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opinion that the old-fashioned plan of churning butter into 
a lump is wrong from every point of view ; as, in addition to 
the differences mentioned above, the keeping quality of such 
butter is usually not first-rate. 
In carrying out these experiments I received the greatest 
assistance from Mr. Barnardiston, my Assistant Steward, Mr. 
Gilbert, and the Staff of the Dairy, to all of whom I would 
express my indebtedness. 
Ernest Mathews. 
Little Shard eloes, 
Amersham. 
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AND 
FORESTRY EXHIBITION, 1906. 
This department of the Society’s Annual Show was organised 
at Derby upon the same general lines as in previous years, in 
co-operation with Agricultural Colleges and other institutions. 
Mr. J. Bo wen- Jones again acted as Steward. A pavilion 
for the accommodation of the exhibits, modelled upon the 
more permanent structure used for the same purpose at Park 
Royal, was built of timber and roofed with felt. It measured 
112 ft. by 34 ft., and was divided into sixteen bays, each 
14 ft. by 10 ft. Owing to the distance from London, the 
Meteorological Exhibition, held in 1905 at Park Royal, was not 
repeated ; but there were several other new and interesting 
features. These included exhibits illustrating the work of the 
new National Fruit and Cider Institute ; hides showing the 
injuries caused by the warble fly and by barbed wire ; and a 
particularly suggestive and instructive representation of Nature 
Study in Rural Schools, organised by the County Councils’ 
Association. Reports, prospectuses, and other literature, issued 
by the contributing colleges, were distributed from a special bay 
under the charge of the Agricultural Education Association. 
The following description is compiled from notes supplied 
by the exhibitors : — 
I. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts. — The 
Lawes Agricultural Trust showed the following series of 
diagrams : — 
1. Five diagrams showing the results of the continuous 
growth of wheat for a period of fifty-one years, 1852-1902, 
on the Broadbalk Field at Rothamsted : — 
