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ing list of farmers whose names have been listed by the department. 

 The subjects cover a varied and wide range of topics, as charlock 

 spraying, fluke in sheep, wireworms, contagious abortion in cattle, 

 prevention of ix)tato blight, the use and purchase of manures, etc. 



In order that the exact character of the itinerant schools may be 

 understood, the following schemes, taken from reports of county com- 

 mittees on agriculture for the year 1904, are presented: 



Scheme of Instruction in Poultry Keeping for Itinerant Schools of AciRi- 



CIII.TURE IN THE CoUNTY OF KlUDARE, IRELAND. 



Mr. has been appointed instniotor in poultry keeping at a salary of 



£.3 per week, with necessary expenses of locomotion in the county, which 

 includes third-class railway fare, car hire when nec<'ssary. or a bicycle allowance 

 of '2d. per mile in lieu thereof. 



The ai)pointment of the instructor shall be terminable at any time by four 

 weeks' notice in writing on either side. 



DUTIES OF INSTRUCTOR. 



The instructor's duty shall be to deliver courses of lectures on poultry keep- 

 ing, includint,' the selection of breeds; the hatching and rearing of chickens; the 

 feeding and housing of poultry generally, and the marketing of the i)roduce; 

 to visit poultry runs and give such practical advice as may be desired 1iy poultry 

 keepers; to inspect egg-distrilmting stations; to report to the department and 

 to the county connnitt(>e regarding the progress of his or her work as may be 

 required ; and generally to give his or her whole time toward promoting 

 improvement in the ])oultry keeping in the county. 



CENTERS. 



For this purpose the county will be divided into five circuits, viz, Naas, Athy. 

 Carbery, Celbridge, and Kildare, each comprising not less than five centers. 



The instructor shall work for at least four weeks in each circuit, and deliver 

 one lecture per week at each center during that time. 



The county conuuittee shall select the centers at which the lectures will be 

 given, and appoint an lu)norary secretary and a local committee at each center, 

 w^ho should select the school and arrange for the hiring, lighting, and warming 

 of the room in which the lectures will be given. 



These lectur<>s shall l)e arranged as far as possible to be given in schoolrooms, 

 and to be held in rural centers. Unless in exceptional circumstances, no lecture 

 will be arranged for in a large village or town. 



Lectures will commence in November and be continued until May. 



The county conuuittee undertake the resi)onsibility of seeing that the instruc- 

 tor's time is fully and usefully employed. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SETTINGS OF EGGS OF PURE BREEDS. 



There shall be offered twelve premiums of £~> each to select applicants who 

 distribute at least C.O settings of eggs each : those who distribute less will be 

 paid in proportion to the numl)er distril)uted. When the demand for settings of 

 eggs Is not ])ressing tlie owner may set eggs foi- his own use, l>nt such settings 

 of eggs will not count toward a i)remium. 



