^etteraC ^rtt>tCeges of ^ooerrtors an6 ^$lem6ers. 
FEEE ADMISSION TO SHOWS. 
The Society holds every year an Exhibition of Live Stock, Farm Produce, 
and Implements, to vsrhich, and to the Grand Stands at the Horse Ring', Dairy, 
and elsewhere. Members are entitled to free admission. The Show of 1908 
will be held at Newcastle, from June 30 to July 4. 
REDUCED RATES FOR ENTRY OF LIVE STOCK AND IMPLEMENTS. 
No entry fee is charged to Members exhibiting Implements at the Shows. 
Firms and Companies may secure these privileges by the Membership of one 
or more of their partners. Entries of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, 
Produce, &c., can be made by Members at reduced rates. 
SOCIETY’S JOURNAL AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. 
Every Member is entitled to receive, without charge, a copy of the J oumal 
of the Society, each Volume of which contains articles and commimications 
by leading authorities on the most important agricultural questions of the day, 
together with official reports by the Society’s Scientific Advisers and on the 
various departments of the Annual Shows, and other interesting features. 
Copies of the Journal may be obtained by Non-Members of the Publisher, 
Mr. John Murray, 50a Albemarle Street, W., at the price of ten shillings 
per copy. Copies of the Society’s pamphlets, sold at not less than One Shilling 
each, are obtainable by Members at half price on direct application to the 
Secretary. 
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. 
The Society has a large and well-stocked library of standard books on agri- 
cultural subjects. A Reading Room is provided, at which the principal 
agricultural newspapers and other periodicals can be consulted by Members 
during office hours (10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). 
CHEMICAL PRIVILEGES. 
The Society makes annually a considerable grant from its general funds in 
order that Members may obtain at low rates analyses of feeding stuffs, fertilisers, 
soils, &c., by the Society’s Consulting Chemist (Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, 
Analytical Laboratory, 22 Tudor Street, London, E.C.). Members may also 
consult Dr. Voelcker either personally or by letter at a small fee. 
VETERINARY PRIVILEGES. 
Members can consult the Professors of the Royal Veterinarj' College at 
fixed rates of charge, and they have the privilege of sending Cattle, Sheej). and 
Pigs to the College Infirmary on the same terms as subscribers to the College. 
BOTANICAL PRIVILEGES. 
Reports can be obtained by Members from the Society’s Consulting Botanist 
(Mr. W. Carruthers, F.R.S., The Laboratory, 44 Central Hill, Norwood, S.E.) 
on the purity and germinating power of seeds, and on diseases or weeds affect- 
ing farm crops, at a fee of one shilling in each case. 
ZOOLOGICAL PRIVILEGES. 
Information respecting any animal (quadruped, bird, insect, worm, &c.) 
which, in any stage of its life, affects the farm or rural economy generally, 
with suggestions as to methods of prevention and remedy in respect to any 
such animal that may be injurious, can be obtained by Members from the 
Societj;’s Zoologist (Mr. Cecil Warburton, M.A., The Zoological Laboratorj’, 
Cambridge) at a fee of one shilling in each case. 
GENERAL MEETINGS OF GOVERNORS AND MEMBERS. 
The Annual General Meeting of Governors and Members is held in London 
during the week of the Smithfield Club Show. A General Jleeting is usually 
held also in the Showyard during the week of the Show. 
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OF GOVERNORS. 
In addition to the privileges of Members, as described above. Governors are 
entitled to an extra copy of each Volume of the Journal, to attend and speak 
at all meetings of the Council, and are alone eligible for election as President, 
Trustee, and Vice-President. The minimum Annual Subscription of a Governor is £ 5 , 
-vith a Life Composition of £ 50 . 
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