Ji'  jx>rt  to  the  G ncrnl  Meeting. 
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The  Council  have  only  to  refer  to  the  Country  Meeting  of  the 
Society,  held  at  the  city  of  Exeter  in  July  last,  with  the  liveliest 
satisfaction,  and  to  pronounce  it  as  complete  in  all  its  details  as 
the  Council  could  desire  ; the  excellence  of  that  meeting  having 
been  witnessed  bv  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  being  present  at  it, 
and  made  known  by  public  report  to  all  others  interested  in  its 
success  who  were,  from  various  causes,  unavoidably  absent. 
Those  only,  however,  that  were  present  on  the  occasion  could 
be  impressed  with  an  adequate  idea  of  the  demonstrations  of 
hearty  welcome  given  to  the  Society  bv  the  inhabitants  of  that 
“ ancient  and  loyal  city;”  an  expression  of  respect  onlv  equalled 
by  their  disinterestedness  anti  genuine  hospitality.  The  mayor 
and  corporation,  and  the  local  committee,  anticipated  by  their 
prompt  and  judicious  measures  everv  wish  of  the  Society  during 
the  preparations  for  the  meeting,  and  the  period  of  holding  it. 
Sir  1 ImmasAcland  at  Killerton,  and  Mr.  Turner  at  Barton,  each 
gave  a kind  and  friendly  reception  to  the  Members,  and  submitted 
to  their  inspection  their  respective  Water  and  Catch  Meadows, 
which  created  a lively  interest  in  all  who  inspected  them.  The 
principal  Railway  Companies,  with  their  usual  liberality,  con- 
ven'd the  live  slock  free  along  their  respective  lines  to  and  from 
the  Show,  and  the  implements  at  half  the  ordinary  rates.  The 
Members  were  indebted  to  Professor  Sunonds  for  a valuable 
Lecture  on  the  Diseases  of  the  Liver  in  Domesticated  Animals. 
Messrs.  Tuxford  of  Boston,  and  Messrs.  Barrett  nnd  Co.  of 
Reading,  kindly  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Stewards  and 
Judges  their  respective  steam-engines  for  driving  the  machinery 
under  tiial  in  the  show-yard.  The  Society  conveyed  to  all  these 
respei  live  parlies,  at  the  time,  their  grateful  acknowledgments  for 
the  valuable  services  they  had  rendered  to  the  Society  by  their 
cordial  co-operation.  The  Exeter  Meeting  was  also  distinguished 
by  a still  further  improvement  introduced  into  the  dynamometrical 
testing  of  the  agricultural  machinery,  by  which  new  results,  of 
great  importance  in  guiding  the  Judges  in  their  decisions,  were 
obtained;  and  the  rival  exhibitors  of  implements  ennblcd  them- 
selves to  judge  of  the  actual  power  and  working  of  their  machines 
