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Farm Institutes. 



[Oct., 



second part concerns live stock, especially the breeds and manage- 

 ment of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs, and the principles and 

 practice of feeding all classes of stock. A special feature of this 

 part of the course is stock judging. 



During the summer, the Institute has been available for 

 women students, 25 of whom have been in residence, taking short 

 courses in dairying, poultry-keeping, horticulture, and bee- 

 keeping. The course was extended for a further six weeks to 

 enable students to obtain further instruction in cheese-making. 



Throughout a]] the courses a large proportion of the time is 

 occupied in ordinary practical operations affecting each subject 

 of instruction, and every student is expected to take part in the 

 work. 



Certain scholarships and maintenance grants are offered for 

 competition. 



MONMOUTHSHIRE AGRICULTIJEAL INSTITUTION, 



USK. — The Monmouthshire Agricultural Institution at Usk 

 was established in 1913 under a Scheme of the Board of Educa- 

 tion under the Charitable Trusts Act, and is under the control 

 of a Governing Body consisting of 18 representative Governors 

 and 2 co-opted Governors, 10 of the representative Governors- 

 being appointed by the County Council. Up to the present the 

 Institution has been independent of the Local Education 

 Authority and has been maintained out of Trust funds, no gxant 

 being made in aid of its work either by the Ministry or the Local 

 Authority. 



Mr. J. C. Newsham, F.L.S., formerly Principal of the Hamp- 

 shire Farm Institute, has occupied the post of Principal of th^ 

 Institution since its establishment. 



The Farm. — The Governors were fortunate in purchasing a 

 mixed farm of nearly 300 acres from the Marquis of Bute. The 

 Farm is not onh geographically central in the countv, but also 

 affords typical examples of the farming of the district. It is 

 cropped largely on intensive lines, and although the greater 

 portion of the hmd is of a light loamy character, there are also 

 heavy and medium soils which provide variety in the systems of 

 cultivation. There are hill pastures, moreover, in addition to 

 the meadow land along the valley of the LTsk. 



New farm buildings were completed in 1917 and now embody 

 the latest improvements for effecting economy in the housing 

 and feeding of live stock, while suitable provision is made for 

 carrying out feeding experiments. The block of buildings in- 

 cludes a well-equipped milking shippon, covered yards, calf pens,. 



