THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XVI- No. 7. 



OCTOBER, 1909. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN ENGLAND 

 AND WALES. 



The following memorandum of arrangements between the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Board of Educa- 

 tion in regard to Agricultural Education in England and 

 Wales has been presented to both Houses of Parliament 

 (Cd. 4886, Price id.). 



After careful consideration of the many matters and in- 

 terests involved in the promotion of Agricultural Education, 

 we have decided upon making the various arrangements set 

 out in the following paragraphs as regards the work of the 

 two Boards. Our object has been to provide suitable means 

 for focussing the special needs of Agriculture in relation to 

 Education and to secure the practical consideration of the 

 particular problems of this branch of education, and effective 

 cooperation in relation to all educational work carried on for 

 rural areas. These arrangements aim in particular at the 

 improvement and extension of specialised instruction of all 

 grades bearing on agriculture and the maintenance of a close 

 relationship between such instruction and the practice and 

 progress of the various branches of the industry. 



1. We propose to constitute a Rural Education Conference 

 for the discussion of all questions connected with education 

 in rural districts and for the periodical exchange of views 

 between representative agriculturists and the two Depart- 

 ments. This Conference, which will be constituted by a later 

 minute to be issued in the course of the Autumn, will consist 



