Reports of Committees. 
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1. Every week the places in which 
cows are kept must be well cleansed, and 
especially the part behind the cows, and 
then disinfected by a strong solution of 
sulphate of copper (blue vitriol), or a 
solution of carbolic acid, one to fifty of 
water. 
2. The under part of the tail, the anus, 
vulva, and parts below of all the cows 
must be sponged daily with the following 
lotion, which is a strong poison : — 
Bain water or distilled water . 2 galls. 
Corrosive sublimate . . . 2J drs. 
Hydrochloric acid . . . 2J ozs. 
During the first season of this treat- 
ment only a moderate amount of im- 
provement is to be expected, but after 
the next season abortion will cease 
entirely. 
It would very much assist the Society in 
their inquiry if members of the Society 
whose herds have been affected by abortion 
would inform the Secretary at once if they 
propose to adopt this system of treatment in 
their herds ; and, afterwards, if they would 
send to him particulars of the results of the 
treatment. When the owner desires it, 
arrangements will be made for a veterinary 
surgeon to visit the farm at the cost of the 
Society, and to advise as to the preparation 
and application of the solution. 
It appears that in some districts no pre- 
cautions are taken to destroy the foetus after 
abortion. This should be done without delay 
in every case, by burning or burial in quick- 
lime. The latter should also be freely scat- 
tered over the ground contaminated with 
the discharge. 
Ernest Clarice, Secretary. 
12, Hanover Square, London, W. 
April, 1894. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
the recommendation of the Committee 
that a grant be made of 5,000Z. for 
prizes for live stock, poultry, and pro- 
duce at the Darlington Meeting of 
1895, and he accordingly gave notice 
of a formal resolution to that effect. 
Judges’ Selection. 
Mr. SANbAY also reported that the 
list of Judges in all departments of 
the forthcoming Cambridge Meeting 
had been finally completed, and had 
been published in the March number 
of the Journal (see page xlii). 
Implement. 
Mr. FbANKish (Chairman) reported 
that a letter had been received from 
Mr. F. S. Courtney, accepting the 
office of Consulting Engineer to the 
Society, on the terms proposed by the 
Council. In view of the large num- 
ber of entries for oil-engines, it had 
been decided that the trials of such 
engines should commence at 9 a.m. 
on Monday, June 18— a week before 
the Show — and that exhibitors be re- 
quired to deliver their engines at 
the trial ground not later than Mon- 
day, June 11, in accordance with 
regulation 3. As the number of 
feet of shedding applied for by ex- 
hibitors in the implement depart- 
ment was considerably in excess of 
the space which was available for 
the purpose, arrangements had 
been made by the Surveyor for 
the taking in of an increased area 
of ground. Even this would not be 
sufficient for the purpose, and the 
Committee recommended, therefore, 
that the question as to any necessary 
reduction to be made in the amount 
of space applied for by exhibitors be 
remitted to the Allotment Committee 
for their decision. The Committee 
recommended that at the Darlington 
Meeting of 1895 prizes be offered in 
two classes for (1) the best hay- 
making machine and (2) the best 
clover-making machine, prizes of 20 1. 
and 10Z. being offered in each class. 
The Committee had settled the regula- 
tions for such prizes, which they now 
submitted for the approval of the 
Council as follows : — 
Darlington Meeting, 1895. 
PRIZES FOR EXPLOSIVE OIL ENGINES. 
In connexion with the Darlington Meeting 
of 1895, the following prizes are offered by 
the Boyal Agricultural Society of England 
for hay- and clover-making machines : — 
First Second 
Prize Prize 
Class I. Hay-making ma- £ £ 
chines 20 10 
Class II. Clover-making 
machines 20 10 
Darlington Meeting, 1895. 
GENERAL REGULATIONS OP TRIALS. 
1. The trials will take place during the 
hay harvest of 1895, on land selected by the 
Society in the neighbourhood of Darlington. 
2. The necessary arrangements for the 
grass and clover crops required for the 
trials will be made by the Society. 
3. Notice of the place and date of the 
trials will be posted to every competitor as 
soon as they are fixed. 
4. Every competitor must himself provide 
for the delivery of his machines on the trial 
ground, and for the removal of the same 
after the trials. 
5. Horses will be provided by the Society 
to work the machines during the trials, but 
competitors who desire it may provide their 
own horses. 
6. ^ Every machine must be delivered at the 
depot on the trial fields, in proper working 
order, not less than two days previous to the 
commencement of the trials. 
