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•hey  may  adopt,  and  thus  furnish  them  with  useful  direction  for 
future  guidance. 
Cottages  and  Farm-buildings. — The  Society  have  been  much 
favoured  by  his  flracc  the  Duke  of  Bedford,  ttith  a valuable 
contribution  to  their  Journal,  on  the  subject  of  lalxrurers'  cot- 
tages; and  they  are  also  indebted  to  Mr.  Spooner  (and  Mr.  John 
Elliott),  Mr.  Sturgess,  Mr.  Ewart,  and  Mr.  Tebbutt,  the  authors 
of  the  Essays  on  Farm-buildings  commended  by  the  Judges,  for 
the  kind  manner  in  which  they  have  placed  their  respective 
Essays  at  the  disposal  of  the  Journal  Committee  for  publication. 
Collection  of  Wheats. — Mr.  Brandrelb  has  reported  to  the 
Council  the  completion  of  the  arrangements  he  had  undertaken, 
at  the  request  of  the  House  Committee,  respecting  the  collection 
of  wheats  presented  to  the  Society  by  Miss  Molcsworth,  Colonel 
Le  Couteur,  and  the  Ilcv.  Professor  Henslow.  These  specimens 
have  been  carefully  arranged  in  guard-books,  and  placed  in  a 
cabinet  prepared  for  their  reception  in  the  Council-room,  for  the 
reaily  access  and  convenient  inspection  of  Members  of  the 
Society  ; space  having  been  purposely  left  in  the  guard-books  for 
the  insertion  of  further  specimens,  and  in  the  catalogue  for  their 
due  registration. 
The  Council  congratulate  the  Society  on  the  improvements 
successively  made  each  year  in  the  various  departments  of  its 
operations,  and  on  the  general  recognition  of  the  value  of  its 
influence  in  animating  and  sustaining  the  cause  of  practical  farm- 
ing ; and  they  cannot  entertain  a doubt  that,  by  the  united 
exertions  of  all  parties  connected  with  agriculture,  such  a pro- 
gressive improvement  will  be  made  in  the  cultivation  of  the  soil, 
and  the  economy  of  British  husbandry,  as  will  promote  the 
greatest  production  at  the  least  cost,  and  thus  be  found  contribut- 
ing to  the  mutual  interest  of  the  parties  more  immediately  con- 
cerned, ami  to  the  increased  resources  of  the  country. 
By  order  of  the  Council, 
(Signed ) JAMES  HUDSON, 
Secretary. 
London,  14 th  December , IS  19. 
