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In reply , l .orl\
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questions
that
hoi.1 h.M.
hortlliulturo, Jdalrymg aud kill red 8ubJect.a m
tlus college t.btln lLn)wbere else In Great tribute to thn
advloo he hll.d
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'1'111.8 eucouru,lng el,Jl.temen was made at. wh~ n Ilt. the
Ma.ckintoeh.
Utmermty College, Readmg, on Saturday by
t.ho PrmClplll, Mr W M C ilds, who alllO
annou,nccd t.-1H1t. j tho nuwber: of a.gnoult~raJ
at.uderl.t.8, bot.b men aud \llriomen, \lotalle<! 23a.
:I'he oocas on was tho maugurl\l mootlDt 01
t.ho newl) f 'rwed St~denta ' Agricultur al
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I'-nd AaBom lon, an org1UllJla.tljln whlcb hu,
boon forme I "t. t.h e CoUej:e t.q enable the .t.u·
dent.s to
\SCUM 8mong tbe.lnse[ves vartous
questions d hn'\, wlt.h t heir fut.lIre prof~o n
Moot.ings ar t,o e hel d periodically 1 when. tHe1l
kllo ~JI ugrl
Iturls ta such a6 1V1800unt. A.t.or,
who
spoke
t.hoMd
liludenla
on Suturday,
(will I;:,:!~'!n'~h~'~~~;" r"i" ~iO~ _: ·~; . =.~. _"T
dell\'er
a.ddl'QlSf;(\ll,
It. IS hop,ad
t.hat mcmbers
of tho varlo'Us a.grlcu ltut l1l or~~ulJsat.I01lJl Il the
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oount.:; - pral:tlcal farmen--wlll also I.~ten
that. It.udont": and fa rme*, 'mIl Yi e.J:chapge vi WI.
By thC36 ~IUI.6 clot;e porsona.1 contat:t. Will be
~o.blwd,ed bet.v;ec'n Ithe lIIen\ who (haH~ had
experience
agr1b~Jtnr? and t.heJ f"nne1 o(
to-morrow
]LOrd ·t\st.qr .... 1UI tha speaker at the ~'IrBt' Et'~' on IS.turd.y, and .poke ion tl bu.
8 e of f~ 1 manageme nt. Mr'~ & V O. art.S
of t.he ·~'acult.~ of 1;rlcul.t.ure
A. HI &rtlc ILuro at. the ! 00[[e40, pr jflded, land
b lofty oXI> 'med the obJects of the noVl. qlub.
he llnll w s fairly w o~ filledl ~Ith
t.h ~rJe
d fomal I GtudOIlUl, nd amongllti the !pro~lIIont. ag~h\lllUrl8tA P j08611t.. \WCro !the
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(flIr J
Benyon),
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Mouht, M ,Mr Alfrl¥:l pn~ler,
, t~ (G.;
$ utton, Mr. I' V .r I Cumber,
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St.anhp~1ro Williams, Mr w. )I
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,~ Prm c lr l\.l ,,! t he College). Mr T
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Mr
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ril, JAn~D~lnp SRld t.h at ~r
(ilinde us,
hu t. wo
c uot. Ii self-liup rt.. It oou try,
nd for ce \ us lo lIIcrCtl-8o ou r lome
ronet.lOn of r d
Durmg tho war, ~ n !llea ot I
a:; Illg fort our unportcdl fOQds II~S It-h ex orts!
r mllnufllctjurcs, WI) gave 0tr eo to ther
ouutrH.~ ' ·to I pIty for rOUd, 01 . o,~ __ fao- \aame
nrcr"l Flooor;dmro-ly now) IHld
efl?Ort.
OdBlsccllre
loth to pa,.j for OUI' Imports ' nd 9.~ tho awo Ilro'1dOO
IIl1 e to Pll)'~our forOlgn !dobts ~Ild ~t. bae
our I elenn I.
old 'fher fore It "all ~ Ilpu l
buy nnd I made a
tll port. Ins t.t.lc us IKJSSliJle .~~ns to hqu date ~ ~~r I'd
ou r obligat.lor\Ji I
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But. 1I0toillyMmst \\ 0 lIl or",:I. prCÂ¥.l udlion We \ to be 11, I'ery
nmst. 1 r ll flll~ n .~ \ F anuere. \\ \0 tlhO\llht 1.11at
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l~x m( t o roo put ,
up .... ogt)S ~ II t.he 'conntry and II til t.o .... ,18 and
lu,:h mdus trml )'I'8 9M tended I W lIIerc.a.s tho '
PflC68 of I a ll CO mll1 0d l tl~ , t opl8, et.c~.
hith
f,trmurs !.I,e prlr.d '".i1l1ll. fll rlllCcl!l ~ oul l ' j\ l
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damg 'H~O\\ erlllg t.helr costa Of ro ucll n

