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\VESTMOR]_AND AGRICULTURE, 1800— 1900 



of the Education Committee of the Council under the Education Act 

 of 1902. 



In January, 1905, a Joint Agricultural Committee was agreed 

 to for the two counties, composed of 12 Cumberland and 8 Westmorland 

 representatives, the Governors of the Farm School to be appointed 

 from the members of the Joint Committee. At the first meeting of the 

 committee F. Punchard was appointed chairman. In this year a 

 small field was bought and added to the farm at a cost of £120 by the 

 Cumberland County Council. 



The contributions from the County Council for the year 1905-6 

 were : — 



On the death of F. Punchard, G. H. Pattinson was appointed 

 a Farm Governor in his place, R. Richardson, of Brougham, being the 

 other Westmorland representative. An experimental fruit plot was 

 started in Lyth in 1907 at a cost of £21. In 1907 a course of six 

 Forestry lectures was given at Penrith and Keswick, with an average 

 attendance of 27 and 23 pupils respectively. 



The contribution to Newton Rigg from 1909 was increased to £150. 



In 1910 a summer holiday course was started at Newton Rigg, 

 from August 8th to 20th, for school teachers, consisting of practical 

 horticulture with special reference to school gardens, field botany, 

 soils, poultry, and bee keeping. Twenty studentships of £2 each were 

 offered towards the expenses of the pupils, of these 15 from Cumber- 

 land and 4 from Westmorland were taken up. 



For the first time the Farm School received a Government Grant 

 of £100 for the year 1907-8, which has since been annually renewed. 



