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by institutions aided by the Board. Among the subjects of 

 these experiments were the application of various manures to 

 grass, roots, and hops ; the feeding of sheep and bullocks ; 

 the breeding of sheep ; the seeding of temporary pastures ; 

 and the rotation of crops. 



Part III. of the appendix is devoted to a series of state- 

 ments showing the results of an exhaustive investigation 

 undertaken by the Board into the schemes of agricultural 

 instruction provided by County Councils in England and 

 Wales in 1899- 1900. An account is given of the educational 

 work of each county, and this is followed by summaries and 

 tables showing the number of agricultural colleges, farm 

 schools, and dairy institutes aided by grants from County Coun- 

 cils ; the nature of the instruction given by migratory lecturers ; 

 the character of the experiments carried out by each county; 

 the number of agricultural scholarships and exhibitions 

 awarded ; and the total expenditure by County Councils upon 

 agricultural instruction in 1899- 1900. 



It would appear from the results of this inquiry that 

 instruction by means of migratory lecturers was provided at 

 2,610 centres in England and Wales in 1899- 1900. The 

 subjects of instruction taught at these centres comprised 

 dairying at 297 centres ; horticulture at 848 centres ; poultry- 

 keeping at 401 centres; bee-keeping at 228 centres; farriery 

 and veterinary science at 229 centres; manual processes, 

 such as hedging, ditching, and ploughing at 227 centres ; and 

 general agriculture at 380 centres. 



Ten English counties have established their own agricul- 

 tural teaching institutions, and six of these counties also 

 support other agricultural colleges and farm schools. Two 

 have combined in the establishment of an agricultural 

 college ; two others for the maintenance of a joint farm 

 school ; and two have a joint dairy school ; while twenty-five 

 contribute to the support of agricultural colleges acting for 

 several counties. Nine of the Welsh counties make grants 

 to the Agricultural Department of the University College of 

 North Wales, or to the college at Aberystwith. 



The number of agricultural scholarships and exhibitions 

 at agricultural colleges and secondary schools awarded by 



