1921.] 



Improvement of Grassland. 



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made to the Associations. As a matter of fact, an Association, 



by the issue of a label, does, in effect, guarantee the contents of 



the jar or section of comb-honey on which the label is used as 



" pure English honey," and if the contents were found to be 



not of that description, severe steps would no doubt be taken by 



the Association against the offender. 



The Ministry advises all members of Associations to take full 



advantage of the issue of labels and to use them in presenting 



their supplies to public or private customers. The use of the 



label should also ensure that EngUsh produce is kept up to a 



high standard. There are at the present time no powers under 



the Merchandise Marks Act which enables the Government to 



insist on the marking of imported honey as such and as coming 



irom a stated country. 



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The ^Ministry has been ax:*tive in arranging a series of lec- 

 tures on, and in bringing about demonstrations of, the methods 

 T pm improving grasslands over the countiy. 



^ V* ^^ The County Agricultural Education Autho- 



of Grassland. n a • i n i_ 



rities and the Agricultural Colleges have 



readily come to the Ministry's assistance, and at some 339 

 centres in England demonstrations are now going on. The 

 .Ministry is publishing a series of County guides to the demon- 

 strations, and those for Derbyshire, Shropshire, Kent, East 

 Sussex, Wiltshire, Lindsey, Kesteven, Surrey, Somerset, Notts, 

 Cornwall, Stafford, Gloucester, Warwick, East Suffolk, North- 

 ampton, Buckingham, Leicester and Dorset have already been 

 issued. Copies may be had in each case from the Agricultural 

 Organiser of the county concerned. His address is usually the 

 County Council Offices. Guides to demonstrations in Cheshire, 

 Cumberland and Westmorland, Yorkshire and Eutland are now 

 in preparation. All farmers interested in the matter should get 

 their County guide and visit the demonstrations nearest to their 

 holding. They will find that a personal inquiry into the ways 

 and means of improvement will be of very great value indeed, 

 in many cases, in helping them to improve their meadow and 

 pasture land. In the present season lectures are being held 

 throughout the country by Professor Gilchrist, of Arn\strong 

 Collotre. by Dr. J. Hanley. of Deeds University, and by Professor 

 Stapledon and Mr. T. J. Jenkin, of University College of Wales, 

 Aberystwyth. 



In June, 1921, there were in England and Wales no fewer than 

 14^ million acres of permanent grass and 11.1 million acres of 



