S3 F^5 DATE DUE DEMCO 38-2E 7 Cornell University Library S 3.F23 Rules, with a list of su''ie|f** 'J1?1mm 3 1924 000 919 856 THE FARMERS' CLUB 2, WHITEHALL COURT, LONDON, S.W. RULES WITH ^. <^ A LIST OF THE SUBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE CLUB, AND PROPOSAL FORM FOR MEMBERSHIP. [ALL PREVIOUS ISSUES CANCELLED.] 191S. LONDON : PRINTED, FOR THE CLUB BY WYMAN & SONS, Ltd., Fkiter Lane, E.G. The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/cletails/cu31924000919856 i l « J JJiU J-- " ■ ■ ! " * ■" '' J " . * S" -lJU«J ' ,- i . ' W Wgi»'1gBWWg^^^'^r'""^>g THE FARMERS' CLUB 2, WHITEHALL COURT, LONDON, S.W. RULES A LIST OF THE SUBJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE CLUB, AND PROPOSAL FORM FOR MEMBERSHIP. [ALL PREVIOUS ISSUES CANCELLED.] 1 91 S. LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE CLUB BY WYMAN & SONS, Ltd., Fe'itbr Lane, E.C. & 7^^ 71 COMMITTEE for 1915. C/mrwaTi— SAMUEL KIDNEE, Esq. Vice-Chairman— 0. D. JOHNSON, Esq, Year of Bctirement from Committee. 1916 Amos, Alfred 1916 Balden, R. S. 1916 Bathurst, Charles, m.p. 1915 *Bowen - Jones, Sir J. Bowen, BART. 1917 Brown, Davis 1917 Christian, Thomas 1917 Coles, Gary 1915 *Craigie, Major P. G., c.b. 1917 Dickson, T. A. 1915 Douglas, Loudon M. 1915 Dyer, Dr. Bernard 1915 *Eve, W. 1916 1916 1916 1917 1915 Fitzherbert-Brockholes, W. 1 903 Hall, A. D. Harrison, John Haviland, W. A. Hobbs, James T. 1916 *Howard, J. Harold 1915 lies, Alexander 1916 Inskip, Alfred Year of Election i o Club. Year of Retirement from Committee. Year of Election to Club. 1898 1915 Johnson, 0. D. 1899 1906 1915 Kelly, Dunbar 1905 1907 1917 Kidner, S. 1894 1916 *Latham, Thomas 1884 1869 1915 ♦Little, W. D. 1880 1905 1917 *McLaren, John 1882 1903 1916 May, W. A. 1904 1900 1917 *Muntz, F. E. 1893 B. 1879 • 1917 ♦Packard, E. 1876 1892 1915 Patterson, R. G. 1906 1906 1916 Penberthy, Pi'of essor 1898 1880 1917 *Prout, W". A. 1879 1857 1917 Rew, R. Henry, c.b. 1886 W.1903 1916 Rooke, John 1894 1897 1917 Sankey, R. J. 1905 1887 1915 ♦Simmons, W. Anker 1887 1903 1915 •Strutt, Hon. C. H. 1876 1894 1916 Sutton, Martin H. F. 1897 1880 1916 Tumor, Christopher 1906 1903 1917 ♦Voelcker, Dr. J. A. 1885 1901 1917 Wrightson, Professor 1866 HOUSE AND FINANGE SUB-GOMMITTEE. Samuel Kidner. 0. D. Johnson. Hon. C. H. Strutt. William Eve. W. Anker Simmons. Thomas Latham. John McLaren. Secretcvry — H. Trusteam Eve. Assistant Secretary — G. Bertram Rolfb. AvditoTS — Messrs. Wenn & Elsom. * Past Chairman. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB: ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1842 FOR THE USE OF FARMERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN THE CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL; OPEN TO PRACTICAL FARMERS AND SCIENTIFIC MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES. Election of Members. The power of Election shall be vested in the Committee, under the following regula- tions : — ■ Any person desirous of becoming a Mem- ber of the Club must be proposed by a Member, and the Candidate's Christian and Surname, rank, profession, occupa- tion, or description, and usual place of abode, shall be specified in a Proposal Paper, a copy of which shall be transcribed in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Christian and Surname of the Pro- poser must be in his own handwriting. The Candidate must sign the request to become a Member, and the obligation to comply with the Rules or Bye-laws of the Club, in case of his Election. The pro- posal, being duly entered, and counter- signed by the Secretary, shall be read at a Meeting of the Committee, suspended in the Reading-room for fourteen days, and then read at the next Monthly Meeting of the Committee, and submitted to Ballot or Vote.* Two-thirds of the Members of the Club shall be either directly or indirectly in- * I, of in the County of , do hereby express my wish to become an Annual Member of the Farmers' Club, in London, and do hereby promise, in case of my Election, that I will pay the Admission Fee and my Annual Subscription so long as I continue a member of the Club ; that I will endeavour to promote the welfare of the Club, and assist in furthering the objects for which the same is founded ; and that I will observe and obey the Laws or Rules of the Club and Orders of the Committee of Management so long as I continue a Member. (Signed) , Candidate. Dated terested in or connected with the cultiva- tion of the soil. The name of no individual shall be inserted in the Book of Candidates until he shall have attained the age of