Report to the General Meeting. 
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published in the last number of the ' Journal,' are well worthy 
of careful study. 
The Country-meeting for the ensuing year will be held at 
Bristol ; and the Council are glad to announce that the Local 
Committee have obtained the use of a most eligible site for the 
Show-yard on Durdham Down. 
The Bristol Local Committee have offered the following 
Prizes for best-managed farms in the county of Gloucester, 
the eastern division of Somerset, and the northern division of 
Wilts :— 
Section I. — Arable Farms with at least two-thirds of their area under 
rotation of cropping : — 
Class 1. Farms of 200 acres and upwards. First Prize, £50 ; 
second, £25. 
Class 2. Farms above 80 and less than 200 acres. First Prize, 
£30 ; second, £15. 
Section II. Dairy or Stock Farms, where the course of cultivation is 
chiefly directed to the production of Cheese, Butter, or of Animal 
Food :— 
Class 1. Farm of not less than 200 acres. First Prize, £50; 
second, £25. 
Class 2. Farms of not less than 80 and under 200 acres. First 
Prize, £30 ; second, £15. 
In addition to the renewed offers of the Society's Gold Medal 
for an efficient Sheaf-binder, the Council have decided to offer 
for competition at the Bristol Meeting prizes for improved 
Dairy appliances ; and the Local Committee will offer prizes 
for several classes of Dairy Produce. It is hoped that by these 
means the most improved methods and the best results of 
cheese and butter making may be illustrated in the Bristol 
Show-yard. 
Following the precedent of the last two years, the Council 
have decided that the Bristol Meeting shall commence on 
Wednesday, July 10th, and that the Implement-yard shall be 
open to the public on the preceding day. 
The Council have added the following new rules to the 
Implement Prize-sheet : — 
1. In the Catalogue there shall be no statement of any prize awarded to an 
implement except such as may bave been awarded by the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
2. No placard or other statement shall be attached to any machine, imple- 
ment, or other article in the Society's Show-yard, referring to any prize, 
except such as may have been awarded to it by the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
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