PEOGEESS IN AGEICULTUEAL EDUCATION". 285 



fisheries, "and for any other purpose calculated to promote the eco- 

 nomic development of the United Kingdom." These advances may- 

 be either as grants or loans, and may be made to a government 

 department, such as the board of agriculture and fisheries or the 

 board of education, or to an educational or other public institution, 

 or to an association of persons not trading for profit. 



The fimds available for the purpose consist primarily of what is 

 known as the consolidated fund, for which the act appropriates the 

 sum of S2, 500, 000 annually for five years, beginning with April 1, 

 1910. To this may be added any special appropriations which may be 

 made subsequently, or any gifts or legacies which may be forthcom- 

 ing. The fund is available until used, and any revenue derived from 

 such sources as interest or profits in the repayment of loans or the 

 sale of farm products may also be utilized. 



The development commissioners mentioned above constitute the 

 administrative body in charge of the fund, and are eight in number, 

 appointed by the King for terms of 10 years each, the tenure being 

 so devised that the term of one member expires every two years. 

 Two of the commissioners may receive salaries not to exceed $15,000 

 a year each, and the board as a whole has the power of appointing 

 subordinate officers at such salaries as it sees fit, subject to the 

 consent of the treasury. It is authorized to appoint advisory com- 

 mittees in connection with the various projects taken up, and may 

 also formulate schemes for new projects. The board of agriculture 

 and fisheries has no part in the administration of the act, and by the 

 law may itself be an applicant for grants under it. 



The scope of the work which may be undertaken with this act is 

 very comprehensive. The term "agriculture and rural industries" 

 as used in the act is subsequently defined as including agriculture, 

 horticulture, dairying, the breeding of horses, cattle, and other live 

 stock, the cultivation and preparation of flax, the cultivation and 

 manufacture of tobacco, and any industries immediately connected 

 with or subservient to any of these. The lines of development open 

 are also enumerated, as the "promoting of scientific research, instruc- 

 tion, and experiments in the science, methods, and practice of agri- 

 culture (including the provision of farm institutes), the organization 

 of cooperation, instruction in marketing produce, and the extension 

 of the provision of small holdings; and the adoption of any other 

 means which appear calculated to develop agriculture and rural 

 industries." Forestry work, likewise, may include experiments, the 

 teaching of methods of afforestation, and the actual purchase and 

 planting of land. 



Road improvement is specifically dealt with in a separate section 

 of the act. This provides for the appointment by the treasury of a 

 road board entirely distinct from the development commissioners. No 



