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prizes, certificates of merit, and the life membership of the Society 

 have been offered, and since 1873 the Society has annually 

 offered ten scholarships of 20 each to youths who could pass an 

 examination in agricultural subjects, and who should then pro- 

 ceed to a farmer or land agent, or continue at school for another 

 year. 



Examinations are, the Committee understand, now conducted 

 by the Surveyors' Institution, which are specially designed to 

 test theoretical knowledge of agriculture, and by the British 

 Dairy Farmers' Association in respect of technical instruction 

 in Dairy Work. 



(2) TEACHING BODIES. 



II. Coming to the second head above mentioned the Teaching 

 Bodies so far as we know, Aspatria remains the only existing 

 permanent agricultural school. It has largely benefited by 

 getting a Government grant of 300 out of the 5000 previously 

 mentioned and appears to be affording, at a cost of about 50 

 per annum, complete teaching in the practice and theory of 

 agriculture. 



The College of Bangor has recently undertaken the teaching 

 of agriculture by means of classes and lectures given throughout 

 North Wales. 



The Bath and West of England Society has, during the past 

 year, successfully conducted a migratory Butter School, which 

 has already visited some twelve different places, remaining three 

 or more weeks at each town visited. The same Society has just 

 extended its operations, and is opening a Cheddar Cheese School 

 to be in operation for six months. 



The British Dairy Institute, the Cheshire Dairy School, the 

 Eastern Counties Dairy Institute, and the Scotch Dairy Schools 

 continue their useful classes, and other schools of a similar 

 character are gradually springing up in different parts of the 

 country, all of these local efforts being aided and stimulated 

 by receipt of modest contributions from the Government grant 

 of 5000. 



(3) AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. 



III. Turning to the third head Scientific Agricultural Research 

 as to the value of various manures for corn, root, and grass 

 crops, and feeding stuffs for cattle, the admirable work so long 

 carried on at Rothamsted, by Sir John Lawes, deserves special 

 mention ; as also the Experimental Farm at Woburn, conducted 

 at the sole expense of the Duke of Bedford, under the auspices 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society. For neither of these has 

 Government aid been sought. 



In addition to these, the Bath and West of England, the Royal 

 Manchester, Liverpool and North Lancashire, the Norfolk, the 

 Sussex, and other Agricultural Societies, are all engaged in 

 scientific research and aided by Government grants. 



