Parliamentary Publications. 



in the appendix include a rotation experiment conducted on 

 uniform lines in different parts of the country ; a number of 

 manurial experiments on grass, and on root and grain crops ; 

 and an experiment, now in its second year, to determine the 

 influence of manures applied to poor pastures carrying 

 sheep on the resultant production of mutton. Among other 

 inquiries noticed in this portion of the appendix are experi- 

 ments in the economic feeding of cattle and swine ; in the 

 treatment of finger and toe ; in the eradication of charlock ; 

 in the cultivation and manipulation of hops ; and in the 

 manufacture of cider. 



The following is the list of the grants awarded by the 

 Board in 1898-99 : — 



Institutions aided. 



Work. 



Grant 

 1898-99. 



University College of North Wales, Bangor 



Do. do. do. 

 Durham College of Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne 



Do. do. do. 

 University College of Wales, Aberystwith 



Reading College 



South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye - - 

 Yorkshire College, Leeds ... - 

 Cambridge and Counties Agricultural Educa- 

 tion Committee .... - 

 University College, Nottingham 



,, Midland Dairy Institute- 

 British Dairy Institute, Reading 

 Eastern Counties Dairy Institute, Ipswich 

 Bath and West and Southern Counties Society 

 Do. do. do. 

 Do. do. do. 

 Do. do. do. 



Agricultural Research Association, Aberdeen - 



Collegiate centre 

 College farm 

 Collegiate centre 

 College farm 

 Collegiate centre 

 Collegiate centre 

 Collegiate centre 

 Collegiate centre 



Collegiate centre 

 Collegiate centre 

 Dairy instruction 

 Dairy instruction. 

 Dairy instruction 

 Field experiments 

 Cider experiments 

 Cheddar cheese research 

 Do. (Special Report) - 



Agricultural experi- 

 ments 



£ 

 800 

 200 

 800 

 200 

 800 

 800 

 800 

 700 



500 

 400 

 300 

 300 

 300 

 50 

 50 

 200 



50 



100 



Provision for Old Age by Government Action in certain 

 European Countries. [_C. 941 4.] Price yi. 

 A report on " Provision for Old Age by Government 

 Action in Certain European Countries " has been issued by 

 the Labour Department of the Board of Trade. It describes 

 the nature, and gives, so far as possible, the results of the 

 working in each country of the laws under which provision 



