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It must be iiotod that in tlu> East and West Ridings tlie work of liorticultui'e 

 is not confined to lectures. (Jardens' are started in a variety of places, as 

 mentioned in last year's report, for the young, by means of "school" gardens 

 in connection with the evening continuation schools, and for those who are 

 older by means of what are termed "education" gardens. In each case, how- 

 ever, the gardens are under the general supervision of the horticultural staff 

 at the college, and thoroughly useful work seems to be performed. 



Cambridge University, 

 external work. 



Field (Jrmonsit rat inns. — These, which have consisted of experiments on a 

 variety uf crops, have been conducted iu conjunction with the various county 

 councils, as follows : 



In Cambridgeshire, at 7 centers, 2 of the experiments being on a rotation 

 of crops. The manurial treatment of fruit trees formed the subject of experi- 

 ment at o centers. 



In Hertfordshire experiments wore carried out at 2 centers. At one of these 

 the experiment was on the hay crop ; at the other 3, separate rotation experi- 

 ments were conducted. 



In Huntingdonshire an experiment was conducted at 1 center on the hay 

 crop, and at another, of 8 acres, on various mixtures for laying down to grass. 



In the Isle of Ely experiments on the potato croii were carried out at 2 

 centers. 



In Norfolk exiierinients were conducted at 2 ci-nters on laying down land to 

 grass, while at one of them a second trial was made on the growth of sugar 

 beet. 



In Northamptonshire an exi)eriment was carried out at 1 center on manur- 

 ing for the hay crop. 



In East Suffolk the county station at Bramford, together with a fresh one in 

 a different part of the coiuity, came under the supervision of the agricultural 

 dei)artment of Cambridge. An experiment on a rotation of crops was also 

 comniencAI by the department at the Colonial College, Holllesley Bay. 



In West Suffolk, at 2 centers, a rotation experiment was carried on. 



In addition to these, experiments on the influence of manures on the produc- 

 tion of nuitton were commenced at 4 centers. In Northamptonshire, on an 

 area of over 30 acres, the trial was conducted on I)ehalf of the board of agri- 

 culture on precisely the same lines as the original experiment in Northumber- 

 land. In Cambridgeshire, on an area of 1(3 acres; in Essex, of 18 acres; and 

 in Norfolk, of 20 acres, an experiment was connnenced which was a niodilica- 

 tion of the original one. During the past year on all these stations the grazing 

 tests were of a preliminary chara<?ter, without the application of manures. In 

 Norfolk a further experiin(iiit was commenced in the growth of 10 acres of 

 swedes for a bullock-feeding experiment. 



Addresses in connection with the various experiments were delivered before 

 several chambers of agriculture. 



Midland Agricultural and Dairy Institute, Kingston. 



external work. 



Dairi/infi. — A traveling butter school has visited 8 centers in Derbyshire and 

 o in Nottinghamshii-e. The numbers attending in the former coimty were 77 

 and in the latter 29. In every case the pupils remained for the full ten days' 

 course. 



