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and the Munster Dairy School to places where their services 

 are required upon an application for their services being 

 signed by a committee of at least six farmers, who must 

 undertake to provide, free of charge, a suitable building in 

 which practical instruction can be efficiently given, together 

 with a sufficient quantity of milk or cream. The local com- 

 mittee is also expected to advertise the classes in the district, 

 and to engage a woman to assist the instructress and wash 

 the dairy utensils. In each district, where practicable, a 

 committee of ladies is formed to supervise the classes and 

 see that suitable lodgings are provided for the instructress. 



The itinerant dairy classes are stated to be attended 

 mainly by the wives and daughters of farmers occupying 

 small holdings, whose limited means do not allow of any 

 considerable expenditure in improving their dairies or in 

 providing modern appliances. Considerable efforts have 

 been made to bring young girls in dairying districts under 

 this instruction by means of the National Schools, and 

 several religious communities have encouraged this form of 

 instruction by giving their schools for the use of the insiruc. 

 tresses, and by stimulating the older girls to take advantage 

 of the opportunity for improving their knowledge of 

 dairying. 



In addition to the work done by means of these classes, 

 dairy instructresses are also sent to any district in response 

 to an application signed by at least six farmers, for the pur- 

 pose of visiting the dairies and giving practical demonstra- 

 tions in making butter with the utensils, or other simple 

 appliances available, on the premises. 



The Malting and Seed Barley Competition of 1899. 



The Board of Agriculture have received a copy of the 

 official report of the judges of the malting and seed barley 

 competition held in connection with the Brewers' Exhibition 

 from October 28th to November 3rd last. The number of 

 exhibits of barley entered for the competition was 222, 



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