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“ county  there  Was  an  expenditure  on  agricultural  education 
“ of  1,500/.  a year,  divided  between  horticulture,  farriery, 
“ manual  processes,  dairying  and  poultry,  and  including  200/. 
“ paid  to  Cambridge,  and  150/.  share  of  county  agricultural 
“ scholarships,  the  total  sum  being  small  in  comparison  with 
“ the  enormous  importance  of  agriculture  in  a county  such 
“as  Norfolk.  It  was  stated  that  the  proposed  station  was 
“ being  started  in  the  hope  that  it  might  be  used  to  demon- 
“ strate  the  practical  usefulness  of  experiments  which  Cam- 
“ bridge  had  proved  to  be  worthy  of  a trial  ; it  was  to  be  an 
“ adjunct  to  and  under  the  supervision  of  Cambridge  University 
“ Department  of  Agriculture,  the  management  to  be  provided 
“ for  by  a committee  of  landlords,  tenant  farmers,  and  repre- 
“ sentatives  of  Cambridge.  The  hope  was  expressed  that  a 
“ suitable  farm,  rent  free,  would  be  provided,  that  a sufficient 
“ sum  to  stock  the  farm,  1,500/.,  would  be  met  by  voluntary 
“ subscription,  and  that  the  Norfolk  Education  Authority  would 
“ make  a grant  of  300/.  a year,  to  provide  for  the  salary  of 
“ a scientific  expert. 
“ The  result  of  the  meeting  was,  that  a farm  of  132  acres, 
“ with  farmhouse  and  suitable  buildings,  was  very  generously 
“ given  rent  free  for  eight  years  by  Lord  Hastings  ; a sum 
“approaching  1,300/.  was  raised  by  subscription,  headed  by 
“ the  Lord  Lieutenant  with  a gift  of  100/.,  while  a short  time 
“ subsequently  his  late  Majesty  King  Edward  VII.  sent  a 
“ donation  of  twenty-five  guineas,  and  with  it  a message,  ‘ that 
“ he  very  gladly  supported  the  scheme,  the  success  of  which 
“ had  his  best  wishes.’ 
“ The  Norfolk  County  Council,  upon  being  asked  to  endorse 
“ the  recommendation  of  their  Education  Committee,  and  to 
“ make  a grant  of  300/.  a year  to  the  proposed  station,  voted 
“ 27  for  and  27  against  the  motion ; the  matter  was  then 
“ dropped  and  has  not  since  been  taken  into  consideration. 
“ At  Michselmas,  1908,  the  farm  at  Little  Snoring,  near 
“ Fakenham,  was  taken  over  ; two  well-known  typical  West 
“ Norfolk  farmers  kindly  undertaking  the  stocking  and  culti- 
“ vation,  and  reporting  to  a small  executive  committee  at 
“ Norwich.  Once  every  year  when  harvest  is  approaching, 
“ all  the  subscribers,  and  any  farmers  or  others  who  may  be 
“ interested,  are  invited  to  visit  the  farm,  an  opportunity  of 
“ which  some  120  availed  themselves  last  year. 
“ Failing  to  obtain  any  financial  assistance  from  outside,  a 
“ further  appeal  was  made  for  annual  subscriptions,  to  help 
“ meet  the  cost  of  management,  and  a sum  of  nearly  100/.  a 
“ year  has  been  provided  in  this  way. 
“ At  the  second  annual  meeting  held  in  January,  1911, 
“ Professor  T.  B.  Wood  presented  a most  valuable  report  on 
