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In dry districts provision for watering or irrigating should be 

 .carefully considered. 



The land will probably require at first much preparation by 

 tillage and manuring before it is fit to lay out as a School Garden, 

 but such preparation is of the highest educational value. 



It should be thoroughly forked throughout first, removing stones 

 and stumps and burying weeds. 



Then mark out the main path 6 ft. wide, and the side paths 3 ft. 

 wide, according to the directions given in the leaflet on School 

 Gardens. A good strong line 66 feet long is essential for this 

 work, and for lining out beds afterwards — such a line costs l/iod. 

 in Kingston. 



It is recommended to put the whole ground at first under such 

 crops as corn, peas, yams, sweet potatoes. A preliminary plan 

 (in duplicate) of the ground under such crops should be submitted 

 with the main plan. 



The plan given in the leaflet is merely suggestive and need not 

 be rigidly followed. The chief crops of the district should have 

 an important place in the scheme. 



When the plans have been approved, they should be mounted 

 on a board, hung up in the school, and if necessary, carried out to 

 the Garden for reference when work is being done. They should 

 be strictly adhered to unless permission is first obtained from the 

 Superintending Inspector of Schools. 



An estimate (in duplicate) of the expense for fencing and tools 

 should be sent to the Superintending Inspector of Schools with 

 the plans. In exceptional cases it may be necessary to hire labour 

 to remove stumps, plough up very hard land, or erect a fence ; 

 in such cases an estimate of expenditure should also be submitted. 



The Agricultural Instructor of the district should be consulted 

 as to both plan and estimate, before they are submitted to the 

 Superintending Inspector of Schools. 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES. 



The usual Monthly Meeting of the Board of Agriculture was 

 held at Headquarter House on Wednesday, 1 2th September, 

 1906, at 2 p.m. : Present : — The Hon. T. L. Roxburgh, Acting 

 Chairman, the Acting Director of Public Gardens, the Acting 

 Island Chemist, the Superintending Inspector of Schools, His 

 Grace the Archbishop, Messrs. C. A. T. Fursdon, J. W. Middleton 

 and the Secretary, John Barclay. 



The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting which 

 were confirmed. 



The Secretary read copy of letter from the Colonial Secretary 

 to the Jamaica Agricultural Society, forwarded for the information 

 of the Board of Agriculture, in which the Governor agreed to the 

 recommendation of the Conference on Agricukural Instructors, 

 with the exception that Mr. Cradwick and Mr. Briscoe, being 



