S6G = 600 The Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Committees. Chairmen. 
c,, J n J t \ Mr. Jacob Wilson, of Woodhoin Manor, Northum- 
Shoivyard Contracts < ^erland 4 ' ^ I 
Chemical .. .. Mr. W. Wells, of Holme Wood, Northamptonshire. I 
Botanical .. .. Mr. C. Whitehead, of Maidstone, Kent. J 
Veterinary .. .. ^S^rton, M.P., of Rostherne Manor, , 
Journal .. .. Mr. J. D. Dent, of Ribston Hall, Yorkshire. 
Education .. .. Duke of Bedford, of Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. 
The foregoing brief sketch of the Objects, Constitution, ar 
Management of the Royal Agricultural Society will, I trust, 1 £ 
sufficient to enable readers of the following pages to understar f 
how the Society's operations are carried out under the supervisic ' 
of the Standing Committees just enumerated. It has alreat 
been mentioned that the Society's motto is " Practice wil 
Science," and I shall now endeavour to show how its functioi 
are performed in accordance with that epigrammatic synops l\ 
of its objects. The Finance Committee, of course, have char^ \\ 
of the accounts. The Selection Committee recommend tl 
election of successors to vacancies in the Council and in tl 
various Honorary offices. The Stock Prizes, Implernen 
Country-meeting, and Showyard Contracts Committees divic 
amongst them those objects which come under the head > |f 
" Practice ;" the Chemical, Botanical, and Veterinary Cod r 
mittees include the "Science," while the ' Journal' and ' Educ f ' 
tion ' Committees deal with those subjects which form d 
connecting link suggested by the central word in the Societ> 
motto, and which I have placed under the heading of " Tl jig 
Propaganda of Agriculture." g 
CHAPTEK II. 
Practice. 
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Annual Annual Exhibition. — Improvements in Agricultural Practice a: 
Exhibition. stimulated, and successful attempts are rewarded by the Sociev 
at or in connection with an Annual Exhibition, which is hel 
under the clause of the Society's Charter which stipulates tb 
in addition to the two General Meetings held annually i 
London, there shall be held a third " in such other part ■ 
England or Wales as shall be deemed most advantageous in tin 
and place for the advancement of the objects of the Society i 
This meeting is afterwards mentioned as the " Country Meeting 
and by that name it is generally known to the Members ar 
referred to in official documents. Before the incorporation • 
the Society, the principle of a peripatetic Country Meetb 
had been adopted, and it took the form, which it has sint 
