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healthy cattle, which had been ex- 
posed to the risk of infection. 
Antheax. — There were twenty- 
one fresh outbreaks of tbis disease 
reported in Great Britain in the 
four weeks. They occurred in the 
counties of Devon, Essex, Hunts, 
Leicester, London, Northampton, 
Northumberland, Westmoreland, 
and York, W.E., in England, and 
in Aberdeen, Elgin, Midlothian, 
Nairn, and Perth in Scotland. Of 
the thirty-five animals attacked 
one was killed, thirty died, and one 
recovered. 
Swine Fevee.— In Great Britain 
117 outbreaks of swine fever were 
reported in the four weeks, 871 
pigs were attacked, 439 diseased 
swine were killed, 375 died, 143 
recovered, and 210 remained alive 
when the last return was made up. 
Stock Frizes. 
Mr. Fosteb reported the election 
of Mr. Sanday as Chairman of the 
year. The Earl of Coventry and Mr. 
Stratton had been added to the Com- 
mittee. Offers of Champion Prizes 
received from the Clydesdale Horse 
Society, the Shropshire Sheep 
Breeders’ Association, and the British 
Berkshire Society had been accepted. 
A letter from an exhibitor of pigs, 
protesting against the new regulation 
of the Society, requiring pigs to be 
entered or eligible to be entered in 
the Herd-book, had been considered ; 
but the Committee recommended 
that the regulation be adhered to. 
Judges’ Selection. 
Mr. Fostee reported that the 
question of the appointment of two 
Judges instead of three, of which he 
had given notice at the Council meet- 
ing held on December 9 last, had 
been discussed, and it had been 
unanimously resolved to recommend 
the adoption of this proposal. It had 
further been unanimously resolved 
that the names of the Judges should 
be published before the closing of the 
entries. The Committee had selected 
a list of Judges to be invited to act, 
on the usual terms, for the various 
classes of stock, &c., at the Warwick 
Meeting. 
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Implement. 
Mr. Feankish reported his election 
as Chairman of the year. The neces- 
sary preparations for the conduct of 
the plough trials at Warwick had been 
made. The competitors will be required 
to provide their own horses. In the 
dynamometer tests, the ploughs will 
be hauled by steam power. In such 
tests a new share may be used, but it 
must be of exactly the same pattern 
and dimensions as that used in the 
trials themselves. Letters of accept- 
ance had been received from the 
three gentlemen nominated to act as 
Judges of ploughs at the forthcoming 
trials. The Committee recommended 
the Council to provide a field for the 
owners of steam-diggers of the 
“ Darby,” “ Proctor,” or similar type, 
to show their implements in opera- 
tion at Warwick during the summer 
Meeting. 
General Warwick. 
Mr. Dent reported that the first 
inspection of the competing farms 
had been compulsorily postponed, in 
consequence of the frost and snow, 
from January 11 to the 25th, 
but that the Judges were now at 
work, and woirld finish their inspec- 
tion on Saturday next. The Com- 
mittee recommended that the prices 
of admission on the several days be 
as under : — Saturday, June 18, 
2«. Gd . ; Monday, 22, 6.?. ; Tuesday 
and Wednesday, 2s. Gd. each day ; 
Thursday and Friday, Is. each day ; 
and that the band of the Royal War- 
wickshire Regiment be engaged to 
play on the Tuesday, Wednesday, 
Thursday, and Friday of the Show. 
Showyard Works. 
Mr. Allendee reported the 
election of Sir Jacob Wilson as Chair- 
man of the year. The form of ten- 
der for refreshments at the Warwick 
Meeting had been approved and 
ordered to be issued, the tenders to 
be returnable by Monday, the 29th 
inst. A letter had been read from a 
firm of intending exhibitors stating 
that they would require space at 
Warwick, provided they could depend 
upon a sufficient supply of gas, and 
the Committee recommended that 
they be informed that the Council 
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