659 



Switzerland, Germany, and France ; agricultural returns of Great Britain and other 

 couutries; auda si)ecial report ou the caterpillar of the diamond-back moth {Flittella 

 cruciferaruni). 



Agricultural education. — During the fiscal year ending March 31, 1891, £4,840 were 

 distributed by the board among 29 institutions in Great Britain, as follows : For 

 dairy teaching, £1,945; agricultural experiments, £835; forestry or fruitgrowing, 

 £150; general instruction in agriculture and dairying in connection with a col- 

 legiate course, £550; miscellaneous lectures, schools, teachers, classes, etc., £1,360. 

 The board of agriculture having approached the University of Cambridge with a 

 suggestion that some provision for training teachers in agriculture might be made 

 at the university, a syndicate or committee of the authorities was appointed to 

 consider the matter, who brought in a report. Thej' think that the university 

 should make provision for instruction in agriculture for regular members of the 

 university, as well as for teachers and practical farmers who might wish to take 

 partial courses. They advise the establishment of readerships in agricultural 

 botany and chemistry, and of a board of examiners in agricultural studies to con- 

 duct examinations for honors, degrees, and certificates; to carry on agricultural 

 experiments; and to provide for the analysis of seeds, feeding stuffs, manures, etc. 

 In brief, this scheme would make the University of Cambridge a center of agricultural 

 education. 



At the University of Oxford, where a chair of rural economy already exists, steps 

 are being taken with reference to the extension of facilities for agricultural educa- 

 tion. 



Agricultural statistics. — The following summaries of the agricultural statistics of 

 the United Kingdom are taken from the report referred to above : 



Acreage. 



Total cultivated area 



Total peniianent pasture . 

 Total arable land 



Com crops 



( Jreen crops 



("lover, etc., uinler rutatioii 



Flax 



Hops 



Small fruit 



Bare fallow 



Live stock : 



Horses 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Piga 



Acres. 

 48, 179, 473 



27, 567, 663 

 20, 611, 810 



9, 443, 509 



4, 510, 653 



6, 013, 685 



76, 477 



56, 145 



60, 138 



451, 203 



No. 



2, 026, 170 

 11, 343, 686 

 33, 533, 988 



4, 272, 764 



Acreg. 

 48, 045, 755 



27, 115, 425 

 20, 930, 330 



9, 574, 249 



4, 534, 14.5 



6,097, -J 10 



99, 320 



54. 555 



46, 733 



524, 112 



No. 

 1,964,911 



10, 789, 858 

 31, 607, 195 

 4, 362, 040 



1891 compared with 1890. 



1.590 

 13, 405 



130, 740 

 23, 492 

 83, 525 

 22, 849 



72, 909 



No. 

 61.259 

 553, 828 

 1, 866, 793 



No. 



Imports of live animals. 



Tear. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Pigs. 



Xidiu- of 



cattle, sheep, 



and pigs 



imported. 



1870 

 1880 

 1890 



No. No. 



202,000 1 670,000 



390,000 1 941,000 



643,000 358,000 



No. 

 06. UOO 

 51,000 



4,000 



£. 

 4, 655, 000 

 10, 239, 000 

 11, 216, 000 



