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Report to the General Meeting. 
In reply to a letter addressed bv the President to the Lord 
President of the Privy Council, in reference to an outbreak of 
Scarlatina, the following communication was received : — 
February 28th, 1S87. 
My Lord, — Eeferring to your Lordship's letter of the 3rd inst., suggesting 
that the Privy Council should institute an inquiry into the allegations that 
the milk of cows affected with eruptive disease of the udder and teats may 
become a medium of conveying the infective matter of human diseases, such 
as Scarlatina and Diphtheria, without the agency of a diseased human being, 
1 am directed by the Lord President to inform you that his Lordship has . 
given directions that an investigation is to be carried out, as suggested in 
your Lordship's letter above referred to. 
I am, My Lord, 
Your Lordship's obedient servant, 
(Signed) C. L. Peel, 
LoBD Egeeton of Tatton", 
President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
12, Haxovee Sqcabe, W. 
A report on the subject has recently been received from the 
Agricultural Department of the Privy Council, 
The Council having received a communication from the 
W orshipful Company of Farriers asking their opinion on the 
advisability of opening a Register for the entry therein of the 
names, addresses, and ages of any Master and Journeyman 
Farriers who shall pass a practical examination in the art of 
making shoes for, and shoeing horses, the Council informed them 
that the course proposed would be beneficial, but that it seemed 
to them that the Worshipful Company would most advance the 
purpose which they have at heart, by giving technical instruc- 
tion in horse-shoeing and by instituting examinations thereon. 
The Society have already recognised the importance of a 
proper knowledge of making shoes and of shoeing horses by the 
prizes offered at Newcastle. 
In the Entomological Section of the Seeds and Plant Diseases 
Committee, there has been a large increase of interest shown by 
Members of the Society concerning the attack of various insects 
upon crops of the farm and garden, and the applications to the 
Consulting Entomologist for the identification of insects, and 
for remedies and methods of prevention, have been most 
numerous. Among other reports furnished by Miss Ormerod, 
a most comprehensive account of the Mustard Beetle appears in 
the present number of the Society's Journal. Much attention 
has been given to the probable spread of the Hessian Fly in the 
