A HISTORY OF DORSET 



membership ranging from one hundred to two hundred. The clubs meet periodically, generally 

 once a month for eight months in the year, to discuss matters political and agricultural, and to listen 

 to papers read by experts on methods of agriculture, progress of agriculture, &c. The meetings 

 have been found to be of great interest and utility to the members. The clubs further encourage 

 the labourers to perfect themselves in their work by offering prizes in competition for hedging, 

 ploughing, and other rural crafts. Prizes are also offered to the shepherd who shows the best 

 result during lambing time. In this educational work the Dorset County Council ably supports 

 the clubs by making grants of money towards the prizes, and by holding technical education classes 

 at which the labourers can attend. 



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