HC Deb 14 October 1912 vol 42 cc805-6W
Mr. STANIER

asked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether the Board can yet report as to which agricultural colleges shall be for the higher work and which are to be regarded as farm institutes; and, if so, can he give the names?

Mr. RUNCIMAN

The following institutions receive Grants in respect of higher work and are classed as colleges:— Universities and University Colleges—

  • University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
  • University College of North Wales, Bangor.
  • University of Cambridge.
  • University of Leeds.
  • Victoria University, Manchester.
  • Armstrong College, Newcastle.
  • University of Oxford.
  • University College, Reading.
  • Agricultural Colleges—
  • Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.
  • Holmes Chapel College of Agriculture and Horticulture.
  • Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, Kingston, Derby.
  • Harper Adams Agricultural College, Newport, Salop.
  • Swanley Horticultural College.
  • Uckfield Agricultural and Horticultural College.
  • South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye.

The following institutions are classed as farm schools and institutions:—

  • Hampshire Farm School, Basing.
  • Cumberland and Westmorland Farm School, Newton Rigg.
  • Bedfordshire Agricultural Institute, Ridgmont.
  • East Anglian Institute of' Agriculture, Chelmsford.
  • Eastern Counties Dairy Institute, Ipswich.