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knowledge he would be very sorry to press upon the Board of Agriculture that 
they should test the use of serum. The expression was, of course, very vague, 
but, as he understood it, the recommendation would be that the Board of 
Agriculture should imitate Holland, where he believed there were no restric- 
tions whatever with regard to Swine Fever. The person who had Swine Fever 
on his premises in Holland could disperse the pigs and spread the disease to 
twenty other owners. It was all very well to say that each of those owners 
could considerably reduce his losses by employing serum, but he thought it was 
well the Council should know that, as an alternative to the method of 
endeavouring to control and eradicate Swine Fever, the use of serum could not, 
in his opinion, be recommended. 
Captain Behrens drew attention to the position and size of the judging 
ring for Shorthorns in the Bristol Showyard and suggested that better 
accommodation might be provided in future. The President said this matter 
would receive attention. 
Sir John Thorold, as Chairman of the Committee of Selection, proposed, 
and it was unanimously agreed, that votes of thanks be given to Mr. Cyril E. 
Greenall, Steward of Horses and of the Veterinary Examination ; Mr. H W. 
Seccombe Wills, Steward of Forage ; the Hon. John Boscawen and Mr. A. A. 
Paton, Stewards of the Horticultural Exhibition ; and Mr. G-eorge Marshall, 
Steward of the Forestry Exhibition. These gentlemen, who were not Members 
of the Council, did a great deal of very useful work for the Society in an 
honorary capacity, and the Society was very greatly indebted to them. The 
President said they would all agree with what had fallen trom Sir John 
Thorold, and that their thanks are very greatly due to the gentlemen named. 
At the conclusion of the ordinary business, the President said it was with 
most profound sorrow that he had to announce that a telegram had just been 
received to say that their colleague, Sir Richard Cooper, had passed away that 
morning. The sad news, his Lordship said, had come upon him with terrible 
suddenness, because although he had heard that Sir Richard was unwell, he 
had no idea that his condition was at all a grave one, and he fancied many 
Members of the Council thought the same. It was unnecessary for him to 
refer to the very great services that Sir Richard Cooper had for so long a time 
rendered the Society, and he would like to move that a letter be written to the 
relatives expressing the Council’s very sincere and deep regret at the loss they 
had sustained by the death of their colleague and their sympathy with the 
family in their bereavement. 
The Council then adjourned over the autumn recess until Wednesday, 
November 5, 1918. 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1913. 
At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C., the Earl 
of Northbrook (President) in the Chair : — 
Present : — Trustees . — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, 
the Earl of Coventry, Lord Moreton, Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. C. R. W. Adeane, Mr. Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. 
Marshall Hugdale, the Right Hon. Sir A. E. Fellowes, K. C.V.O., Sir Gilbert 
Greenall, Bart., C.V.O. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. D. T. Alexander, Mr. T. L. Aveling, 
Capt. Clive Behrens, Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst, Major-General J. F. Brockle- 
hurst, C.V.O. , C.B., Mr. T. A. Buttar, Mr. R. G. Carden, Mr. Richardson Carr, 
Mr. John Evens, Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. Game, Lord 
Harlech, Mr. W. Harrison, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. J. H. Hine, Mr. 
Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Sir C. V. Knightley, Bart., 
Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton 
Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. John Myatt, Mr. W. Nocton, Mr. Henry Overman, 
Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. C. M. 8. Pilkington, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, Mr. G. G. 
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