THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVII. No. 4. 



JULY. 1920. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



Public moneys to the extent of about £80,000 in respect 

 of the current financial year have been voted by Parhament 

 to the Ministry for the maintenance of 

 ^ResTarch^^ agricultural research. It may not be out 

 of place, therefore, to indicate briefly 

 the policy adopted in administering grants under this 

 head. 



The bulk of the money goes to the various Research 

 Institutions established throughout the country, each of which 

 concentrates attention on a particular group of subjects. 

 Thus, questions relating to the feeding of farm animals, the 

 breeding of new varieties of cereals and other farm crops, 

 and the breeding of small animals such as rabbits and poultry-, 

 are dealt with at the Research Institutes attached to the School 

 of Agriculture at the University of Cambridge. Fruit-growing 

 problems receive attention at the Horticultural Research 

 Station (the National Fruit and Cider Institute) attached to 

 the University of Bristol, and, on a somewhat smaller scale, 

 at the East Mailing Fruit Experimental Station associated 

 with Wye College, Kent. The diseases of farm animals form 

 the subject of research at the Royal Veterinary College in 

 London, as well as at the Ministrv's Laboratorv at Addlestone, 



(10:6). Wt.P. 6— 19S. 11,750. 7'2CK J. T. &S., Ltd. 



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