458 Small Holdings. Bath and West Show. [Arc., 



There was also a class for the best managed allotment es ate. 

 For this there were 11 entries. The Challenge Shield w.s- 

 awarded to Fishponds Allotments Limited, with the Ledminster 

 and Bristlington Societies a good second and third. The judg- 

 ing was undertaken by Mr. Hollingworth and Mr. Turner, the 

 Horticultural Organisers for the counties of Gloucestershire and 

 Somerset respectively. 



The Exhibition was housed in a special pavilion provided by 

 the Society. It included models and photographs of small hold- 

 ings homesteads shown by the Ministry and the Somerset County 

 Council. The Essex County Council also lent a small but very 

 attractive model of a thatched cottage, which was in sections, 

 to facilitate examination. The Ministry's leaflets and guides of 

 particular interest to small holders were also available for dis- 

 tribution. An attempt was made to secure a joint exhibit from 

 the Education Committees of the Gloucestershire and Somerset 

 County Councils which would show the small holder what the 

 local authorities were able to do for him in the way of agricultural 

 education and advice, but on account of the expense the Somerset 

 Council did not see their way to co-operate. The Gloucestershire 

 County Council supplied an exhibit and arranged for their horti- 

 cultural and poultry lecturers to be available during the whole 

 time of the Show to answer enquiries and give information. 

 This exhibit was of particular value and the lecturers were con- 

 stantty surrounded by an eager party of inquirers. 



An exhibit illustrative of co-operative methods of marketing was 

 siippKed by the Street and District Egg Collecting So -i'i^ty. 

 members of the Committee of which were present to expl in 

 the Societv's procedure. A demonstration of the day-old chick 

 trade, an exhibit of hand implements for the small holdin;2; and 

 the allotment, and an exhibit of bee-keeping appliances, ; dd:d 

 considerably to the interest of the Section. 



In the case of every exhibit there was someone present to 

 answer inquiries, and this proved a very satisfactory feature of 

 the work of the Section. 



The Allotments side was aided by a poster prepared by !\lr. 

 Randall, local Allotments Organiser of the Agricultural Organisa- 

 tion Society, setting out the work of the Federation and the 

 prizes offered for competition among its members, and by a large 

 pictorial diagram, specially prepared by Messrs. Sutton & Sons,, 

 showing the cropping of the Ministry's model allotment as 

 de^r^vibed in Leaflet No. 815. It was originally intended to have 

 an actual model allotment planted up on the Show ground, and' 



