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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The monthly meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held at Head- 

 quarter House on 16th June last at 9 o'clock. The members present 

 •were Hon. W. Fawcett (Chairman), Hon. T. H. Sharp, Messrs C. A. 

 T. Fursdon, H. H. Cousins, J. W. Middleton and J. Barclay (Sec- 

 retary). 



The Secretary read letters from His Excellency the Govern er ap- 

 pointing (1) Hon. W. Faweett to act as Chairman of the Board in the 

 rocm ot the Colonial Secretary, Bon. Sydney Olivier, (2) Hon. T. H. 

 Sharp to act as a member of the Board during the leave of absence 

 granted to the Archbishop of the West Indies, (3) Mr. J. W. Middle- 

 ton, to act as a member of the Board during the absence from the 

 colony of Mr. C. E. deMercado, (4) Mr. T. L. Eoxburgh, Acting 

 Colonial Secretary, to act as a member of the Board in the absence on 

 leave of Hon. S. Olivier. 



A letter was read from ihe Hon. J. V. Calder, stating that he could 

 not attend the meetings so <^arly as 9 a.m. 



Sorse-Breedwg. — Mr. Cousins submitted a minute with regard to 

 the horse-breeding industry, in which he stated that he had sent out 

 circulars to 70 gtntlemen whose opinions and views were desirable 

 to obtain. Only a portion of the replies had yet been received, but 

 he hoped to be able to present a report at the next meeting of the 

 Board. 



Educational. — The question of a successor to Mr. Buttenshaw was 

 discussed and Mr. Cousins was asked to report on the matter. 



Mr. Cousins submitted a minute relative to agriculture in the ele- 

 mentary schools, asking if the Board would consider the possibility of 

 improving the standard of school gardens throughout the Island. 



A Committee consisting of the Acting Chairman and Messrs. Mid- 

 dleton and Cousins was appointed to consider and report. 



Eccperiment Station. — A minute from Mr. Faweett on the tobacco 

 crop at Hope was submitted, giving an account of income and ex- 

 penditure which was considered satisfactory. 



Travelling Instructors. — Three reports and an itinerary from Mr» 

 W. J. Thompson, Travelling Instructor, were submitted. These re- 

 ported meetings at Above Rocks. Mount Fletcher (Port Royal Moun- 

 tains) Water Mount, Old House, and Point Hill districts in the St. 

 Dorothy district of St. Catherine. Be had also visited Somerset, Ce- 

 dar Yalley, Dallas Castle and Linstead, the visit to the last-named 

 place being to report on orange trees in the district. 



Two reports from Mr. Cradwick were submitted giving particulars 

 of the spraying of coco- nuts for disease in the Content district of Han- 

 over, end of visits to Montego Bay, John's Hall, Lotten, Chatham, 

 Adelphi, Western Favel, Maiden, Springfield, Ginger Hill, Miles 

 Town, Balaclava, (where he started a local Agricultural Society),- 

 Eopewell, Jericho, Green Island, Lances Bay, St Simons, Richmond, 

 Kendal Grains, Fiamstead, Guerney Mount, Pondside, Brownsville, 

 Cascade, Maryland, and Askenish. He reported favourably on dis- 

 tricts of Maiden and Springfield in St. James, as containing splendid 

 land for cocoa, but none was growir.g, and the large district of Ginger 



