THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XVIII. No. 7. 



OCTOBER, 1911. 



THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH. 



The Treasury, on the recommendation of the Development 

 Commissioners, have sanctioned the Grant to the Board from 

 the Development Fund of a sum not exceeding ,£33,000 per 

 annum for the promotion of Agricultural Research. 



The scheme approved by the Commissioners provides for 

 Research in eleven groups of subjects, which cover more or 

 less completely the whole field of agriculture. The work on 

 each group will be concentrated at one, or in a few cases at 

 two, Agricultural Research Institutions. Special investiga- 

 tions for which provision cannot be made at one of these 

 Institutions will form the subject of separate grants. 



Agricultural Research Institutions. 



In making arrangements for the separate investigation, as 

 far as possible, of each group of subjects, the Commissioners 

 and the Board have been impressed with the importance of 

 securing continuity in work which is necessarily of consider- 

 able duration, and of providing staffs of specialists and experts 

 who will be permanently engaged on work of the same class. 

 Bv this means concentration and economy of effort will be 

 better secured than it would be if a number of Institutions 

 were dealing at the same time with the same subjects. 



It is neither desirable nor possible to prevent all over- 

 lapping or duplication of research work, but it is necessary 

 to proceed on a plan by which unnecessary expenditure on 

 such work out of public funds will be avoided. It is also 

 desirable that each group of subjects should be undertaken by 



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