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have already been made known, and a complete account of the 
Trials will appear in the next number of the ' Journal.' 
Although the competition for Prizes offered bj the Derby 
Local Committee for the best-managed Farms in Derbyshire, 
and within a radius of 20 miles of Derby, was somewhat 
restricted, — especially in the Class for Small Dairy Farms, — 
it enabled the Judges to produce a very useful and interesting 
Report, which has been published in the last number of the 
' Journal.' 
The preparations for the Reading Meeting are now occupying 
the attention of the Council, and the Prizes for Live Stock have 
been finally settled. The Local Committee have liberally offered 
Prizes in additional Classes for Agricultural Horses, Hunters, 
Hackneys, Dairy Cattle, Hampshire and Oxford Down Sheep, 
as well as for Butter and Cheese. They have also offered Prizes 
for the best-managed Farms in the County of Berks, or within a 
radius of 20 miles from the Town Hall of Reading. Thirteen 
farms have been entered to compete in the Class of Large Farms, 
but only one in that for Small Farms ; and the Council cannot 
avoid expressing their regret at the continued disinclination 
shown by small farmers to compete for these Prizes. 
The following alteration has been made in the Rules of the 
Stock Prize Sheet : — • 
" Protests. — Any person or persons wishing to lodge a protest 
must obtain from the Secretary a printed form for the purpose, 
and deposit with him the sum of 5Z., and if on investigation the 
protest is not sustained to the satisfaction of the Stewards, the 
sum thus deposited shall, at the discretion of the Council, be 
forfeited to the funds of the Society. All protests must be 
delivered to the Stewards, at the Secretary's Office in the Show- 
yard, before Six o clock on the First evening of the Show-week ; 
and no protest will be SUBSEQUENTLY received, unless a satis- 
factory reason be assigned for the delay. The Stewards will be 
instructed to endeavour, if possible, to decide all protests before 
the conclusion of the Meeting." 
The Council have decided to offer Prizes at the Reading: 
Meeting for Fruits and Vegetables grown under ordinary field 
culture by occupiers who have at least one-half of their land 