eighteen, nor exhibited for Ballot until he shall have attained the age of twenty-one. No Election shall be valid, unless fivi Members of the Committee actually ballot . When not more than twelve Members ballot, one black ball shall exclude; when more than twelve Members ballot, there must be two black balls at least. Should any person not be elected, the Chairman shall certify the number of votes, both in the negative and affirmative sides, at tho bottom of the Proposal Paper, presented on behalf of such person. II. Notification of Election. On the admission of each new Member, the Secretary shall notify the same to him (in duplicate, if abroad), and shall furnish him with a copy of the Rules and Regula- tions for the time being; he shall also re- quest him to remit to the Secretary or Bankers of the Club an order for the amount of his Entrance Fee and Subscrip- tion. As the payment of these sums will entitle a Member to enjoy every benefit of the Club, so it must be considered as dis- tinctly implying his acquiescence in the Rules of the Institution, to which he thus voluntarily attaches himself, as well as his submission to the restrictions they enjoin, and to the penalties they enact. III. Entrance lee and Subscnptton. All Members elected after 1st January, 1905, shall pay an Entrance Fee of One Guinea, and the Annual Subscription of overy Member elected after that date shall be One Guinea for a Country Member, and Three Guineas for a To\^n Member. Mem- bers elected in December pay Subscription for the following year. All Subscriptions shall become due on the 1st of January in such year. If any Member shall neglect to pay his Subscription during the month of January, the Secretary shall forthwith make application to him for the amount, and if not remitted in the month of Feb- ruary, his name may be placed over the mantel-piece of the Reading-room on the 1st of March ; and if the Subscription be not paid before the 1st of April, the name of the Member so in arrear may be erased from the List of Members. Every Mem- ber is, however, required to pay his Sub- scription for the current year on his first appearance in the Club-room ; the before- mentioned Eegulation being intended solely as an indulgence to Members absent from London. Gentlemen proposed as Members, having obtained the recommen- dation of three Members of the Committee, shall be admitted to the privileges of the Club, from the time of their proposal, sub- ject t-o their being elected at the next Monthly Meeting. IV. Memhers not Qiuilified to Vote. No Member shall be admitted to Vote on any occasion whatever, or to enjoy any of the privileges of the Club, until he shall have paid his Entrance Fee and Annual Subscription for the current year. V. Subscriptions Payable. If any new Member shall neglect to pay his Entrance Fee and first year's Subscrip- tion within three months from the date of his admission to the Club, if he be in the United Kingdom, or within twelve months if abroad, the Secretary shall report ac- cordingly to the Committee, who shall cause his name to be erased from the List of Members, unless he can justify the delay to the satisfaction of the Committee. VI. Betirement of Members. Any Member intending to withdraw his name from the Club must signify his inten- tion to do so in writing to the Secretary, on pr before the 1st of January in each year; and in default of such written notice he shall be liable to the payment of his Sub- scription for the year. VII. Members Abroad Becoming Super- numerary. Any Member who may be absent from England during the whole period within which the Annual Subscription is payable may be considered as a Supernumerary Member, and be exempted from the Sub- scription during the continuance of such , absence, provided he shall have given notice in writing thereof to the Secretary. Upon his communicating, in writing, to the Secretary his return to England, and upon his paying his Subscription for the current year, he shall be re-entitled to all the privi- leges of the Club. The name of any Mem- ber availing himself of this indulgence must be entered in the " Book of Super- numerary Members," and if his wish to rejoin the Club be not expressed to the Secretary within three months after his arrival in England, he shall no longer be considered a Member thereof. VIII. Eligible without Ballot. The Committee shall have power to Elect from time to time, without Ballot, any dis- tinguished persons to be Members of the Club, but subject to the same regulations as the ordinary Members. IX. Eligible to be Invited. Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipotentiary, Foreign Members of the Royal or other learned Societies, Foreigners of distinction in Agriculture, Science, Literature, or the Arts, and eminent men of all classes (the number to be limited by the Committee) may be invited to become Honorary Members (without Admission Fee or Subscription) during their tem- porary residence in England, for a period of thirty days, renewable for a like period, from time to time, on condition that the name, designation, usual place of abode, etc., shall be entered in a book by a mem- ber of the Club introducing the party, and having previously obtained the consent of two Members of the Committee. No foreigner permanently resident in England can be admitted under this Rule. 5 X. Committee of Management. The business of the Club shall be managed by a Committee of 41 persons, elected from the body of the Members, to be chosen at the Annual Meeting in December in each year ; any five of whom, when assembled agreeable to the Laws of the Club, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Committee shall have the sole and entire management and superintendence of the Club, as well with respect to the hiring or purchase of suitable Premises, Furniture, the gradual formation of a Library, the supply of Books, Papers, Journals, etc., as also of the Income, Funds, and Property, and all other affairs and concerns thereof, and shall have the sole and exclusive right of nominating and appointing a Secretary, Bankers, and such other Officers, Attendants, and Ser- vants as they may deem necessary or useful to the Society, and of removing them, if they shall think fit, and shall prescribe their respective duties. The Committee shall meet once a month, on the first Mon- day in the month, at Three o'clock pre- cisely. The first business shall be to read the" Minutes of the preceding Meeting of the Committee. Any three or more Mem- bers of the Committee may, by notice in writing, require the Secretary to summon a Special Meeting, notifying in the sum- mons the special business to be transacted ; and no other business shall be entered upon except that for which the Meeting was called. Seven days' notice at least of any such Meeting must be given. All questions before the Committee shall be decided by a majority of votes — in case of an equality of which the Member in the Chair shall have a casting vote. XI. Election of Com.mittee. One-third of the Members of the Com- mittee shall go out of Ofiice at the Annual Meeting, to be held in December, in the year 1845, and afterwards annually — ^the first third by lot, the second third by lot, to be confined to the remaining original Members, and afterwards one-third annually by rotation. The Members so going out of Office shall be eligible to be re-elected; but no Member of the Com- mittee shall be eligible for re-election unless he has attended at least two Com- mittee Meetings during the previous year. XII. Vacancies in Committee. Should any vacancy occur in the Com- mittee by death, resignation, removal, or by any other means prior to the Annual General Meeting, it shall be filled up by the Committee, the person selected to fill such vacancy to continue in Office so long as the person in whose place or stead he may be elected would have been entitled to continue in Office if his seat had not become vacant. XIII. Trustees. There shall be three Trustees, whose ap- pointment shall be permanent, unless they become disqualified from any of the causes subjoined, in whose names, under the direction of the Committee, all securities shall be taken and investments made ; the whole property of the Club being, notwith- standing, subject to the disposition of the Committee ; and their order in writing, or that of any five of them, signed by them, and countersigned by the Secretary, shall be obligatory upon, and full authority for, the Trustees : and if any Trustee shall die, or decline to act, or shall become disquali- fied as a Trustee by becoming bankrupt or insolvent, residing abroad or otherwise, he shall be replaced by another, to be named by the Committee; but such removal and nomination to be subject to the approval of the next General Meeting of the Club. Trustees must be Members.