Eej)ort to the General Meeting. 
and Alsike) are the frequent medium of introducing a large 
quantity of weeds on the farm. The vitality of the seeds 
gave a high average, though in some cases it was very low, 
especially in seeds which are small and have no thick 
covering to protect them from desiccation, as in Foxtail 
and the Meadow grasses. Some samples of smooth-stalked 
Meadow grass did not even germinate ten per cent., though 
otherwise they were good and clean seeds. Information has 
been given to Members as to plant diseases, weeds, and 
injury to Stock from constituents of the pasture, which will 
be given at length in Mr. Carruthers' Annual Report. 
There has been a considerable increase of work in con- 
nection with the Entomological section of the Seeds and 
Plants Diseases Committee. The aj)plications made to the 
Consulting Entomologist during the year, for information 
concerning the attack of various insects upon crops, have 
been over 1,400 as against 1,100 in 1886, proving that culti- 
vators are becoming more interested in these pests, and 
anxious to be furnished" with methods of preservation and 
remedies against them. 
The Report presented to the Society by Professors 
Robertson and Penberthy on experimental work on Pro- 
tective Inoculation for Anthrax and Quarter 111 has been 
received, and is printed in the current number of the ' Jour- 
nal.' The Council regret that further investigations with 
regard to the protective value of inoculation for Quarter 111 
and other contagious diseases of animals cannot be carried 
out except by operators individually licensed, and that in 
consequence of a misunderstanding as to the state of the 
law on this point, Professor Robertson is at present unable 
to continue his inquiries. 
The Council have had under their anxious consideration 
the continued prevalence of pleuro-pneumonia, and they 
have appointed a deputation to wait upon the Lord Presi- 
dent of the Council to urge the adoption of more stringent 
measures for the suppression of the disease, both in this 
countr}' and in Ireland. 
Colonel Picton Turbervill's annual prize of 25?. has 
this year been offered for the best essay on Welsh Dairy 
