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object lessons are to hand, or in connection with peripatetic 

 Experimental Gardens, land being temporarily rented in a 

 village, and the local crops cultivated upon it according to the 

 best methods. It is possible also that some system of prizes 

 for well-kept gardens, or for cultivation of new products, 

 might prove of value. Lastly, some system of village shows 

 might prove of advantage, with small prizes to the real cul- 

 tivators and preparers of the produce ; in the large shows these 

 prizes usually go to the headmen or to rich natives who have 

 lessees under them, or who have purchased the exhibits from 

 the makers or growers. 



