Ix Report to the General Meeting. 
The whole of the second part of the Journal for the current 
year is now in type, and in the course of being printed for dis- 
tribution among the members. It will contain, among other 
papers, two lectures delivered before the Society by Professor 
Simonds, on the Age of Animals as indicated by their Teeth ; 
and Professor Way's lecture on tlie Agricultural Action of Lime. 
The Council have agreed to the following schedule for the prize 
essays to be sent in for competition, to the Secretary, by the 1st 
of March next : — 
Farming of Warwickshire £50 
Farming of Buckinghamshire 50 
Chemical clianges in the fermentation of Dung .. .. 30 
Artificial Mnnures, and principles of their application 20 
Artificial Feeding stuffs 20 
Causes of Fertility and Barrenness in Soils .. .. 40 
Retention of Moisture in dry Turnip Land 10 
Prevention and cure of Mildew in cereal crops .. .. 20 
Lameness in Sheep and Lambs 20 
Any other agricultural subject 10 
£270 
The country meeting at Lincoln has proved in every respect 
to have been one of the most successful hitherto held by the 
Society. The cordial greeting and hospitality the members 
received, the liberality of the Mayor, and the co-operation of the 
local committee, alike contributed to promote most effectively 
the objects of the Society on that occasion ; while the special 
prizes offered by the INIayor to the owners of lumting horses and 
to the breeders of improved Lincoln sheep, and those for long- 
wool offered by the local committee, increased the variety of the 
show. A peculiar international interest was at the same time 
given to the proceedings hy the presence of a body of gentlemen 
deputed specially to attend the meeting by his Majesty the 
Emperor of the Frcncli, as a mark of his respect towards the 
Society and the agriculturists of the kingdom. The trials of 
