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made varying the rates of interest to be paid under Section 3 (3) of the 

 Agricultural Holdings Act, 1 ( J08, in respect of the execution of certain 

 improvements by landlords, from 5 per cent, and 3 per cent, to per cent, and 

 per cent, respectively. 



(13) Scheme for Scholarships, etc., for Sons and Daughters 

 of Agricultural Workers.— The Report of the Special Committee which 

 had been appointed to draw up a scheme for " establishing scholarships and 

 maintenance allowances for the sons and daughters of agricultural workers and 

 others" under Section 3 of the Corn Production Acts (Repeal) Act, 1921, was 

 communicated to the Committee. After discussion it was approved. The 

 proposal of the Special Committee was to establish three classes of scholarships, 

 one for the highest type at Oxford or Cambridge, or possibly other Universities, 

 for three or four years ; another for scholarships at Agricultural Colleges 

 which would lead up to a diploma ; and the third for scholarships at Farm 

 Institutes or Colleges which carry on short courses. There were to be ten 

 scholarships a year in the first class, ten in the second, and three hundred 

 term-units in the third. 



(14) Proposed Amendment of Silver Leaf Order of 1919.— 

 It was suggested that the date, 1st April, by which the Order requires that 

 dead and diseased wood should be cut out of fruit trees, be altered to the loth 

 September, and that the Ministry should strongly urge fruit-growers to carry 

 out this work if possible during May and the first half of June. It was also 

 urged that all reasonable protection should be taken by the application of 

 Stockholm tar, grafting wax, or other suitable preparations to guard the cut 

 surfaces of trees against reinfection by spores. These suggestions were made 

 to the Ministry by the Horticultural Advisory Council at their meeting on 

 25th March, and were agreed to by the Agricultural Advisory Committee 

 subject to the alteration of the date from 15th September to loth October. 



(15) Encouragement of Co-operative r or Travelling Dairy 

 Schools. — It was suggested that the Ministry's Scheme for supplying counties 

 with facilities for starting co-operative or travelling dairy schools should be 

 extended. The scheme was approved by the Committee, who agreed that it 

 should be brought to the notice of County Councils. 



(16) Reports of Proceedings of the Various Advisory and 

 Departmental Committees set up by the Ministry. — Two reports 

 were received by the Agricultural Advisory Committee outlining the work 

 done by the other Committees of the Ministry. On the consideration of the last 

 Report, the question was raised as to the possibility of broadcasting accurate 

 daily weather reports by wireless. The matter was already being considered 

 by a Sab-Committee of the Agricultural Research Council, but it was promised 

 on behalf of the Ministry that it would be separately looked into. 



(17) Agricultural Returns to be made Compulsory.— A pro- 

 posal that these returns, which had been made compulsory as a temporary 

 measure during certain of the War years, should now permanently be made 

 compulsory on occupiers of land, was considered and approved by the Com- 

 mittee. It was agreed that the Ministry would be well advised to pr d 



with a Bill to effect this object. 