* XIV. Auditors. There shall be three Auditors electfai annually at the General Meeting, not being Members of Committee, who shall Audit the Accounts annually, up to the 29th of September in each year, and report thereon. Two to be a quorum. Auditors retiring are eligible to be re-elected. XV. Accounts. All Accounts to be produced and ex- amined at the Monthly Meetings of the Committee, and signed by the Chairman. * The present Trustees are Messrs. WiU>am Ey^ and Thomas Latham. XVI. Payments. All Cheques upon the Bankers must be signnd at a Meeting of the Committee by the Chairman of the Meeting and two other Members of the Committee, and countersigned by the Secretary. XVII. Atmual Meeting. There shall be a General Meeting of the Club annually, on the Monday in every year in the week in which the Smithfield Club's Cattle Show is held, at Six o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of elect- ing one-third of the Committee for the suc- ceeding year, and receiving a Report and Abstract of the state of the Accounts and general concerns of the Club for the past year from the Committee, and for receiv- ing propositions for any New Rule or alteration of any existing Rule of the Club. But no alteration of the Rules or Regulations of the Club shall take place Hflless upon a proposal in writing, signed by two Members, which shall be sent to the Committee one month, and be exhi- bited in the publi,: rooms a fortnight before the General Meeting, and be printed and added to the Report. If any such new Rule or alteration shall be pro- posed and passed at such Meeting, a second meeting shall be held on that day fort- night, for the sole purpose of ratifying or regulating any such Rule or alteration which may have been voted at such Annual Meeting, except the choice of the Committee, which shall be final on the election. The Annual Report and Ab- stract to be laid on the tables of the Club a fortnight before the General Meeting. XVIII. Extraordinary General Meeting. If at any other time it shall appear ex- pedient to adopt any new Rule, or to alter any old one, or to make any other proposi- tion which may appear to the Committee to require the sanction of a General Meet- ing, the Committee may call an Extraor- dinary General Meeting on giving Seven Days' Notice, specifying, in the form of a Resolution, the subject intended to be sub- mitted, the discussion of which shall be confined to that subject alone. The Com- mittee may also call an Extraordinary General Meeting on the written requisition of Ten Members, under restrictions similar to the preceding; but no question shall be discussed, and no proposition voted, ■which shall not have been distinctly stated in the requisition for such Extraordinary General Meeting, such Meeting to be com- posed of at least Thirty Members. XIX. Place and Time of Meeting. All General Meetings shall be held in the rooms of the Club, or such other place as the Committee shall appoint, and the Chair shall be taken at the hour ap- pointed by the Committee for that pur- pose, provided the requisite number of Members shall be present. XX. Notice of Annual Meeting. Notice of every Annual General Meet- ing, and of every Special General Meeting, shall be fixed up in the public Reading- room of the Club. XXI. Notice of Extraordinary Meetings. All Notices of Extraordinary General Meetings issued by the Committee must be signed by Five of its Members, and be posted in one of the public rooms of the Club for at least Seven Days previous to the day of Meeting. XXII. Votes. No Member of the Committee shall have more than One Vote, except the Chairman, who shall have, in case of an equality of Votes, a Second or Casting Vote on all questions. No Member of the Club shall Vote by Proxy, either at the Annual Meeting or any other Meeting. XXIII. Beports, etc., to he Signed hy Chairman. All Reports, Rules, and Orders ap- proved by the Committee shall be reduced to writing and signed by the Chairman. XXIV. Visitors. No stranger to be admitted at any time, except an Honorary Member under Rule 9, unless he is the Guest of a Member, who must enter his name in the book provided for that purpose. No Guest shall be served with any refreshment except by the request and at the expense of a Member XXV. Private Room. Any member of the Club shall have the privilege, under certain restrictions, to be from time to time regulated by the Com- mittee, of introducing two friends to dine with him in the Strangers' Room, or any number to dine with him in a Private Room, provided accommodation can be afforded. XXVI. Address of Members. Each Member of the Club shall com- municate his Address, or that of his Banker or Agent, from time to time to the Secretary; and all notices being sent to such Address shall be considered as duly delivered. XXVII. Library. A Library shall be gradually formed, under the direction of the Committee, to the extent