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Report to the Annual General Meeting. 
Farmers paying a hand fide rent for at least three-fourtlis of 
the land in their occupation. 
Class I. — Farm of 300 acres and upwards, chiefly Arable, exclusive of 
Down. First Prize 100/. Second Prize, 50/. 
Class II. — -Farm of 50 acres and under 300 acres, chiefly Arable. 
First Prize, 50/. Second Prize, 25 1 . 
Class III. — Farm of 200 acres and upwards, chiefly Pasture exclusive 
of Down. First Prize, 50/. Second Prize, 25/. 
Class IV. — Farm of under 200 acres, Pasture. First Prize, 30/. 
Second Prize, 15/. 
A further sum of 31 f)Z. is also offered by the Herefordshire 
and Worcestershire Agricultural Society for the best managed 
Farms in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. 
Class V. — Farm of 200 acres and upwards, Arable and Pasture. 
First Prize, 60/. Second Prize, 30/. Third Prize, 15/. 
CLASS VI. — Farm of 50 acres and under 200 acres, Arable and 
Pasture. First Prize, 40/. Second Prize, 20/. Third Prize, 10/. 
Class VII. — Farm of 150 acres and upwards, of which not less than 
20 per cent, is under hops and fruit. First Prize, 60/. Second Prize, 30/. 
Third Prize, 15/. 
Class VIII. — Farm of 10 acres and not exceeding 50 acres, chiefly 
devoted to fruit growing and market gardening. First Prize, 20/. 
Second Prize, 10/. Third Prize, 5/. 
Entries for these Farm Prizes close on Thursday, December 
31, 1908. Applications for forms, &c., should be addressed to 
the Secretary, at 16, Bedford Square, London, W.C. 
22. A Prize of 100Z. has been provided by Members of the 
Society and others interested in the Hop Growing Industry for 
he Best Plant for drying Hops. Entries for this Prize must 
be sent in to the Secretary on or before January 1. Plants 
entered for Competition will be required to be erected and 
ready for inspection by August 1 next, and will be tested for 
drying Hops in the season of 1909. [7n the event of there 
being less than three competitors , no Trial will take place.~\ 
23. Prizes are also offered in the following two classes for 
Fruit Tree Spraying Machines : — 
Class I. — For the best machine worked by hand-power for washing 
or spraying trees or bushes in commercial plantations. First Prize, 
10/. Second Prize, 5/. 
Class II. — For the best Movable Plant for spraying trees or bushes 
in large plantations, to be worked by steam, petrol, or mechanical power. 
First Prize, 20/. Second Prize, 10/. 
24. The Council, at their last Meeting, unanimously decided 
to accept an Invitation from the City Council of Liverpool to 
hold the Show of 1910 in that City, on a site known as the 
Wavertree Playground. 
25. The number of samples analysed during the year shows 
a diminution on that of the previous year. During the past 
twelve months the samples sent have been 410 as against 
