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charge of the exhibit had the opportunity, during the third 

 day of the Show, of recording the rainfall during what must 

 have been the worst thunderstorm of the year. 



Agricultural Education Association. — As in previous years 

 this Association provided an agricultural literature stand, 

 at which the publications of the various colleges and research 

 stations in the country were made available to those visiting 

 the Show. One of the difficulties of those engaged in 

 agricultural research is to bring the results of their work to the 

 notice of the farmer, and the Association is very instrumental 

 in disseminating information. 



Nature Study and Rural Education : County Councils 

 Association.— This popular exhibit again occupied a large section 

 and attracted the interest and attention of all those engaged in 

 the administration of elementary education. It is not necessary 

 to particularise the various exhibits, even were it possible when 

 the range is so extensive, but it is satisfactory to note that the 

 importance of hand-and-eye training, and of vocational educa- 

 tion in rural areas is now so generally appreciated. A 

 Conference on Rural Education was held on the last day of the 

 Show, under the chairmanship of Sir J. Bowen Bowen-Jones, 

 Bart. 



Tobacco, Flax and Hemp. — For the third year the British 

 Tobacco Growers' Society, Ltd., arranged for an exhibit and 

 competition. England, Scotland and Ireland were all of them 

 represented, and the expansion in the area under this crop, par- 

 ticularly on poor sandy soils, is of miich interest. As in previous 

 years, the exhibit was crowded throughout the week. Other 

 "new" crops, or rather old crops resuscitated, were Flax and 

 Hemp, of which a non-competitive exhibit had been arranged 

 by the British Flax and Hemp Growers' Societ3% Ltd. Farmers 

 would be particularly interested in the growth of Linseed, as 

 exhibited by the South Eastern Agricultural College, and the 

 experiment may have an important bearing on the question of 

 feeding stuffs in the future. 



H. M. Freear, 

 C. S. Orwin. 



