88 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF NORWICH AND DISTRICT 
has finished in December and before the hoeing of the next crop has 
started in May. 
Total Workers. 
1924... ‘ , folgl hg 
I92hRey : : . 42,616 
1926. : ; - 42,238 
1937 )~ 1 : , . 41,908 
1928s : : - 41,280 
1929 ‘ : - 42,239 
TO3P fie: : : » 415329 
LOSAir so 8 S200 FHP al 194370858 
LOD Ati: : : A B7AD 
TOZZy"asi ‘ : - 41,271 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 
Agricultural education has been considerably developed in Norfolk 
during the last ten years ; there are separate agricultural and horticultural 
departments established by the County Council. There is an experi- 
mental and demonstration farm, the Norfolk Agricultural Station at 
Sprowston and horticultural stations at Burlingham in the east of the 
county, and Emneth in the west. The Norfolk Agricultural Station is 
not controlled by the County Council, although the Director of the 
Station acts also as the Director of Agricultural Education for the county, 
and co-ordinates the work of the two agricultural staffs. The Station 
started in 1908 as an offshoot of the old agricultural experiments of the 
Norfolk Chamber of Agriculture, and was originally and still is capitalised 
by Norfolk farmers, of whom about 700 are members, paying an annual 
subscription. Its work is controlled by an executive committee, upon 
which the Norfolk County Council is strongly represented. There is a 
staff of four scientific workers at the Station, and there are six other advisers 
dealing with problems of agricultural and poultry husbandry in the county. 
Horticultural education has developed rapidly under the direction of 
Mr. H. Goude, the Horticultural Superintendent, whose staff consists 
of five instructors who, like the agricultural advisers, are in constant 
demand all over the county. A notable feature of the work of the 
Horticultural Education Department has been the introduction, at the 
instigation of the County Council of orders made by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, to control the spread of destructive insects and pests. The 
existence of these orders has had a salutary effect, and there has been 
much improvement in consequence in the health of the trees and the 
quality of the crops. The inspection days at Burlingham and Emneth 
are the Mecca of all Norfolk horticulturists, and the attendances at the 
gatherings are truly astonishing. 
In compiling this article I have been materially assisted by my col- 
leagues: Mr. T. G. Ellis, the County Land Agent ; Mr. Goude, the 
County Horticultural Superintendent; Mr. T. D. Bell, the County 
Poultry Instructor ; Dr. G. H. Bates and Mr. A. R. Trory, of the County 
Agricultural Education Staff. 
