| (b) County Council Farm Institutes and Demonstration Farms. |
| County Council. |
Farm or Institution and Location. |
Size. |
*Approximate grant in respect of the financial year 1928–29. |
Remarks. |
|
|
Acres. |
£ |
|
| Cheshire |
School of Agriculture, Reaseheath, Nantwich. |
231 |
3,227 |
|
| Cumberland and Westmorland. |
Newton Rigg Farm School, Penrith. |
167 |
1,389 |
|
| Essex |
East Anglian Institute of Agriculture, Chelmsford. |
— |
442 |
No demonstration farm. |
| Durham |
Houghall Farm, Durham |
384 |
431 |
Demonstration farm only. |
| Hampshire |
Farm Institute, Sparsholt, Winchester. |
235 |
1,967 |
|
| Hertfordshire |
Institute of Agriculture, Oaklands, St. Albans. |
220 |
2,573 |
|
| Kent |
Farm Institute, Borden, near Sittingbourne. |
252 |
659 |
Demonstration farm only. |
| Lincolnshire (Holland). |
Agricultural Institute, Kirton, near Boston. |
96 |
1,080 |
|
| Northamptonshire |
Moulton Grounds Farm Institute, Northampton. |
175 |
1,692 |
|
| Northumberland |
Cockle Park Experimental Farm, Morpeth. |
460 |
461 |
Demonstration farm only. |
| Somersetshire |
Cannington Court Farm Institute, Bridgwater. |
187 |
1,073 |
|
| Staffordshire |
Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge. |
297 |
2,333 |
|
| East Sussex |
Wales Farm Institute, Plumpton |
410 |
1,091 |
|
| West Sussex |
Kingsham Farm, near Chichester |
135 |
1,260 |
Demonstration farm only. |
| Yorkshire |
Askham Bryan Farm, near Leeds |
348 |
633 |
Demonstration farm only. |
| Caernarvon |
Madryn Castle Farm School |
185 |
687 |
|
| Carmarthen |
Pibwrlwyd Farm School Carmarthen. |
207 |
1,339 |
|
| Denbigh |
Llysfasi Farm School, Ruthin |
592 |
2,431 |
|
| Glamorganshire |
Tregrees Demonstration Centre |
77 |
207 |
|
| Monmouth |
Agricultural Institution, Usk |
318 |
1,159 |
|
| The Ministry is also making a grant not exceeding £1,100 to the Norfolk Agricultural Station which is not maintained by a County Council. |
| The above institutions provide courses in agricultural subjects usually of one year's duration or less. The farms are used for general demonstration or experimental purposes. |
| * These figures are subject to the audit of the Councils' accounts for the financial year 1928–29. Salaries of teaching staff are not included as the county agricultural education staff are engaged on general advisory and educational work in the counties as well as giving instruction at the institutes. |
| (c) Agricultural Research and Advisory Grants
(1928–20). |
|
Research. |
Local Investigation and Advice. |
Farms. |
| Institution. |
Subject. |
Amount. |
Subject. |
Amount. |
Location. |
Area. |
| Development Fund. |
Empire Marketing Fund. |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
£ |
|
Acres. |
| Aberystwyth: University College of Wales. |
Plant breeding, with special reference to herbage plants. |
7,530 |
2,240 |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and
agricultural economics. |
5,440 |
Near Aberystwyth. |
101 |
|
Management of grassland |
610 |
— |
|
|
|
| Bristol University |
Fruit culture |
13,050 |
2,430 |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and
agricultural economics. |
5,670 |
Long Ashton, near Bristol. |
257 |
|
Fruit and vegetable preservation |
4,280 |
— |
|
|
|
Cost of production of sugar beet |
200 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Management of grassland |
180 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Tar distillate spray fluids |
230 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Cambridge University |
Animal nutrition |
13,620 |
275 |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and
agricultural economics. |
5,150 |
* |
— |
|
Poultry nutrition |
— |
165 |
|
|
|
|
Grassland experiments |
400 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Cost of production of sugar beet |
900 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Animal pathology |
10,200 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Plant breeding |
4,460 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Good and bad fields of wheat |
310 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Small animal breeding |
1,630 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Horticulture |
1,730 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Virus diseases of potatoes |
2,500 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Silver leaf disease |
1,200 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| East Mailing Research Station. |
Fruit growing |
8,340 |
4,800 |
— |
— |
East Mailing, Kent. |
108 |
|
Apple seab |
250 |
— |
— |
— |
|
| Imperial College of Science and Technology. |
Plant physiology |
6,330 |
— |
— |
— |
Biological |
12 |
|
Insect infestation of stored products |
— |
2,830 |
— |
— |
Field Station, Slough, Bucks. |
|
|
Bacterial diseases of plants |
250 |
— |
— |
— |
|
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. |
Agricultural parasitology |
5,140 |
— |
— |
— |
Winches Farm, St. Albans, Herts. |
48 |
| Oxford University |
Agricultural economics |
6,380 |
700 |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology and mycology. |
2,420 |
* |
— |
|
Agricultural engineering |
