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Farm Institutes 



[Sept., 



Special courses can be arranged in one or more subjects if 

 desired. Short courses in dairying, horticulture, bee-keeping, 

 and poultry-keeping are arranged during the summer. 



Experimental Work. — A considerable amount of experimental 

 work is carried on both on the farm and in the county, and 

 the results are published annually. The importance of such 

 work to students cannot be too strongly emphasised, as owing 

 to their assisting with the experiments, the faculties of 

 careful observation and thought are strongly developed. 

 Visits to farms in the neighbourhood are arranged when pos- 

 sible, and lectures by specialists in agriculture are given at 

 the Farm Institute during the winter. 



Scholarships. — Six scholarships for the winter course are 

 awarded annually to boys, over 15 years of age, entitling the 

 holders to free instruction, board and residence for 24 weeks. 

 Preference is given to the sons of Hampshire farmers, dairymen 

 or others connected with the land. 



Young men and women who have attended a course of lec- 

 tures in horticulture in the county are eligible to compete for 

 three scholarships for a six months' course in practical 

 horticulture. 



Twelve scholarships for a five-weeks' course in dairying are 

 also offered. An examination is held at the close of the winter 

 course to decide the award of two scholarships tenable at the Uni- 

 versity College, Eeading, for a six-months' course. Certificates 

 are also awarded as a result of this examination, to students 

 reaching the required standard. 



MOULTON FARM INSTITUTE, Near NOETHAMP- 

 TONo — The village of Moulton, on the outskirts of which the 

 Farm Institute stands, is situated in the centre of the county, 

 5 miles from Northampton. At Michaelmas, 1915, the 

 Northamptonshire County Council became the tenants of Moul- 

 ton Grounds Farm; since 1920 they have been the owners of 

 the freehold, formerly vested in the Wantage Trustees. A 

 property adjoining the farm, consisting of two detached houses, 

 four cottages, gardens and some grass paddocks, was acquired 

 in July, 1919, by the Council, who have erected in the grounds, 

 with a commendable economy in expenditure, laboratory, teach- 

 ing and sleeping accommodation. All the residential places at 

 the Institute available, which can take 16 male students at one 

 time, were filled for the main winter course, and, in addition, 

 4 students attended for instruction only. The Agricultural 

 Organiser, Mr. W. A. Stewart, M.A., B.Sc. (Agr.), who is also 



