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output can be regarded as sufficient in itself may seem doubttul, 

 but taken in conjunction with other indications it should cer- 

 tainly be possible to weed out the wasters before any serious 

 loss is incurred on their behalf. 



The College trials during the year 191 8-1 9 also included 

 a Single Pen Test — a form of trial not previously known in 

 this country — and the results fully justify the claims which 

 have been made in Australia for this method of comparison of 

 breed and strain. The highest output was that of a White 

 Leghorn pullet, which laid in the 12 months 271 eggs, of which 

 267 were first grade and the total weight was 588 oz. 



The full Report of the College trials has been published, and 

 contains a summary of the results of other competitions which 

 have been held in this and other countries. 



The increased employment of women in agriculture during 

 the War has involved the consideration of a number of questions 



relative to their continued employment in 

 ^"^^Women* different branches of the industry 



in Agricnlture. when more normal conditions of rural 



labour were restored. It was felt that 

 nimibers of women who had been working on the land during 

 the War would wish to remain in agricultural occupations and 

 to avail themselves of opemngs which might be offered, either 

 on farms or in industries allied to agriculture. A Committee 

 composed mainly of representatives of the Ministry of Agri- 

 culture was appointed under the chairmanship of Mrs. Roland 

 Wilkins in November, 191 7, to consider what economic part 

 women can take in agriculture, and to recommend what steps 

 should be taken to give practical effect to such conclusions as 

 might be drawn. 



The Report of the Committee has recently been issued.* 

 It sets out in some detail the prospects open to women in 

 arable farming, stock farming and dairying, small holdings, 

 market gardening, flax growing and various rural industries. 

 A chapter on the history of the employment of women in 

 agriculture should be of special interest to the agricultural 

 student. After touching on a number of other subjects 

 bearing on the problem of the employment of women in agri- 



* Report of Sub-Committee appointed to consider the Employment of 

 Wornen in Agriculture in England and Wales. Obtainable from H.M. 

 Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2, price is. 6d. 

 net. 



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