of the Funds set apart for that purpose, and to be open to the contribu- tions of the Members, whose names shall be recorded in a book kept for that pur- pose. A List of the Donations shall be read at the Monthly Meeting. XXVJII. Books, Papers, etc., not to be Taken Away. No Member shall take, or permit to be taken away from the Club, upon any pre- tence whatever, or shall injure or destroy, any Book, Map, Pamphlet, Newspaper, or other article, the property of the Club. Any infraction of this Rule shall be imme- diately taken cognizance of by the Com- mittee. XXIX. Payment of Bills. All Members are to pay their Bills of every expense they incur in the Club before they leave the House. XXX. Complaints. Should any Member have reason to com- plain either of a meal, beverage, or other matter, or of any inattention or improper conduct of a Servant, it shall be stated by letter, and signed by the Member complain- ing, which letter, being handed or sent to the Secretary, must be laid before the Com- mittee at their next Meeting, when it shall be specially noticed by the Committee. Gaming. No Game of Hazard, or Game of Chance, shall, on any account, be ever played, nor shall Dice be used in the Club, nor highei stakes and bets than 2s. 6d. be allowed. XXXII. Smoking, etc. No Member shall, on any account, bring a dog into the Club. No Smoking shall be allowed, except in the room appropriated for that purpose. XXXIII. Members of Committee not to Sup^y Articles, or Receive Profit from the Club. No Member of the Committee shall, on any pretence, or in any manner whatever, directly or indirectly, receive any profit, salary, or emolument from the funds or transactions of the Club, under the penalty of expulsion. And no Member of the Club shall give any money or gratuity to any of the Servants of the Establishment, nor shall they receive the same on pain of dis- missal. XXXIV. Expulsion. When any person shall have been elected a Member of the Club, and it shall subse- quently become known to the Committee that the individual so elected was, from causes existing prior to his election, an unfit or improper person to have been elected; or when any such election shall have taken place in consequence of any misrepresentation or concealment as to the conduct, character or respectability of the individual elected, the Committee shall have power to remove his name from the List of Members, the decision on the Re- moval being by Ballot, and to return to him the amount of his Subscription for the current year — special notice being given to every Member of the Committee of such a question coming on. Any Member whose conduct, in or out of the Club, after his election, shall, in the opinion of the Committee, be derogatory to his station in Society, shall be expelled the Club by the Committee, and from the decision of the Committee there shall be no appeal to a General Meeting of the Members of the Club. Any Member so expelled, or any Mem- ber who shall resign or cease to belong to the Club, shall forfeit, ipso facto, all right or claim upon the Club, or its property, or funds, and shall cease to be a Member without any appeal. XXXV. Opening and Closing of Club. The Club shall be open daily for the re- ception of Members at Eight o'clock in the morning, and be shut at One o'clock a.m., after which hour no Member can be ad- mitted. Such Subscribers, however, as may then actually happen to be in the Club, are not to be restricted or influenced with respect to their departure by this Rule. New Rules and Bye-laws. The Committee shall have power, from time to time, to make, provisionally, such 2, Whitehall Court, S.W., January, Rules and Bye-laws as may appear to be necessary for the good order and better re- gulation of the Club, and the same shall take effect from the time of their being posted up in a public room of the Club, and thenceforth have the same authority as if they formed part of the present Regula- tions : provided that such Rules and Bye- laws be adopted at a Meeting of the Com- mittee, consisting of not less than Eight Members, to be especially convened upon a notice of Fourteen Days. Rules to he Sent to Members. That these Rules and Regulations shall be printed, and a copy of them delivered to every Member of the Club, o'r trans- mitted to his address ; but no Member shall be absolved from the effect of these Rules on any allegation of not having received them. By Order of the Committee, H. TRUSTRAM EVE, 1915. Secretary. BYE-LAWS. The following BYE-LAWS have been passed : — 1. That a Chairman shall be elected for twelve months, from the First of January in each year. 2. That at each meeting the authority of the Chairman on all disputed matters shall be final. 