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further aim of being ' a centre at which farmers and 

 others can readily obtain scientific and practical infor- 

 mation respecting farming and allied industries.' The 

 principal room in the buildings, in fact, is the Agricul- 

 tural Room, on the ground-floor, which serves not only 

 as a classroom for agricultural students and as an 

 agricultural museum and reference library, but also 

 as a place where meetings of farmers can be held from 

 time to time on market-days to discuss agricultural 

 problems. During the winter of 1904-1905 the 

 following series of ' market-day lectures ' was given 

 on Friday afternoons at the laboratories : 



Opening Address : Major Craigie, C.B., of the Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



'The Manuring of Market-Garden Crops': Bernard Dyer, 

 D.Sc., F.I.C. 



'The Marketing of Farm Produce': J. Wesley-Martin. 



'Agricultural Co-operation in Suffolk': the Rev. R. Abbay, 

 President of the Framlingham and District Agricultural Co-opera- 

 tive Society. 



'Some Hints on the Management of a Flock': T. Goodchild, 

 C.C., Chairman of the Agricultural Sub-Committee. 



'The Improvement of Pastures' : Professor T. H. Middleton, 

 Cambridge University Department of Agriculture. 



' How New Breeds of Agricultural Plants are produced 3 : W. G. 

 Rattray, of Messrs. Cartons, Limited, of Warring ton and Nexvton- 

 le-Willows. 



' Seeds : their Supply, Purity, Germination, and Growth ' : Wm. 

 Hasler. 



'The Prevention of Injury by Wireworm ' : W. J. Moss. 



'Poultry-Keeping on Farms': Miss Annie Matthews, of the 

 County Dairy School. 



Short Lectures by Practical Men on Different Varieties of Soils : 



1. 'Bagshot Sand Soils' : W. W. Bull, Ramsden. 



2. 'Roothing Clay Soils': Geoffrey Matthews, Good 



Easter, 



3. 'London Clay Soils': Primrose McConnell, B.Sc., 



Ongar. 



'The Cultivation of Maize': C. B. Russell, C.A. 



'Varieties of Mangolds, with a Comparison of the Feeding 

 Value': Professor T. H. Middleton, Cambridge University 

 Department of Agriculture. 



'Taints in Milk: how caused and how avoided': F. J. 

 Chittenden, County Technical Laboratories. 



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