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between the two functions of the Schools and Stations, and 

 for making the corresponding grants, being determined by 

 the two Boards on the report of the Inter-Departmental Com- 

 mittee above described. 



6. We believe that the adoption of the foregoing arrange- 

 ments will He welcomed by all those who are concerned with 

 the development and extension of existing arrangements for 

 the supply of all grades of education and specialised agri- 

 cultural instruction in the rural districts. They will afford 

 opportunities for bringing leading and representative agri- 

 culturists into touch with the Officers of the two Departments 

 and for bringing those Officers themselves into closer and 

 more continuous relationship one with the other. It cannot 

 be doubted that much still remains to be done in order to 

 bring the facilities for agricultural education at the disposal 

 of British agriculturists to the level of those enjoyed by many 

 of their competitors elsewhere, and we trust that important 

 advance in this direction may result from the working of the 

 arrangements here described. 



(Signed) CARRINGTON, 



President of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries. 



(Signed) WALTER RUNCIMAN, 

 President of the Board of Education. 



22nd September, 1909. 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF COW HOUSES. 

 John Speir, Kt.StO. 



The requirements of modern life demand a degree of purity 

 in our food supplies little dreamt of in previous generations. 

 Milk is no exception to the general rule, and in order to 

 obtain pure milk it must be produced by healthy cows in 

 healthy surroundings. 



In the construction of houses for the accommodation of 

 cows intended to produce milk, either for consumption as it 

 comes from the cow, or to be made into cheese or butter, the 

 main requirements to be kept in view are the following : — 



(1) The milk produced should run little risk of being con- 

 taminated either by dirt or disease. 