3. That in the absence of the Chairman, the Committee appoint a President for the evening. 4. That the Chairman be at liberty to intro- duce visitors, and Members one friend each at a Meeting. 5. That none but niemhersof theClubaddressthe Meeting, except on the invitation of the Chairman. 6. That no ionger than thirty minutes be occu- pied in reading the Paper at a General Meeting. J hat the introducer of the subject have the right of reply at the close of the Discussion ; but that no other MeTnber address the Meeting more than once during the evening, except in explanation, and then only with the consent of the Chairman. . 7. That all persons address the Chair stand- ing, and that the proposer and seconder of the vote of thanks shall not occupy the time of the Meeting for more than a quarter of an hour, and that all subsequent speakers shall restrict their speeches to eight minutes. 8. That the subjects for discussion during the year be selected by the Committee, and that the time for holding the Meetings be the first Monday in the months of February, March, April, May, and November, at four o'clock p.m., and in December on the Monday in the week of- the Smithfield Club Show, at six o'clock p.m. 9. That Members be requested to send in sub- jects to the Secretary, from which the selection will be taken ; and that those unable to attend the meetings be invited to forward practical information upon them ; such communications to be handed to the introducer of the subject to which reference is made. 10. That the introducer of the subject may conclude his paper with moving a resolution, provided that such resolution has been pre- viously submitted to, and approved of by the Committee. 11. That in view of the extension of the Club premises the Entrance Fee of One Guinea be suspended to those who are Members of a National Agricultural Organisation or Society, such as the Eoyal Agricultural Society, the National Breed Societies, the Central Chamber of Agriculture (including Secretaries and Deputies) and the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. •/ Any local Farmers' Club paying the Sub- scription for the year, together with the Entrance Fee, has the right of deputing any two of its members to attend at the same time any of the Discussion Meetings, both to have the power to speak and vote. The representatives of any such Clubs must be provided with letters of introduc- tion from the Secretaries thereof on each occasion ni their attendance. .^v THE FARMERS' CLUB. The Farmers' Club, intended for the use of Farmers and other persons interested in the Cultivation of the Soil, is open to Practical Farmers and Scientific Men of all Countries, Such a Club has been established in London as a point of union for Agriculturists. The Club Rooms are at 2, Whitehall Coubt, London, S,W. The Reading Room is supplied with the leading daily papers, and with newspapers and magazines connected with Agriculture and Horticulture; and the Library contains works upon Agriculture, Horticulture and the Sciences bearing upon them — such as Geology, Botany, and Chemistry. Bedrooms can usually be obtained provided ample notice is given to the Secretary. In order to render the use and benefi.ts of the Club extensively available to Farmers, the Entrance Fee and Annual Subscription for Country Members have been fixed as low as possible — the Entrance Fee at One Guinea (see Bye-law 11), and the Subscription One Guinea per annum. For Town Members the Annual Subscription is Three Guineas. (For Proposal Form, see page 20.) The Club was established in the year 1842, and was opened for the reception of Members on the 28th of June, 1843. The Club has a building, fitted as a Club Room, at the Royal Agricultural Society "s Show each year, where light refreshments and teas can be obtained. The advantage of holding monthly meetings for the discussion of subjects practically connected with Agriculture was first suggested in 1844. Since then the following have been discussed : — 1844 — Chairman, the late Robebt Bakee, Esq. November 4. — ^Manures : Artificial, Guano, Bones; Best Mode of Application; Description of Crops, Time of Using, Cost. — Introduced by Mr. R. Baker, of Writtle, Essex. 