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have  decided  to  offer  Prizes  for  Farms  in  the  County  of  York  in 
three  Classes,  and  they  are  glad  to  report  that  nineteen  entries 
have  been  made. 
The  Council  have  decided  to  increase  the  number  of  Classes 
of  Live  Stock,  and  the  amount  of  money  to  be  offered  for  com- 
petition next  year,  as  compared  with  the  Reading  Prize-sheet, 
in  consequence  of  the  geographical  situation  and  the  agricul- 
tural importance  of  the  County  of  York.  They  have  been 
liberally  seconded  by  the  York  Local  Committee  and  the  York- 
shire Agricultural  Society,  who  have  jointly  offered  Prizes  in 
numerous  classes  for  Horses : — Hunters,  Hackneys,  Ponies, 
Harness  Horses,  Coach  Horses,  and  Clevelands  — as  well  as 
for  Shorthorn  Families,  Dairy  Cattle,  and  Wensleydale  Sheep, 
together  with  Champion  Prizes  for  Shorthorn  males  and  females. 
The  Hereford  Herd-book  Society  have  offered  Prizes  for  Here- 
ford Families.  The  Council  have  decided  to  offer  Prizes  for 
“ Shire  ” Horses  as  distinguished  from  “ Agricultural,”  in  the 
old  sense  of  that  term  ; for  Welsh,  Ayrshire,  Galloway,  and 
Polled  Angus  or  Aberdeen  Cattle  ; and  for  Border  Leicester, 
Cheviot,  and  Black-faced  Mountain  Sheep. 
The  Council  have  accepted  with  thanks  the  offer  of  a member 
of  the  Society  to  give  Prizes  for  small  Dairies  as  follows  : — 
(a)  For  the  best  equipped  Dairy  suitable  for  a farm  on  which  not  more 
than  twenty  milch  cows  are  kept,  and  where  the  principal  object  is 
Butter-making,  50 1. 
(b)  For  the  best  equipped  Dairy  suitable  for  a farm  on  which  not  more 
than  twenty  milch  cows  are  kept,  and  where  the  principal  object  is 
Cheese-making,  50 1. 
They  have  also  decided  to  erect  and  equip  in  the  York 
Showyard  a Working  Dairy  similar  to  that  at  Carlisle,  to  be 
worked  by  the  Society. 
The  Council  have  decided  that  the  York  Meeting  shall  com- 
mence on  Monday,  July  16th,  and  close  on  the  following 
Friday  evening. 
The  Council  have  received  an  invitation  from  the  Mayor  and 
Corporation  of  Shrewsbury  to  hold  the  Show  of  1884  on  the  race- 
course near  that  town,  and  a Committee  of  Inspection  has  been 
appointed  to  examine  the  site  and  other  accommodation  offered 
by  the  authorities. 
The  number  of  samples  sent  to  the  Society’s  Laboratory  for 
analysis  during  the  past  year  has  exceeded  by  345  that  of  the 
year  preceding,  and  amounts  this  year  to  1403.  The  experi- 
