94 



£ s. d. 



4 shallow tins (cream), at 4s K! 



1 pair scales 1!) 



1 set iron weights (7, 4, 2, 1. i. and i pound) 4 6 



1 set hrass weights (2, 1, i, and i ounce) 5 6 



1 set creamometers 6 6 



1 lactometer 1 6 



1 Gerber butter-fat tester (2 bottles), about 2 10 



1 two-quart measure 2 6 



4 quart measures, at Is. ;t(l 7 



4 pint measures, at Is. od 5 



2 skimmers, at 8d 14 



1 hand separator (!) gallons per hour) 5 10 



47 16 10 



Scheme of Instruction in Horticulture for Itinerant Schools of Agricul- 

 ture IN the County of Kildare, Ireland. 



Mr. has l)een reappointed instructor in horticulture at a salary of £3 



]ier week, with expenses of locomotion in the county (third-class railway fare), 

 car hire, or bicycle allowance, as in the case of the agricultural instructor. 



Ilis ai)pointment shall be terminable at any time by four weeks' notice in 

 writing on either side. 



duties of the instructor. 



His duties shall be to give lectures in the evenings, and personal advice to 

 fruit, vegetal:)le, and tlower growers, in a similar manner to tluit described in 

 the case of the itinerant instructor in agriculture; to visit orchards and gar- 

 dens during the daytime, and to give practical demonstrations in planting, 

 j)ruuing, grafting, etc. ; to report to the department and to the county commit- 

 tee on his work, as may be required, and, generally, to give his whole time to 

 the work and to do all in his power to further the interests of horticulture in 

 the county. 



centers. 



Centers of instruction shall be fixed by the county committee, who shall also 

 determine the length of the courses of lectures at each center. 



The county has been divided in the same five circuits as for agriculture and 

 poultry instruction. In each of these circuits one demonstration plat will be 

 .selected for the puri)ose of growing vegetables, flowers, and fruit, and showing 

 improved methods of cultivation. A total sum not exceeding £36 has beeu set 

 aside to cover the cost of seeds, manures, fruit trees, and, if necessary, fencing 

 and labor, the labor, whenever practicable, to be given gratuitously by the per- 

 son or persons providing the plats and the produce to be the property of the 

 same persons. In cases in which such an arrangement is found to be imprac- 

 ticable the committee may employ hired labor, retaining the produce. 



The plat in the Celbridge district may be situated in the Union grounds, as 

 these are surrounded by at least 20 cottages. The selection of the different plats 



will" be made by Mr. , subject to the approval of the committee and the 



department. 



distribution or fruit trees. 



The conunittee may purchase fruit trees in liulk and resell to farmers and 

 cottages in the county, provided no loss is incurred in the transaction. 



