984 Agricultural Eesearch Scholarships. [Jan., 



£6 13s. 9d. per ton) 4d., roots (at £2 5s. 2d. per ton) 6-25d., and other foods 

 (at £4 7s. 8d. per ton) Is. 6d. The average total cost per gallon in respect of 

 home-grown foods is therefore Is. 7d., to which an addition of 0*4 pence 

 should be made for litter. 



Costs of Producing Milk at the Farms. — The average costs of producing 

 a gallon of milk at the fawns, taking into account labour expended on all 

 stock in the herds, food and litter, general expenses, depreciation and main- 

 tenance of herds were : — in Great Britain 3s. 5^d., England and Wales 3&. 8d., 

 and Scotland 3s. O^d. Against these costs, however, must be set credits in 

 the form of manurial values returned to the farm and amounts to be allowed 

 in respect of other dairy stock. The credit figures for Great Britain, England 

 and Wales, and Scotland were respectively 6|d., 6^d. and 6d. Thus the net 

 costs of production for tlie three areas were : — 2s. lid., 3s. l^d. and 2s. 6^d. 



It will be observed that under the system of calculation adopted by the 

 Committee, the home-grown food used was charged at market prices less cost 

 of marketing. If therefore milk were sold at the prices indicated in the 

 Eeport as the Cost of Production, the farmer would presumably realise a 

 substantial profit on these home-produced foods. 



Agricultural Research Scholarships.— The Ministry, on the 

 recommendation of the Advisory Connnittee on Agricultural Science and with 

 the concurrence of the Development Commissioners, has awarded Research 

 Scholarships in Agricultural Science to the four undermentioned candidates: — 

 Mr. J. G. H. Frew, B.Sc. (Entomology) (Birmingham University). 

 Miss M. S. Lacey, B.Sc. (Plant Bacteriology) (Birkbeck College, London 

 University). 



Mr. J. C. Mann, B.A. (Animal Nutrition) (Cambridge University). 

 Mr. J. L. Rosedale, M.A. (Animal Nutrition) (Aberdeen University). 

 These scholarships, which are of the value of £200 per annum and are 

 tenable for two years at such Institutions at home or abroad as may be 

 approved by Ministry, have been established in order to train promising 

 students — graduates of British Universities with honours in science or equiva- 

 lent qualitications — with a view to their contributing to the development of 

 agriculture by becoming research wt)rkers. 



Tithe Redemption.— The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries gave 

 notice early last month that landowners who pioposed to redeem tithe rent- 

 charge under the conditions now in force should lodge their applications for 

 redemption not later than the 1st January, 1921. Owing, however, to the 

 recent l apid and very considerable increase in the number of applications 

 received, it is inevitable that during the next few months some delay must 

 occur in proceeding with the applications. 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry.— Since the date of the list given 

 on page 890 of last month's issue of this Journal., the information contained 

 in the following leaflets has been revised and brought up to date : — 

 No. 25. — Chafer Beetles. 

 ,, 61. — Sheep-Scab. 

 „ 142. — Calf Rearing. 



„ 146.— The Value of Records of the Milk Yield of Cows. 



„ 164.— Potato Lfeaf-Curl. 



„ 264. — The Cultivation of Onions. 



„ 2G7. — Baisic Slag, 