12,080 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Fluctuations in numbers of wild rodents. |
— |
820 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Research. |
Local Investigation and Advice. |
Farms. |
| Institution. |
Subject. |
Amount. |
Subject. |
Amount. |
Location. |
Area. |
| Development Fund. |
Empire Marketing Fund. |
|
|
£ |
£ |
|
£ |
|
|
| Oxford University—cont. |
Breeding of oats for resistance to frit fly. |
190 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economic experiments in farming |
1,700 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| National Institute of Agricultural Botany. |
Crop improvement |
4,500 |
— |
— |
— |
Cambridge. |
55½ |
|
Potato and seed testing |
5,320 |
— |
— |
— |
Ormskirk. |
38½ |
| Reading University |
Dairying |
12,520 |
1,600 |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and
agricultural economics. |
4,150 |
Shinfield, nr. |
359 |
|
Dry rot of swedes and turnips |
— |
400 |
|
Reading. |
|
| Rothamsted Experimental Station. |
Soils and plant nutrition |
27,000 |
— |
— |
— |
Harpenden, Herts. |
280 |
|
Virus diseases of plants |
— |
1,000 |
— |
— |
Woburn, Beds. |
140 |
|
Examination of meteorological data |
400 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Basic slag experiments |
250 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Royal Veterinary College, London. |
Animal pathology |
5,140 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Experimental and Research Station, Cheshunt. |
Nursery and Market garden crops |
3,620 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Control of plant and vegetable pests |
— |
1,940 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Virus diseases of plants |
— |
810 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Manchester University |
Eelworm disease of potatoes |
55 |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology and agricultural economics. |
3,360 |
— |
— |
|
Control of Slugs |
100 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Foot-and-month disease |
900 |
— |
|
|
|
| Midland Agricultural and Dairy College. |
— |
— |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and agricultural
economics. |
3,880 |
* |
— |
| Seale Hayne Agricultural College. |
— |
— |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and agricultural
economics. |
4,230 |
* |
— |
| South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. |
Capsid bug and currant capsid |
200 |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, dairy bacteriology and
agricultural economics. |
5,540 |
* |
— |
| Publication of Volume III of Aphides of Great Britain. |
150 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Parasitic worms |
50 |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Virus diseases of hops |
100 |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Pig husbandry |
720 |
— |
|
|
|
|
| Bangor: University College of North Wales. |
Kemp in the fleece of Welsh mountain sheep. |
75 |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, 1 mycology, veterinary science and dairy bacteriology. |
5,240 |
* |
— |
| Commercial production of seed potatoes. |
450 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Treatment of liver rot |
310 |
— |
|
|
|
|
| Cardiff: University College of South Wales. |
— |
— |
— |
Entomology, mycology and veterinary science. |
2,550 |
— |
— |
| Harper Adams Agricultural College. |
Eel worm disease of potatoes |
75 |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, j mycology, dairy bacteriology, dairy rationing and agricultural economics. |
5,560 |
* |
— |
|
Cost of production of sugar beet |
200 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Crop variety testing |
520 |
— |
|
|
|
|
Pig husbandry |
380 |
— |
|
|
|
| Leeds University |
Eelworm disease of potatoes |
45 |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology and agricultural economics |
3,010 |
* |
— |
| Liverpool University Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
Pregnancy disease of ewes |
200 |
— |
Veterinary science |
890 |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
— |
Agricultural chemistry, entomology, mycology, veterinary science, dairy bacteriology and agricultural economics. |
4,460 |
* |
— |
| Somerset County Council. |
Crop variety testing |
600 |
— |
— |
— |
* |
— |
| Essex County Council |
Crop variety testing |
600 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Norfolk County Council. |
Crop variety testing |
530 |
— |
— |
— |
* |
— |
| Lord Wandsworth Agricultural College. |
Crop variety testing |
460 |
— |
— |
— |
Long Sutton, Hants. |
1,000 |
| Royal Horticultural Society. |
Fruit tree testing |
1,050 |
— |
— |
— |
Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, Wisley, Surrey. |
225 |
| Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. |
Foot-and-mouth disease |
1,000 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| National Institute of Medical Research. |
Foot-and-mouth disease |
1,100 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. |
Foot-and-mouth disease |
11,500 |
— |
— |
— |
Pirbright, Surrey. |
138 |
| * See statement regarding Agricultural Education Grants. |