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those services ; and not only that, hut for some years his lordship had supplied 
them, with prizes for the Milk Yield classes at the Show. Further, in the case 
of the late Tuberculosis Experiment, the cost of which was estimated at 800/., 
but which only cost* 600k, the difference was made up by Lord Rothschild s 
generosity. Last, but by no means least, their thanks were due to Lord 
Rothschild for allowing Mr. Richardson Carr, one of the right hands of the 
Society, to be present at their debates, and give them such invaluable help in 
their work. 
Mr. May, as the Society’s representative on a committee formed for the 
purpose of raising a fund in connection with the Lawes and Gilbert Centenary 
Celebrations, gave notice of a resolution to the effect that an appeal be sent 
out on behalf of this fund by the Royal Agricultural Society to the Members 
for individual donations, and, if Mr. Adeane, as Chairman of the Finance 
Committee would allow him, he would like to make a further suggestion, that 
a contribution should be made from the funds of the Society to supplement 
any amount which might be contributed by personal efforts. 
In presenting the Report of the Tuberculosis Experiment Committee, Lord 
Northbrook said he thought the Council would like to know that the 
demonstration which, on May I, 1910, the Chemical and Woburn and Veterinary 
Committees were requested to carry out, had been brought to a conclusion. 
The Committee appointed to carry out the demonstration were considering 
their report, which they hoped to present at the next meeting of the Council, 
and with that report they hoped to give in the appendix full details and 
particulars of the procedure with the information as to the results of the 
tuberculin tests the animals had been subjected to. On the present occasion he 
only wished to say that they had succeeded in showing, in the words of the 
reference to them, that by means of isolation it was possible to rear healthy 
stock from tuberculous parents. He might add that the cost to the Society, 
mainly owing to the generosity of Lord Rothschild, had been below the sum 
the Council were prepared to spend on it, and considerably within the 
amounts of the annual estimates that had been submitted to and approved by 
the Council. . 1 . , , . 
A Report from the Special Committee having been received and adopted, 
Sir John Thorold called attention to No. 7 of the regulations, governing the 
offer of the Gold Medal for Agricultural Research, stating that the monograph 
or essay of the successful candidate was to be published in the Journal, if in 
the opinion of the Council it was suitable for the purpose. Both of the essays 
submitted on this occasion had been published before they were sent in, and as 
it was the custom not to include in the Journal anything that had been 
previously published elsewhere, he would like the instruction of the Council 
that in the circumstances the Journal Committee need not be called upon to 
publish either of the essays in question. It was very essential that they should 
have all their articles in as soon as possible, and the publication of one of the 
essays might cause delay. Apart from that, their having been pieviousy 
published was a reason against their appearing in the Journal. 
On being put to the meeting, the suggestion of Sir John Thorold that it be 
an instruction to the Journal Committee that these essays be not published, 
was approved. . ... 
Lord Strachie, pursuant to notice, moved the following resolution . 
“That the Board of Agriculture be asked to raise the preference limit imposed 
whereby to a large extent only occupiers of acres and under can benefit under 
their scheme for the improvement of live stock. 
His object in moving that resolution was to bring before the Council the 
scheme for the improvement of live stock issued by the Board of Agricu ture. 
The county he represented felt very strongly as regards the limitation o 
preference In the first place, the amount— 37,000/.— was so small, and it- was 
felt that if there was a hard and fast line that preference was to be given to 
occupiers of not over 100 acres, or of an annual value for purposes of income 
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