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Monthly Council, March 4, 1891. 
Rahies. — In England nine cases 
of this disease were reported in the 
four weeks in the counties of Essex, 
Hants, Kent, London, Middlesex, 
and York (W.R.). 
Stock Frizes. 
Mr. Sandat (Chairman) reported 
that a letter had been received from 
the British Berkshire Society agree- 
ing to the conditions under which 
their proposed champion prize of 10?. 
would be accepted by the Royal 
Agricultural Society. 
Judges' Selection. 
Mr. Sasdat (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had examined 
the list of gentlemen nominated as 
Judges, and that with very few ex- 
ceptions the invitations had been ac- 
cepted. They had given instructions 
for the completion of the list. 
Implement. 
Mr. Fbaxkish (Chairman) reported 
the Committee's recommendation that 
the trials of Threshing Machines 
commence on Monday, June loth, at 
3 p.m. The Committee had con- 
sidered and revised a proposed sche- 
dule of prizes aad regulations for 
Ploughs and Horse-diggers in 1892, 
and they recommended that a copy 
3S amended be forwarded to each 
member of the Council before the 
nest meeting. 
Mr. HORXSBT said he desired to 
make a statement to the Council, 
as he had already done to the Imple- 
ment Committee, relative to the 
proposed prizes for Ploughs. Last 
year, as they would remember, he was 
placed in a very disagreeable position 
with reference to the prizes for 
Threshing Machines. He wished, 
therefore, to say that as regarded the 
proposed trials of Ploughs next year, 
his firm must be held as being at 
liberty to decide whether they would 
compete or not, though he himself 
would be ready, as a personal matter, 
to give every assistance to the Council 
in the settlement of the system under 
which the Plough Trials should take 
place, if it should be the decision of 
the Council to have these trials. 
Mr. Ransome thought it would be 
generally agreed that every Member 
of the Council ought to speak out 
about a matter on which he felt 
strongly. It was somewhat disagree- 
able to him, but he felt that he 
would not be doing his duty unless he 
did speak out upon this question of 
the Plough Trials. The Council de- 
cided at the last meeting that there 
should be trials for ploughs in connec- 
tion with the Warwick Meeting, and 
he supposed they could not rescind 
their resolution. He was very strongly 
of opinion that thejTvere offering money 
for that which would result in very 
little benefit. Ordinary Horse Ploughs 
had been thoroughly tried at past 
Meetings of the Society, at Warwick, 
Newcastle, Leicester, and Hull. Any 
prizes ihey might like to offer would 
be of very little utQity in bringing 
out practical improvements ; it would, 
therefore, be a very considerable 
waste of money. If they wished to 
offer prizes for ploughs, he would 
like to move : — 
That it be an instruction to the 
Committee in preparing the sche- 
dule for the Plough prizes that 
ordinary single and double-furrow 
ploughs should not be included. 
He believed the Society could offer 
prizes which would be much more 
valuable and of much more benefit to 
agriculture than these. 
Mr. Ransome's motion, not being 
seconded, fell to the ground, and 
the report of the Committee was 
then adopted. 
General Doncaster. 
:Mr. Dent reported that the Local 
Committee had appointed Mr. J. H. 
Crouch, of 6 HaU Gate, Doncaster, as 
Official Agent for the letting of 
houses and lodgings. The Committee 
recommended that the Band of the 
Yorkshire Dragoons be engaged to 
play selections of music three times 
a day on the Tuesda)", Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday of the Doncaster 
Meeting. Arrangements had been 
made with the Vicar of Doncaster as 
to the holding of the usual Sunday 
Service previous to the opening of the 
Show, and the Archbishop of York 
had kindly consented to preach the 
sermon on that occasion. 
Showyard Works. 
Mr. Clay rcporied that the Show- 
yard Works at Doncaster had been 
