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approved by the Livestock Committee of the Advisory Council. 
(See below.) The ten selected agricultural institutions of 
England and the two of Wales and Monmouth are to receive 
grants for the salaries and expenses of a livestock officer, 
whose duties will be to promote and carry out the scheme in 
the area to which he is appointed. 
To administer this scheme each province will have an 
Advisory Council to be comprised of nominees (1) of the 
selected Agricultural Institution, (2) of the Education Com- 
mittee, (3) of the Board. The Advisory Committee will 
appoint a Livestock Committee, whose duties will be to make 
recommendations to the Board in respect of the allocation of 
the various grants amongst the counties comprised in the 
province, to advise the Board on the conditions to be attached 
to the grants to be given towards the cost of hiring and pur- 
chasing animals, and generally to advise the Board when 
required in connection with the improvement of livestock. 
They may appoint such sub-committees as they think fit. 
The administrative body will be a County Livestock Com- 
mittee constituted of two members of either the County 
Agricultural Education Committee or sub-committee of the 
County Council, nominated by the County Council, not less 
than two practical stock breeders appointed by the above 
members, and at least one member of any recognised county 
breed society. The County Livestock Committee may appoint 
such sub-committees as they may think fit. 
The Livestock Committee will decide, after being acquainted 
by the Board of the amount of grant at their disposal in the 
province, the amount to be allocated to each county . The 
County Livestock Committee will prepare a scheme foi dealing 
with the grant and will submit it to the Board through the 
Livestock Committee. The animals will be selected by a 
selection committee appointed by the County Livestock Com- 
mittee. Applications for grants are to be made through the 
livestock officer who will be a member of each selection 
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Attached to the White Paper is a schedule showing the 
allocation of grants for the improvement of livestock. The 
Paper can be obtained from Messrs. Wyman & Sons, price Id. 
W. R. P. 
The Sugar Industry in France. — In view of the interest 
which has been aroused in the cultivation of sugar-beet in this 
country, it may be timely to draw attention to the very marked 
reduction in the area devoted to this crop in France. In the 
Bulletin de la Societe des Agriculteurs de France, for July 1 
last, M. Emile Pluchet discusses the causes in an article entitled 
