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THE VETERINARIAN, SEPTEMBER I, 1863. 
Ne quid falsi dicere andeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero, 
THE WORCESTER MEETING OE THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society vrliich 
lias just been held at Worcester may be said to have been, 
in every respect, a great success. Although perhaps the 
receipts for admission to the show-yard hardly realised the 
sanguine expectations of some, still they will bear a close 
comparison with the most successful returns. The little 
• falling off, which reduced the amount to something below 
£6000—the sum hoped to be received—was entirely to be 
attributed to the showery weather which prevailed on the 
Tuesday and W’'ednesda 3 ^ The first shilling day (Thursday) 
brought no less than £1915 18s., the good of which must 
not be measured by the money which found its way into the 
coffers of the societ}", but rather by the diffusion of a great 
amount of information, among the working classes in 
particular. 
It is impossible to calculate the benefit which the agricul¬ 
tural community, direct!}^ as well as indirectly, derives by this 
enlightenment of the sons of toil. Many return home with 
new ideas, out of which are sure to spring great and lasting 
improvements, while all are gratified and more or less in¬ 
structed. Practical information of this kind is unquestion¬ 
ably well adapted to elevate the thoughts of the husband¬ 
man, and to give him to understand that his interests are 
not injured by the employment of agricultural machineiy. 
He thus learns to understand how it is that the farmer who 
employs the most machinery requires the greatest amount of 
manual labour in the daily work of the farm, and that this 
labour is only diverted into another channel, which is as 
necessary to be filled as that seed-time should precede 
harvest, or otherwise all will be soon brought to a standstill. 
In accordance with our established custom, we give a 
detailed account of the aAvards of the stock judges, that 
our readers may not only use it for present, but for future 
purposes. We are assured that this is in unison with 
