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FREE  ADMISSION  TO  SHOWTAEDS. 
The  Society  holds  everj'  year  an  Exhibition  of  Live  Stock,  Farm  Produce, 
and  Implements,  to  which,  and  to  the  Grand  Stands  at  the  Horse  Ringp,  Dairy, 
and  elsewhere.  Members  are  entitled  to  free  admission. 
REDUCED  RATES  FOR  ENTRY  OF  LIVE  STOCK  AND  IMPLEMENTS. 
No  entry  fee  is  charg-ed  to  Members  exhibiting  Implements  at  the  Meetings. 
Firms  and  Companies  may  secure  these  privileges  by  the  Membership  of  one 
or  more  of  their  partners.  Entries  of  Horses,  Cattle,  Sheep,  Pigs,  Poultrj', 
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  Journal 
of  the  Society,  each  Volume  of  which  contains  artides  and  communications 
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  twelve  shillings 
per  coj)y.  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  Veterinary  College  at 
fixed  rates  of  charge,  and  they  have  the  privilege  of  sending  Cattle,  Sheep,  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,  41  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.j 
ZOOLOGICAL  PRIVILEGES. 
Information  respecting  any  animal  (quadruped,  bird,  insect,  worm,  Ac.) 
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 
Society’s  Zoologist  (Mr.  Cecil  Warburton,  M.A.,  The  Zoological  Laboratorj-, 
Cambridge)  at  a fee  of  one  shilling  in  each  case. 
GENERAL  MEETINGS  OF  MEMBERS. 
Three  General  Meetings  of  Members  take  place  annually  : the  Anniversarj- 
Meeting  in  London,  on  May  22  ; a Meeting  in  the  Society’s  Shoi^'ard  in  the 
summer  : and  a Meeting  in  London  in  December— usually  on  the  Thursday  of 
the  Smithfield  Show  week. 
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  Annual  Subscription  of  a Governor  is  £5,  with 
a Life  Composition  of  £50 ; and  of  a Member,  £1,  with  a Life  Composition  of  £15. 
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