g)eneraC  '^viviteqe^  of  ^or>errtor0  an6  ^TemBers. 
FREE  ADMISSION  TO  SHOWS. 
The  Society  holds  every  year  an  Exhibition  of  Live  Stock,  Farm  Produce, 
and  Implements,  to  which,  and  to  the  Grand  Stands  at  the  Horse  Ring,  Dairy, 
and  elsewhere,  Members  are  entitled  to  free  admission. 
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  Journal 
of  the  Society,  each  Volume  of  which  contains  articles  and  communications 
by  leading  authorities  on  the  most  important  agricultural  questions  of  the  day, 
I 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  pnve  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  I 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  Voelckbr, 
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, 
Camden  'I'owii,  N.W.,  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  Botanist  (Professor 
j R.  H.  Biffen,  M.A.,  School  of  Agriculture,  Cambridge),  on  the  purity  and 
germinating  power  of  seeds,  and  on  diseases  or  weeds  affecting  farm  crops, 
^ at  a fee  of  one  shilling  in  each  case. 
I 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, 
I 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.,  School  of  Agriculture, 
Cambridge)  at  a fee  of  one  shilling  in  each  case. 
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, 
I Trustee,  and  Vice-President.  The  minimum  Annual  Subscription  of  a Governor  is  £5, 
■with  a Life  Composition  of  £50. 
I 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  Meeting  is  usually 
also  held  in  the  Showyard  during  the  week  of  the  Show. 
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