds and 
Plants Diseases Committee is the appearance of the Hessian fly 
in this country, and its identification by the Consulting Entomo- 
logist, who has fully described this insect, and suggested remedies 
and methods of prevention, in the Society's 'Journal.' The 
work of the Entomological Section has much increased during 
the year, and the applications to Miss Ormerod for information 
concerning injuries to crops and fruit caused by insects have 
