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breeders of pigs who were not in in- 
fected areas, but who would be reluc- 
tant to send their pigs on account of 
this prevalence of swine fever. The 
latter portion of the letter received 
from the Board of Agriculture, in 
reply to that written by their Secre- 
tary asking whether any relaxation 
of the rules was likely to be made in 
regard to the exhibition of pigs at 
agricultural shows, was worthy of 
their consideration 
The Board regret that they do not see 
their way to give special facilities for the 
exhibition of swine brought from infected 
areas, and the Board would express the hope 
that the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England will, as far as possible, discourage 
such exhibition as being opposed to the 
spirit and intention of the Orders in ques- 
tion, and as involving a distinct risk of the 
further spreading of disease. 
From this correspondence they might 
safely conclude that if they could aid 
the Board of Agriculture in stamping 
out this disease by preventing pigs 
from coming to Cambridge at all, 
they would certainly be performing a 
great public duty. It was the opinion 
of Professor Brown that on this occa- 
sion it would be very much safer and 
wiser for them not to accept any 
entries of pigs for the Cambridge 
Meeting, and in this view he thought 
the Council would concur. He was 
perfectly aware that this action would 
be criticised, and no doubt to some 
exhibitors of pigs it would be a very 
great disappointment ; but he hoped 
that breeders would prove their un- 
selfishness in this matter by acknow- 
ledging, at any rate, that the Society 
had acted for the future safety of 
pig-breeding, and that generally it 
ought to do all it could to stamp 
out swine fever from the country. 
Professor Brown said that, though 
he was not prepared to say there was 
more swine fever in the country than 
there was three months ago, he 
did most distinctly say that new 
centres entirely unsuspected, and in 
different parts of the country which 
had previously been considered per- 
fectly free, had been discovered with- 
in the last few months. Under pre- 
sent circumstances, the exhibition of 
pigs would be held under considerable 
difficulties. One risk to which the 
Society would be exposed was this. 
A number of pigs were being moved 
from infected areas into healthy ones, 
and the number of healthy districts 
was daily decreasing. If an inspector 
discovered an outbreak in any part of 
the country, and found that any pigs 
belonging to the owner had been sent 
to the show, he would be bound to 
follow them, and at least to kill the 
pigs in that sty and bury them on the 
spot. 
Sir John Thorold wished to point 
out, in reply to Mr. Terry, that they 
were not in a position to take action 
sooner, because the question in its 
present aspect had only recently 
arisen. 
Mr. Terry said that he was per- 
fectly satisfied, as they had now a 
great deal more information on the 
subject than they had before. 
The motion was then put from the 
Chair, and carried unanimously. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) said that 
the essential business before the Com- 
mittee at their meeting held yester- 
day was the large entries of live stock 
that had already been received for the 
Cambridge Meeting. It would be in 
the recollection of the Council that 
so long ago as July 26 last the Society 
had given notice that it might become 
necessary, in view of the fact that the 
area of the Cambridge Showyard could 
not be extended, that some limitation 
in the entries of live stock should be 
made ; and exhibitors had therefore 
been informed, both in the prize 
sheets and on every form of certificate 
of entry issued, that post entries, if 
tendered, could only be accepted pro- 
visionally, subject to there being 
space available for them. The 
returns prepared by the Secretary 
showed that the entries of horses, 
cattle, and sheep received up to the 
date of closing the lists at ordinary 
rates would monopolise practically all 
the space available for the exhibition 
of live stock ; and that being so, 
the Committee had no alternative but 
to recommend that the list be now 
closed, and that no post entries of 
live stock be accepted. He might 
mention that there was a considerable 
increase in the horse entries over 
even the final entries at Chester, that 
there were more than the average of 
