Monthly Council , May 7 , 1913 . 
XXV 
Mr. Kidner, referring to the report on outbreaks of animal diseases, sug- 
gested for the consideration of the Veterinary Committee that the time had 
now arrived when some representations should be made to the Board of 
Agriculture with a view to the complete eradication of sheep scab from this 
country. 
Mr. Patterson thought that, in view of the very great importance of 
calf rearing at the present moment, it might be a very considerable advantage 
if the Veterinary Committee would also endeavour to discover some remedy for 
white scour. He knew many calf rearers in his own neighbourhood who had 
suffered very serious losses from this disease, and who had now practically 
given up the attempt to rear calves. 
The President undertook, on , behalf of the Veterinary Committee, that 
both these suggestions should receive consideration. 
Sir John Thorold, in moving the adoption of the Report of the Committee 
of Selection, said that the Hon. James Wilson, who the Committee suggested 
should be made an Honorary Member of the Society, was for sixteen years 
Minister of Agriculture at Washington, and had brought that department up 
to great perfection. Mr. Wilson was to be made an Honorary Member of the 
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and the Committee of Selection 
thought it would be a graceful act if the Royal Agricultural Society conferred 
its Honorary Membership on Mr. Wilson at the time of the Bristol Show. 
On behalf of the Milking Machine Trials Sub-Committee, Mr. Ernest 
Mathews reported that the First Prize (Gold Medal and 251 .') had been 
awarded to Mjolkningsmaskin Omega, Flen, Sweden, and the Second Prize 
(Silver Medal and 10Z.) to Messrs. Vaccar, Ltd., 7 Denman Street, London, E.C. 
In moving the adoption of this report, Mr. Mathews explained the procedure 
adopted at the trials and then formally moved the following resolutions, 
which were seconded by the Hon. J. E. Cross and carried unanimously. 
1. That the best thanks of the Society are due and are hereby tendered to 
Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and'Company for allowing the trials to be 
carried out on their farms, and especially for permitting their cows 
to be used, without any restrictions, for the various types of milking 
machines, which was a most generous action, considering that the 
machines came, not only from this country ; hut also from the 
Colonies and abroad. 
2. That the Society desire to place on record their gratitude to Mr. W. 
Burkitt. the manager of Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan and Company’s 
farms, who undertook and carried out successfully the difficult task 
of dividing the cows into groups yielding similar quantities of milk, 
arranged the fitting up of the sheds to suit the various types of 
machinery, and generally did everything that was necessary for the 
proper carrying out of these important trials. They also desire to 
express their most cordial thanks to Mrs. Burkitt for the very kind 
and hospitable way in which she entertained all the officials connected 
with the trials. 
3. That the best thanks of the Society be accorded to the University 
College, Reading, for the arrangements they were so good as to make 
for carrying out the bacteriological examinations in connection with 
the trials. 
4. That the best thanks of the Society are due and are hereby tendered to 
Mr. John Golding, F.I.C., F.C.S. ; Dr. R. Stenhouse Williams, M. B., CM.. 
B.Sc., D.Ph, : and Mr. James Mackintosh, N.D.A. (Hons.), N.D.D. of the 
University College, Reading, for their invaluable work in connection 
with the bacteriological examinations of the milks in the trials. 
5. That the best thanks of the Society are due and are hereby tendered to 
the judges, Mr. Bayntun Hippisley and Mr. James Sadler, for their 
services as judges in the Milking Machine trials held at Grange Hill, 
Bishop Auckland, in April last. 
On the motion of Mr. CROSS, seconded by Mr. Greaves, the Council 
expressed their hearty thanks to Mr. Mathews for the great assistance he had 
rendered in connection with the Milking Machine trials. 
The Secretary announced that the Trustees of the “ Queen Victoria 
Gifts” Fund had decided to make a grant to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent 
Institution of 140 1 . for the year 1913, to be distributed as fourteen grants of 
10Z. each to the five male candidates, five married couples, and four female 