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th,e purest materif ls,
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Aln<:a a nd in the· far a r ay
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sciien,ti{icall\y cultivated and develo~ed.
has been' t nstalled, ~nd
piocur~d ,l!i' b.,.ing Ilhe I
Ov." rs.,as, so that Sunl1"ht
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H o behcvea t.hat t.he Brit h fanner ould
adapt JuiriSl'lt' t-o Raerlllg
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plause )lAt. ally r ate, he IIOP d ~'becau bo
agrlcultu'ro as \I tul to tho cou try.
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'rhe Government would. !L8k f ~rm6l'6 to 11 duce
mQre food 11\ t.he United Ktntrdom and
r educe prlCCB, and tho fore lgnl producer ~OU l d
again apply to British sgrl~l~uro t.he stern
and lIearchmg telt.s of oom~l~lOn
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only by leffiClont management. and orgal}' ation

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fS:lId~l,ey muM. combat the DoI _
OI.,:ment which they eomettmca [Rot at t.he
H.aU, .t()lrtnnate:ly not at t.heir Mn.ce.
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ceu--u.l bUSIDCI*!: develop~ent, and m f
the l argCfl,t. possi ble profit
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for cl1{.1I agrlcult.uro
debts, " ould\\ould
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ml loyme
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kC!}Jl lH!1I1t.hJo hmn,tll st.ock
l' lere \'i , of
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course, t.ht). fund UIIl(ll:l t.1l1 pro ILIOII lImt. t.ho
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a.\'erage farlllel" WIU! neIther It plll[unt.h Pl6t authenticsted
nor a holidif.) tllker It. .... us Ii bWllnoss, tI. d he infect-c<l III the
Wt1..8 out to malr.e profits
lI~uent.ly t.ho I'
fiht lI eooss l ~~1 for 6uoocssfu ~ f'a rmmg I ero
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Whu.t.' \\lWI u. proflt..lbl o f,l..rm
trt. WM 0 e of Nort.h-Weflt-em
~ he most ' dtfHcult. tlllngs to k,()\\ ex,n.etiy ha~ ' t.h~ old and'.
act.ual ne t. pront. Ii farm w pB maklng II.hd Immune va.rletJcs
~t'h eth er It ~38 makmg till' IdrgCilt. pron POl' an~ no oUlcr CDIlTllll
Ible over t nerlod or yea.rlJ, l·et. It WIUI
n· nelR'hbpunr. wit-hl t.he
Itll t.o t ho l uccessful l1lanugehlen~ of /1.1 arm. I CoUntks. At prellUlit. fu lly , -_ " :.. -" ;C
ul 1 ln j Enghmd IJId W.lce WIUI
[file ~lbst 8uCCCflfJf\11 r.lnner, hko. the succ
'lnanagcr of 8 factorr. ' must J know and tudy amI!. or .. IUDe! drawn
lll<il bhll'inC$8 as .. who c, but. I must. be r o em· 8tifatol Ch""'fIcl, :IlJld, liD)' r~"'.~~'.'
ber ed t.hat Lho dllTerent. ~lo nl or d art.- ~vernDloo.t. Voputd be tar
ment.8 of 8, far m wero mterdependent. an Ddt. We d llClUlC within tho.e
mdepelldent.
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E 1r1!:1r.oidery and Crochet, etc.

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Fot' eJ:ampl~,' t.he keepllli I,of milk r
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U$ual/y.. mcrello8ed the lDter~t. felt ~ ,he

ofl thi, fascinating C~lmIPet~tj,on. in ~

fa rmer III t.he 11l1L1I~cmcnt. 0lt Ius dairy' herd,
and orten mduced him' to Pl ~O hiS 5ys m of
feed Ill"" on a more economIcal bU18 T I prac·
t lce of g'j~tng the ,arne amoU;1 t. of food
all
COY; & had b«o ,olSCardcd bf' all prog eBlllve
farm er!, but wns stilL too 00 mon thro ghoul.
the counlrJ } Aga1O, 10 r ~t. of slimmer
f~dtng,l. the ro
ILmple
Idenoe tnat t.ho
,'q uanbt.y and qualit.y of past ' e on man dlJry'
COIIt
,fa.rms oould be batly imp ved, and t
of mdk iproductlon t.hereby I
ned by reater
and Wider expelldlture on m u r1D~
Ii waS
proved py .1111' experlm~t. m a.nurlDg f r mllk
c:arrlcd ~ out by thQ .Mid and Agric Jtura]
eollege
Unless a furner k.new his at. of pro uc:t.lOn
he might be 1000mg mstead f Takmg
ney
by h\.8 ~hOd& or developm t. In t.he I nduct
of 1118 b n OllS
n ow w
tbfj ordtnkry f mer 1. to et hi.
data, recorda and acoounta I H e w ... ~t an
account.D.nt., nnd t.b~ I lze of ~l s ~ldlDll l would
not. wurant. the full·t.lm e mployment., of 8.

