79 



III M()iits"iii<'f.v^li''"f tlieiv \v;is ;ui i'X[)eriiiu'iit on liill icisturt' ;it 1 ((Miter. 



I.rihins.^lu Aiitxlcscy courses viiryiiij; from 2 to S Icctun-s imcIi were 

 tlelivori'd ;it 7 (ciitcrs on one or other of the various suit.jeets otTered liy tlie 

 oolle.ilt'- 111"' lectures were attended I>.v an average of .",4. 



In ("arnarvonshire courses of from 2 to 5 lectures were given at r, centers, 

 hut a second course was given at 1 of these, and no U'ss than 4 courses 

 (making in all 112 lectures) at another center. The average attendance was ;U. 



Ill I (eiihighshire courses were given at r. centers, the average attendance 

 heiiig 47. while in Flintshire a course of 5 lectures on f.iriii croits and their 

 cultivation was given in an intermediate school to a cla.ss of 111 hoys. 



In Montgomeryshire the centers where lectures were given iiumhered 8. and 

 those who attended theui averaged 40 at each center. 



Yorkshire College, Leeds, 

 external work. 



DatnjiiKj. — The traveling hutter school was only at work in the West Riding, 

 where 10 centers were visited, at 1 of which a second i-ourse was held. A 

 total of 1)2 pupils came under instruction, of whom <>0 took the full course of 

 ten diiys. 



F'irliJ ilrnionxtrafidiis. — As mentioned in last year's repoi't. these are all 

 arranged so as to have some connection with those conducted under the most 

 careful supervision at the county farm. The numher of centers in the East 

 and West Ridings at which they were conducted amounted last year to 24, com- 

 jUMsing 44 experiments with cereals, roots, and grass. In every instance a 

 lecture was given at the center, explaining the results. 



Lectures. — In the East Riding courses of lectures oif general agricultural 

 sulijects were given at 7 centers, and single lectures on the results of experi- 

 ments at 12 centers. Courses on horticulture were given at S centers, and on 

 [loultry keeping at 2 centers. The average attendance at all these lectures 

 was 38. 



In the West Riding the centers where courses on agricultural subjects were 

 delivered numbered 10, and where single lectures were given numbered 18,- of 

 which .■) were places where courses had also been given, the lecture in this 

 case, as in most others, dealing only with the results of the field experiments. 

 Horticultural instruction was given at 10 c(>nters, the courses at 17 of these 

 being of T) lectures, while a second course, similar in length, was given at 1 

 of them. Lectures on poultry keeping, consisting in most instances of a course 

 of five lectures, were delivered at 11 centers. The average attendance per 

 center was .30, and on this basis the total number attending these lectures must 

 have been over 2,300 iiersons. 



In the North Riding courses in agricultural subjects were given at 14 centers, 

 and a second course at 2 of them, G of the courses consisting of lectures 

 and the remainder of ."> lectures. Those on horticulture, all of which were 5 

 in number, were given ;it 21 centers, and those on [loultry keejiing of similar 

 length, at 12 centers. The average attendance at each center was 36. 



It is now nearly ten years since lecture work at local centers was luidertaken 

 in Yorkshire by this college, and it was thought a few years ago that the interest 

 they called forth would gr.idually cease. The contrary .seems to be the case, 

 and the lecturers report that not only are the best centers those where lectures 

 have been held liefore. but that amongst f;irmers generally in the county there 

 is now an altogether higher scale of intelligence from a scientific point of view, 

 and matters can now be profitably di.scussed ainong.st them which it would have 

 been impossible to treat upon six or eight years ago. 