1845 — Chairman, the late Robert Bakeb, Esq. January 6. — ^Draining, Surface and Deep. — Mr. J. Smith, of Deanston. March 3. — Architecture : On the Importance and Advantage of an Improved Style as Applied to Farm Buildings, both in Economy and Con- venience. — Mr. W. Cheffins, of Moorgate Street. May 5. — The Disadvantage of Hedgerow Timber to Landlord and Tenant. — Mr. T. Knight, of Edmonton. October 6. — Upon the best Mode of Storing and Preserving Root Crops. — The Chairman. November 3. — The Potato Disease. — Discus- sion opened by Mr. J. Beadel, of Chehnsford. December 8. — Geology, as connected with Agriculture. — The Chairman. December 10 (Special Meeting). — Tenants' Rights, as between Landlord and Tenant. — Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. 1846 — Chairman, the late Robert Baker, Esq. February 2. — Tenants' Rights, as between Landlord and Tenant (adjourned discussion). — Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. March 2. — Conversion of Grass Lands into Tillage. — The Chairman. April 6. — Improved Form of Farm Leases. — Mr. J. Beadel, of Chehnsford. May 4. — The Economy of Manures, their Manufacture and Application. — Mr. Cuthbert W. Johnson, of Waldronhurst, Croydon. June 1. — Insects Destructive to Growing Crops.- — The Chairman. November 2. — The Best and Most Economical Mode of Thrashing Grain Crops. — The Chair- man. December 7. — Upon the Importance of Estab- lishing an Accurate System of Agricultural Statistics. — ^Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. 1847 — Chairman, the late W. Fishbr Hobbs, January 4. — The Advantages the Repeal of the Malt-tax would afford the Tenant-Farmer. — Mr. J. Smith, of Rye. January 11 (Special Meeting). — How Far would a Well-regulated System of Tenant-right be Beneficial to the Landlord ? — Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. February 1. — The Advantages the Public would Derive from the Breaking Up of Inferior Grass Lands. — Mr. W. Shaw, jun., of Coton, Northampton. March 1. — Upon the Comparative Merits of Wagons and One-horse Carts for the Purposes of Agriculture. — Mr. R. Baker, of Writtle. Essex. 10 March 15 (Special Meeting). — Parochial Set- tlement : Its Effects on the Interests of the Tenant-Farmer and on the Condition of the Labourer. — Mr. E. Chadwick, of Somerseli House. A'pril 12. — On the Action of Chemical Manures, and the Best Method of Making Farm- £ard Dung. — Mr. J. C. Nesbit, of Kennington lane. May 3. — The Advantages the Tenant-Farmer would Derive from the Removal of Smithfield Market. — Mr. E. Lewis, of Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford. June 7. — Upon the Bearing of the Present Currency Laws upon Agriculture, and how Far they Affect the Value of Agricultural Produce. — Mr. J. Wood, of Cuckfield, Sussex. October 4. — The Diseases of Cattle. — A Lecture by Mr. W. A. Cherry, V.S. November 1. — What Evidence is there that Dung is Deteriorated by being Dried ? and if that State is Proved to be Injurious, in what Way is the Injury Effected ?— Mr. J. 0. Nesbit, of Kennington Lane. December 8. — What are the Practical Impedi- ments to the Development of British Husbandry ? —Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. 1848 — Chairman, the late W. Shaw, Esq. February 7. — The Value of Town and fiewage Manure, the Best and Cheapest Mode of Conveying it to the Country, and the Best Form of Application for Crops. — Rev. J. B. Warren, of Horkesiey Hall, Essex. March 6. — On the Best Mode of Draining the Strong Clay Soils and Subsoils of this Kingdom for Surface Water. — Mr. W. Bullock Webster, of Hounsdown, Southampton. April 3. — The Importance of Union between Landlord and Tenant to Develop the Resources of British Husbandry. — Mr. Robert Smith, of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland. May 1. — An Inquiry as to the Relative Pro- portions of Burdens Borne by the Fixed Capital, Compared to those Borne by the Floating Ua,pital in Land. — Mr. C. H. Latimore, of Wheathampstead, Herts. June S.- — ^What Steps Can and Ought to be Taken to Improve the Moral and Social Con- ditions of the Agricultural Labourer ? — Captain Aitchison, of Grorabridge, Tunbridge Wells. November 6. — Pleuro-Pneumonia. — A Lecture by Mr. Cherry, V.S. December 6. — On the Pernicious Consequences resulting from the Payment by the Incoming to the Outgoing Tenant for Tillages and Manure Made on the Farm, according to the Custom of some Districts, and commonly called " Tenant's Eights."— Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. 1849 — Chairman, the late Robert Smith, Esq. February 12. — The Burdens Pressing upon Agriculture, specially in Reference to the Malt- tax. — iMr. S. Cheetham, of Oakham, Rutland. March 5. — What is the most Efficient, Beneficial, and Economical Mode of Providing Manure for a Farm T — Mr. C. Lawrence, of Cirencester. April 2.