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tice the results of investigations made at the Research 

 Institutions. 



On the other hand, men appointed for this work either must 

 have, or must be prepared to. acquire, a good working know- 

 ledge of one or more branches of agriculture, for in this way 

 only can they gain the confidence of agriculturists and be 

 able to meet them on an equal footing as regards the practical 

 operations of the farm. With a good general experience they 

 should soon be able to acquire a knowledge of local methods. 



Conditions of Grant. 



1. Grants from this fund will only be made to certain 

 selected Institutions, not exceeding twelve in number, in Eng- 

 land and Wales, the Governing Bodies of which will be 

 invited to submit schemes to the Board on the general lines 

 indicated above. 



2. The grant in each case will be a grant-in-aid only. It 

 must be used for the purpose of extending and developing 

 special advisory work, and not for the purpose of lightening 

 existing expenditure. 



3. It will be open to any Institution to employ members 

 of its present staff on this advisory work, but in that case 

 their places must be filled by fresh appointments to the 

 teaching staff. 



4. The Board will require to be satisfied that the men pro- 

 posed to be employed on this work possess the necessary 

 qualifications, and that the salaries paid them are adequate in 

 the circumstances. The men appointed should have given 

 promise of achieving distinction in scientific work, and be 

 such as might be expected to attain to the higher posts at 

 Universities and University Colleges if they adopted teaching 

 as a profession. To secure men of this type, who have also 

 had subsequent practical experience, it will be necessary to 

 offer adequate salaries, though the actual amount may vary 

 according to age and experience. The Board will be pre- 

 pared from time to time to consider proposals for an increase 

 in the grant to meet such increments of salary as may become 

 necessary owing to the appointment in the first instance of 

 comparatively junior men. 



5- The men employed on advisory work may be allowed to 

 do a certain amount of teaching in consideration of the fact 



