2l6 



Fruit Preserving. 



[JUNE, 



Fruit growers and others interested in the preservation 

 of fruits and vegetables, will, it is hoped, welcome a special 



Fruit Preserving: educational scheme inaugurated by the 



An Experimental Ministry. A new building situated in the 

 School. heart of a fruit-growing district at Camp- 



den, Gloucestershire, has been equipped as an Experimental 

 Station, to test, on a commercial basis, researches made in 

 this direction. Home and commercial courses are to be in- 

 augurated for the teaching of economic methods of preservation. 

 A comprehensive syllabus for each course has been arranged. 



Students taking the commercial courses at the Station will 

 become familiar with the various processes which preserved 

 fruit and vegetables undergo before being marketed. A 

 distinct advantage is that the operations are on a factory scale. 

 This course should be of great benefit to fruit growers, small 

 holders and others interested. 



In connection with the home preservation of fruit and 

 vegetables, fortnightly " homs " courses are being arranged 

 for at the same Station. 



A syllabus, covering a wide field of practice, has been 

 prepared and can be obtained free on application to the 

 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 72, Victoria Street, 

 London, S.W. i, or to the Secretary of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture's Experimental Station, Campden, Gloucestershire. 



For some months past experiments in the use of new 

 materials and methods of construction for cottage building 

 have been in progress on the Ministry's 

 CoSeTuUdiig. Settlement at Amesbury, Wiltshire. 



These experiments are now sufficiently 

 advanced for certain particulars and conclusions to be com- 

 municated. 



To enable public authorities and private individuals interested 

 in housing matters to view the experimental buildings while 

 construction is still in progress, the Ministry has decided to 

 allow visits of inspection on Wednesdays during the next two 

 or three months. On this day, the Building Manager or the 

 Resident Clerk of Works will be in attendance to conduct 

 visitors and explain any matters on which they ma:y desire 

 information. The Amesbury Farm Settlement adjoins Ames- 

 bury Station on the Salisbury branch line of the London and 

 South-Western Railway. 



Thirty-two cottages, forming part of the general equipment 

 of the estate, are included in the present building scheme. 

 The plans for these have been prepared by the Ministry's 



