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[Copies  of  the  full  Report  of  any  of  the  Council  Meetings  held  during  the  year 
1909  may  he  obtained  on  application  to  the  Secretary,  at  16  Bedford  Square, 
London,  W.C.] 
ROYAL  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY  OF  ENGLAND. 
flDinutes  of  the  Council. 
WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY  3,  1909. 
At  a Monthly  Council,  held  at  16  Bedford  Square,  W.C.,  the  Earl  of 
Jekset,  G.C.B.  (President),  in  the  Chair  : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr.  F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the  Earl  of  Coventry, 
Lord  Middleton,  Lord  Moreton. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones,  Mr.  Percy  Crutchley,  Mr.  J. 
Marshall  Dugdale,  the  Right  Hon.  A.  E.  Fellowes,  Sir  Gilbert  Greenall, 
Bart.,  the  Earl  of  Northbrook. 
Other  Members  of  the  Council. — Mr.  Charles  R.  W.  Adeane,  Mr.  T.  L. 
Aveling,  Mr.  H.  Dent  Brocklehurst,  Mr.  Richardson  Carr,  Sir  Richard  P. 
Cooper,  Bart.,  the  Hon.  J.  E.  Cross,  Sir  H.  F.  de  TrafEord,  Bart.,  Mr.  H. 
Dudding,  Mr.  J.  Falconer,  Mr.  J.  W.  Glover,  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves,  Mr.  J.  Harris, 
Mr.  A.  Hiscock,  Mr.  R.  W.  Hobbs,  Mr.  W.  F.  Ingram,  Sir  Charles  V. 
Knightley,  Bart.,  Mr.  Ernest  Mathews,  Mr.  W.  A.  May,  Mr.  C.  Middleton, 
Mr.  T.  H.  Miller,  Mr.  W.  Nocton,  Mr.  C.  M.  S.  Pilkington,  Mr.  W.  A.  Front, 
Mr.  G.  G.  Rea,  Mr.  F.  Reynard,  Mr.  C.  C.  Rogers,  Mr.  W.  Scoby,  Mr.  Fred 
Smith,  Mr.  E.  W.  Stanyforth,  Mr.  H.  Tallent,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  C.  W. 
Tindall,  Mr.  A.  P.  Trrrner,  Mr.  E.  V.  V.  Wheeler,  and  Mr.  L.  C.  Wrigley. 
The  following  Members  of  the  Gloucester  Local  Committee  were  also 
present  : — Mr.  M.  G.  Lloyd  Baker,  Mr.  H.  W.  Bruton,  and  Mr.  R.  Anderson 
(Local  Secretary). 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council,  held  at  16  Bedford  Square, 
on  Wednesday,  December  9,  1908,  were  taken  as  read  and  approved. 
Lord  Allendale  was  elected  as  a Governor,  and  136  new  Members  were 
admitted  into  the  Society  under  By-law  2. 
In  presenting  the  Report  of  the  Chemical  and  Woburn  Committee, 
Mr.  Bowen-Jones  (Chairman)  referred  to  the  interest  which  had  been 
aroused  by  the  circulation  of  the  Memorandum  on  the  adulteration  of  feeding 
stuffs  and  manures.  A large  number  of  applications  had  been  made  to  the 
Secretary  for  copies  of  that  document,  with  the  view  of  the  information 
contained  in  it  being  made  known  more  widely  ; and  these  applications  had 
been  dealt  with  as  advised  by  the  Society’s  Solicitors. 
Mr.  Reynaed  (Chairman  of  the  Stock  Prizes  Committee)  stated  that,  in 
addition  to  the  prizes  already  reported,  an  offer  had  been  received  of  a sum  of 
201.  from  the  Agricultural  Sub- Committee  of  the  Gloucestershire  County 
Council  for  Prizes  for  Butter,  Cheese,  Cider,  and  Horse-shoeing,  the  compe- 
tition for  such  prizes  to  be  confined  to  residents  in  the  County  of  Gloucester 
who  had  attended  the  various  classes  carried  on  by  the  County  Council, 
