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t bronze medal and 5/. The examinations are carried out under 
I the auspices of the Rojal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and 
! are partly written, partly viva voce, and partly practical ; and the 
i subjects of examination are confined to the pathology, causes, 
i symptoms, and treatment of diseases affecting the above-named 
farm animals. The number of candidates has not been large, 
no more than four have presented themselves in any one year, 
so that it must be confessed that in this direction also the 
i| Society has not met with the success it deserves.* 
Considerable sums have often been spent from time to time 
1 by the Society for the purpose of enabling important researches 
to be made as to the means of communication, prevention, and 
cure of various diseases which affect the live-stock of the farm. 
Extensive investigations have been carried out with regard 
to cattle plague, pleuro-pneumonia, anthrax, foot-and-mouth 
disease, fluke in sheep, and other scourges. Several hundred 
pounds per annum have sometimes been spent in this way, 
partly through the agency of the Royal Veterinary College, 
partly through that of the Brown Institution, and partly by 
means of individual research, and these investigations have had 
a distinctly educational result. 
By many other means the Society has endeavoured to further 
agricultural education ; for instance, the Woburn experiments, 
which, by the munificence of the Duke of Bedford, K.G., have 
been conducted upon a continuous plpn for some years, may be 
said to have afforded opportunities to the British farmer of 
acquainting himself with the value of various foods and manures. 
The economic value of certain feeding-stuffs, and the compara- 
ji tive economic value of phosphates in different states have from 
I time to time received special elucidation upon this farm. The 
I results of all these experiments are from time to time published 
\ in the ' Journal ' of the Society, and the farm is open to members 
I or their friends who may wish to see the experiments in 
li progress. 
In the matter of examination of foods, manures, seeds, and in 
f certain entomological privileges, the Society has emulated the 
[ " Stations " of foreign countries which were alluded to in the 
! former part of this Report. iVIembers have the privilege of 
( sending samples of these foods, manures, and seeds for examina- 
tion by the officers of the Society at exceedingly small fees, and 
latterly Miss E. A. Ormerod has undertaken the entomological 
department. 
«* Since Mr. Jenkins's report was written, this scheme has been modified. 
Medals are now awarded at the annual Degree Examination to the two successful 
candidates who obtaui the greatest number of marks in the subject of Cattle 
Pathology. — Edit. 
