AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION EXHIBITION. 
This Section, now one of the regular features of the Society’s 
Show, was once again supervised by Mr. J. Bo wen- Jones, who 
has so often before acted as Steward. 
Education Section. — The first position in the catalogue 
is held by the Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a 
college of the University of Durham. This, the local 
institution for higher agricultural education, was practically 
the sole representative of the Colleges, as the only other one 
that put in an appearance gave as its whole display a few 
photographic pictures. 
The Armstrong College, however, took full advantage of 
its geographical position to give visitors to Newcastle every 
opportunity for studying the work it is carrying on. If 
anything, the space allotted was rather overcrowded and many 
of the exhibits seemed to get in each other’s way although the 
area allowed this exhibit was considerable. 
Under the heading 1 (a) in their catalogue may be read 
the following : — “ Geological Maps (Drift Edition ; scale one 
inch to one mile) of the four northern counties. . . . These 
maps . . . are the best sources for information 1 as to the 
varying characteristics of the soils of the four northern 
counties.” 
It is perhaps permissible to question the use of the 
superlative in connection with a map on which a line one inch 
in length may reasonably be expected to cut across five fields 
of twenty acres each. Considering how very little information 
a farmer could possibly derive from such maps it seems 
advisable to replace the adjective “ best ” by the word “ only.” 
A very fine display of these maps on the walls added to the 
regret that their small scale so limited their usefulness. It 
was, however, pleasing to note that, when the College 
authorities themselves wanted to bring out some geological 
features bearing on their own work they displayed a map on 
the twenty-five inch to a mile scale. This contrast only made 
the desire for the long-hoped-for six-inch Ordnance Survey 
Maps all the greater. 
The value of some very excellent coloured illustrations of 
diseases in plants was rather diminished by the absence of any 
labelling likely to be of use to farmers. It is to be hoped that, 
in the future, all agricultural exhibitions will scrupulously 
avoid anything that may in any way tend to mystify those 
who have not had the advantage of a complete college training. 
Farmers who visit such educational displays — and their 
1 The italics are ours. 
