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Official Circulars and Notices. [july; 



by some, and the alternative of smearing the affected parts with a 

 preparation that will kill the warbles has been advocated. Smearing 

 for this purpose should be done mainly in spring. It should not be 

 confused with summer smearing, formerly recommended to prevent 

 the fly laying its eggs on the backs of the cattle. The Department 

 have recently had an opportunity of examining at Baronrath, Straffan, 

 County Kildare, the results of smearing to destroy the w r arble, and 

 they are satisfied that there is no danger of injury to the animal or 

 to the beef by the decay of the dead maggot under the skin. Those, 

 therefore, who still have warbled cattle, and who object to squeezing out 

 the maggots should, though the season is now late, at once have the 

 affected areas treated, taking care that the openings are well covered 

 by the mixture. The smear successfully used by Mr. Kennedy, of 

 Baronrath, Straffan, in the demonstration referred . to above consisted 

 of equal parts of Archangel tar and paraffin oil. 



The President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries has appointed 

 a Committee to advise the Board on all scientific questions bearing 

 directly on the improvement of agriculture, and 

 . y especially as to -the methods to be adopted (a) 



committee on f or p romo ti n g agricultural research in univer- 

 Agricultural Science. sities and other scientific schools ; (b) for aid- 

 ing scientific workers engaged in the study of agricultural problems ; 

 and (c) for ensuring that new scientific discoveries are utilised for the 

 benefit of agriculturists. 



The Committee will consist of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 P.C., the Right Hon. Lord Reay, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Sir Edward 

 Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., Mr. David Davies, M.P., Dr. J. J. Dobbie, 

 F.R.S. (Principal of the Government Laboratories), Professor j. B. 

 Farmer, F.R.S. , Dr. S. F. Harmer, F.R.S. (Keeper of Zoology at the 

 Natural History Museum), Dr. R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A. (Tech- 

 nical Adviser in Zoology to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries), 

 Mr. T. H. Middleton, M.A., M.Sc. (one of the Assistant Secretaries 

 to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries), Mr. Spencer U. Pickering, 

 F.R.S., Lieut.-Col. David Prain, CLE., F.R.S. (Director of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew), Mr. H. S. Staveley-Hill, M.P., Mr. Stewart 

 Stockman, M.R.C.V.S. (Chief Veterinary Officer of the Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries), Dr. J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S. (Director of the 

 Geological Survey and Museum), Dr. David Wilson, M.A. 



Mr. Middleton will act as Chairman of the Committee, and one 

 of the officers of the Intelligence Division of the Board will act as 

 Secretary. 



The Rural Education Conference, which has been constituted by the 

 Presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Board of 

 Education, for the discussion of all questions 

 Rural Education connected with education in rural districts and 

 Conference. for the periodical exchange of views between J 



representative agriculturists and the two De- 

 partments will be composed as follows :— 



Lord Moreton (Royal Agricultural Society of England); Lord 



