892 = 626 The Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
future ; and the Veterinary Medals and Prizes to the risin; 
cattle-doctor ; but the landowner and the labourer are alik' 
unprovided for. With regard to the landowner, it may be sai( 
that if self-interest does not induce him to acquire some tech 
nical knowledge of agriculture, no system of examination, am 
no offer of prizes or certificates would be likely to tempt him 
At the same time it must be admitted that the EngKsh Uni 
versities have, one and all, failed to give proper facilities fo 
such a course of study to the young landlord during his CoUeg 
career. 
The technical education of the young labourer is a mor 
difficult and a more pressing consideration. The Educatioi 
Acts have not yet been long enough in force to make mucl 
impression upon the rural youth ; but that his intelligence wil 
be much increased by their operation in the course of a fev 
years cannot be doubted. Here, then, is the opportunity t( 
remedy the growing evil of " worse work for more pay," whicl 
is heard whenever the agricultural labourer is mentioned. I 
would be foreign to the scope of this Memoir to enter inti 
a discussion of the means which might be adopted for thi 
purpose, and it is alluded to here in the same manner as othe: 
topics which are still in the future, to show that the scope o 
the Society's operations, which has been very largely widenec 
during the last ten years, has not yet attained its ultimati 
extension. 
Retrospect. A retrospective glance at the last ten years will show that ii 
so short a period of time the Society has increased in numbe 
20 per cent. ; its ' Journal ' has become more popular with it: 
Members ; Farm-prizes have been established ; the systematic 
testing of competing agricultural implements has been mucl 
improved ; scientific investigations into diseases of animals o 
the farm have been placed on a sound basis ; the technica 
education of Veterinary Surgeons and of tenant-farmers ant 
land-agents has been stimulated and encouraged ; a Consultint 
Botanist and Entomologist to advise the Members has beer 
appointed ; an Experimental Farm has been established ; anc 
a system of exposure of persons connected with the sale o 
inferior or adulterated feeding-stuffs, manures, and agricultura 
seeds has been organised and fearlessly carried out, to the grea 
benefit of the agricultural community. It has been said that ; 
man should be strong at thirty, wise at forty, and rich at fifty 
Ten years ago the Royal Agricultural Society had completet 
the first of those periods, and with 5500 Members might b( 
considered strong in numbers and in influence. Its actioi 
and of the 
labourer. 
