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THE ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
have access ; and this may recall to many an old pupil the memory 
of by-gone days, as pleasant, we trust, to him as to his old pre- 
ceptor. 
By binding the Journal and the Association in separate volumes, 
the bulk of the whole will not be inconveniently increased. The 
account of the Association commenced in the volume for 1837. 
On the 18th ult. the half yearly meeting of the English Agri- 
cultural Society was held. The rooms were crowded. The most 
perfect harmony prevailed, and every one seemed to feel assured 
that the important objects of that society will, at no great distance 
of time, he fully accomplished. We subjoin that portion of the 
“ Report” which had reference to us. 
“ Aware of the immense loss sustained in consequence of the 
want of better knowledge in the treatment of the diseases of cattle, 
sheep, and pigs, the attention of the Committee has been turned 
to this subject, in order, if possible, to devise means for supplying 
the deficiency. A veterinary school has long been established in 
the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and it has been most useful 
in teaching the scientific and successful treatment of the diseases 
by which thousands of horses used to be destroyed ; but its attention 
has been almost exclusively devoted to the horse. It was, therefore, 
considered that if its labours could be directed with the same suc- 
cess to the management, in health and disease, of our cattle and 
sheep, it would be of inestimable advantage to the British farmer. 
“ Application has been made to the Governors of the Veterinary 
College, stating the anxious wish of the English Agricultural 
Society, that this most important extension of its inquiries and 
its benefits should take place, this Society not interfering with 
the arrangements or proceedings of the Governors of the College, 
but contributing from its funds to the accomplishment of this 
purpose. 
“ A most favourable answer has been received from some of the 
Governors, and a meeting 'will soon take place between them and 
a delegation of your Committee, from which the happiest result 
may be anticipated.” 
We trust that the ultimate result will be a happy one; 
