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Hereford Herd Book Society has repeated its offer of Prizes for 
Families of Hereford Cattle. 
The Council have decided to offer Prizes for Cheese and 
Butter in several classes, as well as for Milch Cows giving a 
fixed minimum quantity of milk of a standard quality ; and it is 
hoped that the competition for these Prizes will warrant the 
Council in continuing such additions to the Country-Meeting 
Prize-sheet, 
The County of Lancaster being one of the most important 
poultry-keeping districts in the United Kingdom, a numerously 
signed memorial, asking the Council to include a Show of 
Poultry in the arrangements for the Preston Meeting, was pre- 
sented by the Mayor. After due consideration the Council have 
decided again to try the experiment, notwithstanding the unfa- 
vourable time of the year for a Poultry Exhibition in which the 
Society's Shows are held ; but the Prize-sheet has been arranged 
specially with the object of making such a Show beneficial to 
farmers as distinguished from fanciers. 
Recognising the importance of encouraging improvements in 
harness suitable for farm-work, the Council have decided to offer 
Prizes for Harness, Gears, and Whippletrees in several classes for 
competition at Preston. They have also offered Prizes for the 
best packages suitable for the conveyance of Butter in large and 
small quantities. 
With a view to the more efficient control of any future outlbreak 
of Foot-and-mouth Disease, the Council resolved thac in their 
opinion it is desirable that the Privy Council should issue such 
an Order, binding upon all Local Authorities in counties and 
boroughs in Great Britain, as may provide for the satisfactory 
isolation of all animals in infected places, and the disinfection 
of all persons and things which may have been in contact with 
the same, and so do away with the necessity of licences for the 
removal of cattle from the district of one Local Authority to 
another. The Council are glad to be able to state that the 
Foot-and-mouth Disease Order of November last regulates the 
