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which have already been obtained, the existing facilities for 

 the purpose are satisfactory and sufficient, and, if not, in what 

 manner they may with advantage be modified or extended. 



The Committee will be constituted as follows : — viz., the 

 Right Hon. Lord Reay, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E. (Chairman), the 

 Lord Barnard, Lord Moreton, Mr. Francis Dyke Acland, M.P., 

 Mr. David Davies, M.P., Mr. Norman Lamont, M.P., Mr. 

 Thomas Latham, Mr. John Charles Medd, Professor Thomas 

 Hudson Middleton, M.A., M.Sc, one of the Assistant Secre- 

 taries of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Professor 

 William Somerville, D.Sc, Mr. Henry Staveley-Hill, M.P. 



Mr. Arthur Ernest Brooke-Hunt, of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, will act as secretary, and Mr. Henry Leon 

 French, of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, as assistant 

 secretary to the Committee. 



With a view to encourage cottagers and small holders in 

 Ireland in the proper management of their holdings, the County 



Prizes for Cottages Committees of Agriculture are empowered 



and Small Holdings *° °^ er P r * zes ^ or competition. In the 

 in Ireland cottage section the points taken into 



consideration by the judge in making 

 his award are : (a) Cleanliness and general, order of cottages 

 and premises ; (b) cultivation of the garden, including freedom 

 from weeds, and well-kept fences and walks ; (c) varieties of 

 vegetables, fruits and flowers ; (d) arrangement of the manure 

 heap ; (c) general management and care of live stock, par- 

 ticularly pigs and poultry, special attention being given to 

 quality md housing ; and (/) management of bees. 



In the small farm section the points are : (a) Cleanliness, 

 order and economy in the dwelling-houses and offices (including 

 poultry-house) ; (b) judicious character of cropping, efficiency 

 of cultivation, arrangement of manure heaps, and provision 

 for collecting liquid manure ; (c) cultivation of the garden, 

 variety of vegetables and fruit trees ; (</) general condition of 

 land under grass, care of fences, gates, water-courses, &c. ; 

 (<•) judicious planting of shelter-belts; (/) freedom from 

 weeds, especially grass-land, stack-yards and head-land- ; 

 (;') cultivation of head-lands ; (//) management and care of 

 live stock and poultry. Special credit is given if simple ucc< units 

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