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Official Notices and Circulars. 



\ Lord Tveagh, who has done so much for deserving causes, is anxious 

 to help those sons of agricultural labourers who are bright, intelligent 

 and lit for more responsible work than tliat 

 A Farm School for which would fall tp their lot in ordin.iry 

 Suffolk: Gift from circumstances, but are barred from advance- 

 Lord Iveagh. ment by lack of education. To this end 

 he has purchased the Chadacre Hall Estate 

 of some 500 acres in the County of Suffolk, and is prepared to 

 defray the whole cost of establishing a Farm Institute for 40 or 

 or 50 boys who will be admitted at the age of 16 years, after [some 

 training on a farm. The Institute is intended primarily for the scjus 

 of poor parents, particularly of farm labourers, but sons of small farmers 

 and small holders will be considered, together with cases recommended 

 to the Governing Committee by Local Authorities, school managers, 

 clergy and others. Lord Iveagh hopes that it will be possible for the 

 Farm Institute to begin work at ]\Iichaelmas. No fees are to be charged, 

 board, lodging and instruction being entirely free. Lord Iveagh's 

 action will meet a need that some of those interested in agriculture ha\ e 

 long recognised. There are many farm lads who need no more than the 

 stim\ilus of sound training to enable them to take a prominent part 

 in agricultural work, administrative as well as practical. The hope 

 may be expressed that others who have the best interests of agricultural 

 England at heart will emulate the good work of Lord Iveagh. 



In the Report of the Government Chemist upon the work of the 

 Government Laboratory for the year ended 31st March, 191 9,* it is 

 stated that the number of samples examined 

 Report of the Work for the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 



of the Government the Board of Agriculture for Scotland and the 

 Laboratory, 1918-1919. Department of Agriculture and Technical 

 Instruction for Ireland was 581, as compared 

 with 1,568 in the previous year. 



Sheep Dips. — -Twenty-six samples of sheep dips were received for 

 examination in connection with applications by manufacturers for 

 inclusion of their preparations in the official " Schedule of efficient 

 dips." Before the Board give their approval to any dip they must 

 be satisfied that the fonnula provides for a sufficient quantity of a 

 recognised active ingredient and that the dip has been made in ac(-or- 

 dance with the formula. In 15 cases the samples were found to agree 

 with the formula, and were of effective strength at the proposed dilution ; 

 six were deficient in active ingredients at the dilution submitted by the 

 makers ; in the remaining five cases the formulae required modification 

 to ensure an efficient dip. Four samples of approved dips obtained ia 

 different parts of the country were also examined with the object of 

 ascertaining whether the dips as sold or used correspond in composition 

 with the samples which had received the Board's approval. The 

 analyses showed that one of these had not been prepared according 

 to the formula) previously submitted and approved. 



The miscellaneous samples examined for the Board included samples 

 for the Food Production Department, waste materials, as to their \ alue 

 as fertilisers ; cattle feeding stuffs ; basic slag ; potash materials ; seeds ; 

 insecticides and manures. 



* Cmd. 410. 1919- Obtainable from II. M. Stationery Office, Imj eiial 

 House, Kings\\ay, London. W.C. 2, £ rice 2d.net. 



