THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



GRANTS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR 

 THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH AND LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been in com- 

 munication with the Development Commissioners with a view 

 to the formulation of a scheme for the promotion of agricultural 

 research and local investigations in England and Wales, and 

 the Treasury, on the recommendation of the Commissioners, 

 have now sanctioned the allocation of funds to be distributed 

 by the Board in accordance with the general principles set out 

 below. The total maximum sum which will be expended when 

 the scheme is in full operation will be about ^50,000 per 

 annum. 



The scheme provides for — 



(1) A system of agricultural research which will secure for 

 each group of the problems affecting rural industry a share 

 of attention roughly proportional to its economic importance ; 



(2) The concentration of the scientific work on each group 

 at one institution or at institutions working in combination ; 



(3) Grants for special investigations for which provision 

 may not otherwise be made; 



(4) The grant of scholarships with a view to the increase 

 of the number of men fully qualified to undertake agricultural 

 research ; 



(5) The carrying out of investigations into problems of 

 local importance, especially those involving the application of 

 modern research to local practice, and the provision of scien- 

 tific advice for farmers on important technical questions. 



Vol. XVIIL No. 6. 



SEPTEMBER, 1911. 



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