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This is an attempt to revive an old cottage industry which 
everyone will regard with sympathy. 
Home-Grown Tobacco Competition. — Tobacco was exhibited 
for the first time at the Doncaster Show last year, and this year 
a much larger exhibit and competition was arranged by the 
British Tobacco Growers Society. The competition filled very 
well and the development in this new industry, not only in 
Ireland, but also in England, Scotland, and Wales, is very 
striking. Every stage in the production of the manufactured 
article was illustrated by specimens on the various stands, and 
cigarette and pipe tobacco made from British leaf was to be 
seen in the exhibits of Lord Dunraven, Sir Nugent Everard, 
and Mr. A. J. Brandon. In the competition it was noteworthy 
that the tobacco from the poor sand of Norfolk excelled that 
grown in Ireland. The development of this crop in the British 
Isles will be watched with interest, for it may have a great 
future, and it is a point very much in its favour that its culti- 
vation would displace no other crop, whilst it might also be the 
means of the reclamation of some of our poorest uncultivated 
sands. The exhibit was crowded throughout the week. 
Nature Study and Rural Education. County Councils 
Association. — This exhibit grows in size and in popularity 
every year, and the question of providing special accommoda- 
tion for it may shortly have to be considered by the Society. 
The work done by the boys and girls in the counties of Dorset, 
Gloucester, Somerset and Worcester was of a very high standard, 
and it was distinctly noticeable that the greater number of the 
exhibits had a more direct bearing on agriculture and rural 
economy than in some previous years. The work of the girls 
in “Home-making” will add greatly to the health and comfort 
of coming generations of farm-labourers and is capable of much 
development in many areas. 
FORESTRY EXHIBITION AT BRISTOL, 1913. 
This Exhibition was again held in conjunction with the Royal 
English Arboricultural Society, and the stewards of the section 
were Mr. George Marshall and Mr. Coltman Rogers. As in 
former years the more tender exhibits were staged within the 
shed devoted to the section, and the more hardy sorts were 
placed outside adjoining the shed. 
There were two main divisions of exhibits, viz., Competitive 
Classes for Medals and Classes for Exhibition. In the latter 
class, however, the judges are empowered to award medals to 
deserving exhibits. In both classes there were 180 entries. 
