Monthly Council, March 2, 1892. 
xxxviii 
Amount of Prizes for Stock. 
Mr. Terhy said he would like to 
ask the Finance Committee whether 
they were in a position to provide a 
larger sum than at Warwick for the 
purpose of framing a prize sheet for 
the Chester Meeting. He found, on 
comparing Doncaster with Warwick, 
that for the latter show the sum 
allotted for stock prizes was less by 
1,289Z., of which 969Z. less was given 
by the Society. They had had great 
difficulty in framing the prize sheet 
for the Warwick Meeting, and they 
had been compelled to leave out many 
important breeds, and also to reduce 
the value of prizes to a considerable 
extent. He felt that as the show 
this year was to be held at Warwick, 
they should not have been compelled 
to cut out those prizes, because the 
place of meeting was so central that 
stock could get there from all parts 
of the country. He thought that, 
both as an inducement for people to 
attend the show of the Society, and 
also to get new members to join, 
prizes for every important breed of 
stock should be given. He only asked 
the question to ascertain if the Com- 
mittee would be in a position to allow 
them a little more money for that pur- 
pose, because he was sure it would be 
for the advantage of the Society. 
Sir Matthew Ridley said that, 
as Chairman of the Committee for 
that day only, he was not in a position 
to give any positive answer to the 
question put to him, and it was rather 
premature to ask the Finance Com- 
mittee to commit themselves to any- 
thing further. On the whole, he 
thought the finances of the Society 
might be considered to be in a very 
satisfactory position. 
Mr. Dent suggested that the £600 
awarded in London as premiums for 
thoroughbred stallions might be ap- 
plied for the purposes indicated by 
Mr. Terry. 
Mr. Teeby said he raised the ques- 
tion that day because Sir Nigel Kings- 
cote, at the April meeting of last year, 
announced the sum which they w'ere 
prepared to grant to the Stock Prizes 
Committee. 
Sir Matthew Ridley pointed out 
that the Finance Committee was a 
body controlling the expenditure, and 
was not the proper committee to ini- 
tiate it. 
Journal. 
Earl CATHCABT(Chairman)reported 
that Mr. Terry, as one of the Judges 
of farms, had attended the Committee 
to ask directions as to the necessity 
of a further visit being paid to a 
number of farms, which in the opinion 
of the Judges had no chance of being 
placed in the final awards ; and it had 
been decided that the matter should 
be left for settlement by the Judges 
themselves. The Committee had 
passed various accounts for printing, 
duly examined by the printing 
auditor. Copies were laid upon the 
table of the third edition of the 
Society’s Text-Book on Agriculture, 
and of a new edition of Prof. Brown’s 
pamphlet of “ Animals of the Farm in 
Health and Disease.” The Editor had 
submitted his proposed arrangements 
for the forthcoming number of the 
Society’s Journal, which had been 
considered and approved. Various 
suggestions for articles and notes had 
been discussed, and directions thereon 
given. 'I’he question had been dis- 
cussed of the issue of the monthly 
proceedings of the Council, as sent to 
members of the Council, to members 
of the Society who might express a 
wish to have them. The Committee 
recommended that the Secretary be 
authorised to forward any member 
copies of the monthly proceedings, 
as issued, subject to payment of the 
nominal sum of 1«. per annum to 
cover the cost of printing and postage. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Waeren, in the absence of Vis- 
count Emlyn (Chairman), submitted 
the report of the Committee on various 
matters of detail in connection with 
the laboratory, and also their usual 
quarterly report. The Woburn Sub- 
Committee were proposing to arrange 
for some experiments with Bouillie 
Bordelaise as a remedy for potato 
disease during the coming season. 
On the motion of Mr. Wabeen, the 
Quarterly Report of the Chemical 
Committee was formally adopted by 
the Council, and ordered to be pub- 
lished in the next number of the 
Society’s Journal — (see page 126). 
