The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-02-16 00:00:00

BATH AND WT OF ENGLAND AGRICUL-

TUftAL sOCIETY.

A meeting of the Council was bald at the Railway
Hotel. Taunton, on Saturday, the 6th Instant;
Sir J. T. it Duckworth, Bart in the 'hair, C7.l` T.
Phillpotta, Colonel Luttrell, Bait,
Brent, Gillett, and
Scott, Mears. D. Adair, H. G. Andrews, G. Bragint.m,
C. Rush, R. H. Bub, J. T. Davy, T. Danzer, K S.
Drew., Mark FRITSDE, J. Fry, John Gray, Jonathan
Gray, H. Neville Grenville. J..,Hanoook, T. Hussey,
K. King. J. R. Knoll, J. Lush, R. May, H, G.
Moyeey, G. U. Vidal, H. Williams, H. S. John Monk
(secretary), Goodwin (editor), ka
Fistscs.—Dr. Olcurr, as chairman of the Finance
Committee, brought sp • report reeounneadin ithe pay'
ment of various bills, and cheques were drawn in the
meal form, the rules of the Society permitting no
deviation in particular instances.
In isonsequenos of the increase of his duties, the
salary of Mr. W. Smith, of Pierrepont-street, the
Society's accountant, was ordered to be raised ; and •
gratuity was directed to be given to the clerks in the
secretary's office for extra duties in connexion with
the Exeter meeting.
SHROPSHIRE SHREP.—A communication wax read
from Mr. It Smith, of Sutton Maddock, Shinn!, corn.
plaining of certain restrictions in the prieeelimit for the
Bristol meeting, which would prevent his being an
exhibitor of Shropthire sheep, for whisk there is no
I— clam
MIR or CArmi.-11r. Fowt.gn, secretary, of the
Herefordshire Agricultural Society, communicated a
copy of • resolution recently pained by that body
recommending that the first of January should be
adopted as the date of reckoning the age of cattle for
Abibition at agricultural shows. The subject WY
referred to the Stook Prise Committee. . . .

flteQuaurioatloa -c-e—liiingrrean.-------An animal dim
qualified at • recent exhibition, en aecount of what
wads held to be an inanimate representation of its age,
has since been sold, and the bona fide purchaser now
applied to the waned to know if be was at liberty to
eater the animal for exhibition. It was decided that
as the disqualiflution alluded to attached to the en'
bibitor and not to the animal, there was no rule to
prevent the prevent owner exhibiting tinder • strictly
accurate certificate ass to its age, he.
Tie HNIOTOL report was read from
Mr. J. Widdieombs, the director, explaining the steps
be ,propneed to take for securing proper aeoranniodetion
and shelter for bones at the Bristol meeting. That.
recommendations were ordered to be carried out, with
alight modifications, which were ordered to be soul-
municated to the director, who was eafortonetsly
detained at home by severe indisposition. As bearing
upon this subject • letter was read from Mr. Wall, of
Bristol, in which, writing from hit knowledge of
Dares= Down,he referred to the severity of the north-
omet wind 'Tee in summer. "coming as it doss over the
I sad day districts of Pau and FlorfieW," and reeom-
umeileg that in laying out the yard, the sheds for
berms =Dad not face towards the north-east.
Mr. Par said 1.1 would be well to adopt the same
precaution in tbe case of cattle generally.
Mr. JOKY GRAT,No• AI the artewardsosid it had ems
to his knowledge that an unusually large number of
traction engines and other machines, near's( large
spa« for their display, would be present at the Bristol
meeting, and be advised that great caution should be
exercised in laying out the yard, so as to afford them
every accommodation without interfering with the eon-
Testes°, of exhibitors
Airm Cow it irtrz._c-relport of this Committee,
brought up by Mr. Drew., regretted the retirement of
the aerator, Mr. Goodall, of Exeter, through indiepon-
tea, and reeotammided the appointment of Mr. S.
Hodges, =rotary of the Royal Cornwall Polyteehnie
flosissty, u his sucessor. Behrup was also made to
a vary ingenious design by Mr. Joesthan Gray for a
second building for the Arts Exhibition.
The report WU adopted and ordered to he asked upon.
mr„ groLLTA, in highly oomplimentary terms, pro-
clila vote of thanks to the retiring aerator, Mr.
I, socompanied by a Sneers expremice of
sympathy with him in the causes which had led to his
retirement.
The motion was mended by the Rev. T. 1
who took owes= to speak in eoutplieseetary4ll=
the new curator, whose serrion,he thought, the moiety
were very fortunate is seeming.
Sir 3. T. B. DUMWORTH, is patting Me resolution to
the meeting, expellee= his coseurrenoe he whet had
been said by the two preceding speakers, and under-
took to convey the resolution In writing to Mr.
(Modal
Rimonve or DOMICIL miarnios.—T6 Editor re-
port= that the propene= of 43 newspaper@ in the
West of England and South Wales had intimated
=air desire to beheruished with sistraeleof thatosieWs
prosesdisgs, and be explained the mode in which be
to comply with their write= musts now.
=a fore the Cooped
Co the understanding that no charge would be =die
to meerspepor premien= for snob infoemation, and
that ths only met @staled on the Society would he
that of printing and postefes, the report ems venni-
loosely adopted. and ordered to he est= noon.
SITTLBEDINT AND PUBLICATION OF PIIIKBAIROTII.
SirJ. T. a DUCKWORTH, loonier to prevestaresirrenos
of the =isissesvendemen, merstly
of any in the neemenesdalells autreprras-4
sheet sammdlese being =de without ellne sake and
delibmables, sea of any peddiestion et the
"limier before tt hes bets le* mod
imored the felleirief reeehethele—the fret of
oh=ll‘ &sok • stasdiag ardor, and only intredsced
the othont—whish was essosdail by Kr.
a. sb.
mini= unanimously :-
Ist, Wit us. various toatteittese to Then the peiss.
sheets are referred de mese= that reports at the
October meeting at the sounsil. net at that meeting
the IN shell b. roe Wasik aid is 7 soliPsdou

made, bat no alteration shall he finally ad.ipted unless
',erred to by the chairman or otbiu member a the 00111-
i tee or...eating the report.
2nd, That imusedictely after the said meeting the
hit, with amendments (if ley), be printed and sent to
each member of the council in time for notice of any
premised alterations to be given in the agenda paper fur
the November meeting.
3rd, That the lusts be finally considered at the
November meeting f the council, but no alteration
shall be made therein exeept with the consent eforerakl,
unless notice of the alteration to he proposed shall have
been given in the agenda paper for that meeting.
Viet-Pareigurre. —The name' of several viewprisi
shients inadvertently emitted from recently, published
lists were ordered to he supplied in any f issues.
New Buingits.—Sir J. K. Lethbridge, Bert., Band'
hill Park ; Professor Simonds, Royal Veterinary
College, London; J. Abbott, Bideford ; W. ft Wain.
man; John Pitield, Syntesdabwry, Bridget.