278  Report  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting , 
the  year,  been  visited  by  several  large  parties,  and  also  by  a 
more  than  usual  number  of  private  individuals.  On  July  15th 
the  annual  visit  of  Members  of  the  Society  was  made,  about 
seventy  members  taking  part.  The  Council  made  their  official 
inspection  on  July  28th,  and  on  the  following  day  a most  interest- 
ing visit  to  the  farm  was  paid  by  the  members  of  the  German 
Agricultural  Society  under  the  guidance  of  Dr.  Skalweit. 
The  foreign  visitors  expressed  much  satisfaction  with  all  that 
they  saw.  Parties  have  also  been  conducted  over  the  Farm 
from  the  Agricultural  Education  Committee  of  the  Glamorgan- 
shire County  Council,  the  Land  Agents’  Society,  and  others.  In 
connection  with  the  establishment  of  the  Development  Fund, 
application  has  been  made,  on  behalf  of  the  Society,  for  a 
substantial  grant  for  the  purpose  of  continuing  and  furthering 
the  Society’s  research  work  at  the  Woburn  Experimental 
Station,  and  this,  it  is  confidently  hoped,  will  be  given.  An 
important  extension  of  the  Farm  work  has  been  made  during 
the  year1  by  the  acquisition  of  about  50  acres  of  grass  land  in 
the  near  vicinity  of  the  present  Farm.  This  has  been  effected 
mainly  with  the  object  of  carrying  out  the  experiment  with 
calves,  to  which  reference  is  made  in  paragraph  26.  Arrange- 
ments are  in  progress  for'  the  covering-in  of  the  open  yard  at 
the  Farm,  thereby  rendering  it  more  suitable  for  the  purpose  of 
cattle-feeding  experiments. 
22.  Since  January  1st,  some  350  inquiries  from  members  of 
the  Society  have  been  dealt  with.  The  majority  of  these  have 
been  concerned  with  the  purity  and  germination  of  agricultural 
seeds.  English-grown  seed  has  proved  better  than  one  might 
have  expected  after  such  a season  as  1909.  Mangold  seed  was, 
on  the  whole,  less  satisfactory  than  any  other  seed.  One  or 
two  samples  of  wheat  purchased  for  seed  were  exceedingly  bad, 
one  sample  only  germinated  five  per  cent.  Fungoid  diseases 
have  been,  perhaps,  more  abundant  than  usual.  Some  forty 
specimens  of  infected  plants  were  sent  for  examination.  For 
the  most  part  these  were  attacked  by  common  diseases,  but 
the  following  are  not  so  generally  met  with : — Silver-leaf  on 
Black  currant,  Pseudomonas  on  Swede,  and  Hypomyeces  on 
Mushrooms.  Two  diseases,  one  on  Mangold  the  other  on 
Asparagus,  are  apparently  new  to  science  and  are  now  under 
investigation.  Some  thirty  specimens  of  weeds  have  also  been 
received  for  identification  and  for  suggestions  with  regard  to 
their  eradication.  General  inquiries  have  covered  a wide  range : 
the  commonest  have  been  concerned  with  either  the  improve- 
ment of  pastures  or  the  suitability  of  special  varieties  of  wheat 
and  barley  for  certain  conditions. 
23.  The  Zoologist’s  department  has  been  busier  during  the 
past  season  than  in  any  previous  year,  and  the  equipment 
furnished  by  the  Society  has  rendered  possible  the  carrying 