— On Deep Cultivation by the Plough, the Spade, and the Fork.— Mr. J. J. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, Essex. May 7. — On the Most Beneficial Means of Pro- viding Employment for the Agricultural Labourer.— Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. June 4.— The Uses of Machinery as Applied to Agriculture, and the Advantages that would follow from its more General Adoption.— Mr. James Thomas, of Lidlington Park, Beds. November 5. — On the Improvement and Cul- tivation of Bogs and Peaty Soils.— Mr. W. Bul- lock Webster, of Hounsdown, Southampton. December 12. -Farm Leases, Particularly in Reference lo the Cropping and Cultivation of Land. — Mr. J. Beadel, of Bromfield Lodge, Chelmsford. 1850 — Chairman, the late Joseph Pain, Esq, February 11. — The Evils Resulting from the Present Imperfect Mode of Taking the Corn Averages, with a View to an Amendment of the Present System. — Mr. Shaw, of the Strand. March 4. — The Extension of Rating and Settlements to Unions, instead of Parishes. — Mr. J. A. Gordon, of Nash House, Bristol. April 1. — The Principles which should Regu- late the Valuation between the Landlord or the Incoming and the Outgoing Tenant, under an Equitable System of Tenant-right. — Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. May 6. — What is the Best Mode of Securing a Heavy Crop of Swedes ? what is the Cost per Acre ? and what Proportion of such Cost is Chargeable to the Succeeding Crops in Rota- tion? — Mr. C. Lawrence, of Cirencester. June 3. — Upon High Farming : Showing How and to what Extent Capital can be Applied to a given Quantity of Land to Insure the Greatest Amount of Profit.— Mr. R. Baker, of Writtle, Essex. November 4. — The Importance of some Geolo- gical Knowledge to the Farmer. — Mr. W. Bul- lock Webster, of Hounsdown, Southampton. December 11. — The Qualities of Different Kinds of Food, and the Best Methods of Fat- tening Stock. — Mr. J. C. Nesbit, of Kennington Lane. 1851 — Chairman, the late William Shaw, Esq. February 3. — How far Taxation enters into the Cost of Agricultural Produce. — Mr. S. Cheetham, of the Grove, Eling, Southampton. March 3. — The Adulterations of Artificial Manures, and the Best Practical Means of Detection. — Mr. J. C. Nesbit, of Kennington Lane. April 7. — To what Extent the Cultivation of Land in England and Scotland is Affected by Soil, Climate, and other Circumstances. — Mr. R. Baker, of Writtle, Essex. May 5.— On the Best Means (Legislative or otherwise)_ of Inducing Capital to be more freely Invested in Land, and the Benefits which would result therefrom to all Classes. — Mr. E. Tatter- sall, of Hyde Park Corner 11 June 2. — The Advantage of Covered Home- Stalls, as regards the Fattening of Stock and Manufacture of Manure. — Mr. J. Beadel, of Bromfield Lodge, Chelmsford. November 3. — On the Injurious Effects of the Present Beer-shop System' in the Agricultural Districts. — Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs, of Boited Lodge, Colchester. December 8. — Are the Interests of Landlord and Tenant Promoted by the Law of Distress for Bent? — The Chairman. 1852 — ChaiTitian, the late James Thomas, Esq. FebTuary 2. — On Guano : its Application, Supply, and Adulteration ; with Details and Statistics, collected from Original Sources. — Mr. E. Haslewood, of the Stock Exchange. March. l.^Dn the Necessity for, and Means of. Extending Agricultural Education. — Mr. S. Sidney, of Thurlow Cottage, Clapham. April 5. — On the Best System of Management for Light Land. — Mr. W. Bennett, of Regent Street, Cambridge. May 3. — On the Injurious Effect of Copyhold Tenure on the Cultivation of the Soil. — Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs, of Boxted Lodge, Cdlchester. June 7. — To wtat Extent can Landlords Afford Substantial Relief to their Tenantry in the Present Emergency without Involving any Considerable OuUay of Capital? — Mr. W. Shaw, of the Strand. November 1. — On the Use and Abuse of Lime in Agriculture, and the Properties of Different Kinds of Limestone. — ^Mr. J. C. Nesbit, of Kennington Lane. December 7. — Upon the Economy of Farm- ing. — Mr. R. Baker, of Writtle, Chelmsford. 1853 — Chairman, the late Henet Teethewy, Esq. ■ February 7. — What Course ought Farmers, IndividuaUy and Collectively, to Pursue under the Altered Circumstances in which they are Placed ?— Mr.' S. Cheetham, of Totton, South- ampton. March 7. — On the most Economical and Best Methods of Breeding and Keeping Cart Horses. • — Mr. N. G. Barthropp, of Cretingham R