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accountant t() 'ISlt fllflflll: and IUllJI1it In the preparatIOn "/>f boob Ct; the ' rree!;1 kooPjtng ' of
rO(:ords l wl"nch might, lru bseq~ently be &ent.
the oounty eentre to be analrFed. digested
worked up for him. High OOBtK would
farm erll to l6ave over:y penny.1 Ds.nllh ""';u~ , 1
tural prosperity dR ted from the time.
fnrm c.rs of Denmal'~ were fn.cCd w,1th
obhged l to modeMu8& t~lr ~eihods and ~&­
or~a.nJ60 their VleWfi
T he CO$t or labour ~
hl, h and W/lA 11kely to ~o higher Rente might'
r l;!t6 Onlv by ha.vJng the rullest ~now}j)dge of
det.all Rnd of aet.~n l ooets and~ expandit.uro
could t he farm tjr hope to make a fan' lirint
and develop his industry
An mterOfiting dl6C'uBlOn fQllo"'ed Al
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' Mr J MACKINTOSH referred , to the work
cllUJed on by the A g rlcul tur~ l cr.oet.mga Committee, which wall entlreo,y a. lcentralised lbody.
and feured t.hat m tlmO' It would become 1m·
pO*>lbte to carry on all the ~ ork effected by
thnt. co m~lttee from un offl()O m London. He
t(;grotted tho fact t.hat there was as yet. In this
countq q9 oolle:c:e d~h'oled ~ I the I>tudy of
f arm I management, a nd POI~Â¥1\ out tha.l{ m
that r d.,ped Ame rica I\ad g l \f~D IU8 the lead
I~\i IJ CUMBER found fii meelf In sym·
path~ With th!l Idea of keepmg a.ecurate !
reco rd ~ of costg, Inwro pa.rt.lcularly wlt.h II. view
to gntherlng e\l~e nC(' \\~I eb woula rerut.e t.he
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u njus t. chnrge of nrotit;ee:rJn ~ 110 frequentl y laId
While farmers ,did not
Ilt the farmer'a door
-fear fair compct.f.tlon, they viewed vtJith alarm
tbe PfOl!pcet of he rebum o~ !lhe unfair pr&-r
war comoetition , n.nd t.h~· onlf rjf&y to prev.ent
such a. state lot affairs Was fOll ~Ie Government
to ac t- -on t.he mterlm report ortbe ~ya.l Com- i
mlllSlon and guar antee t.h at "'-'B'en tho farmer
had grown hil' crone he fil hould/ not.
neoahsed
by Importatl0n8 ~ of for eign produce offered for
ole at a. price below tho cost] of home productlon
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of kcepm!! records, :!ond nrovec,1 by peraonal ex·
perience t he effi cacy of sneh dda
A femo.l ~~ft.ud ent Mked whether employees
wonlU ~OPfVlI.te Intelligently I With farme~ In
t.he matter of kooJ')lng accounts" and another
member of t he audience Aflked whether there
was 1\ b ig future for t he large-acale fann.
pomtmll' out th~ expense of\ keeping reoo..!ds
on holdmgs' or la. 'm1Bller character.
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In prop08mg a. 1'iote of thanb to Lord Astor,
Dr . STANHOUSE WILLIAMS oomplimented
the speaker- on h aving made a subject which
possiblv sounded dull \ 90 extremoly intereet,.
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'Ho p leaded fOr mom 1co-operatlon between produce.rs and dau'ymen, a nd declared
t hat ~ho daIry Morld and t.be pubhe he~lth
world tlbould wor k AS oDe.
r In seconding t.l)e vote of thanb, PRINOIPA...L
ORIT,DS, who IS the prC8lde n ~ of the new club,
sa..id that. there was a great. ()pportumty f or &. L I'e,l'ft~rlmlmail
club such lUI they had formed but that opport unit.y would not be realised if ita work a.nd
t.lle atten dance at It. meetin~1I wele left. merely
to members, .etuc1ente, prof
I'tI and lectur el"ll
l;Ie boned tha.t [tbe farme.n whO were ', nth
t hem that da)j would r emem"er ~h e club and
feel th ~ t.he:;;. wero welcome t1il~. beea.~
the.re werb oc1f3.in nhs.a6I!J of ~culture which
could not bo tia.ugh~ cJ:OI}pt by direct penJbnal l N~~~:'~~"~I ' '''':
eontlUlt between t he studehta .nd farmers , .
themselves!. If t hey would attendl future meet.- I
inEJ). uk quest.lon", And j~n in t.~ dWluMJOnli I of t.be
in tlle nresence. of t)1e Btnt}ente I~ ""ould be ' of fUl(IO
iflcnlcu lF!.ble ;'l\ll1 e to tt heir club. l 'n>e training tn.; ;~"':=;~:;;~
ror "«f'IeutturistM. he contmued shoul d not' hftl
t,(loO ns.rrow. for. no! flL!'lQer equId be merely '"
TheN!! II
re.
.mecialist.. : he ) mll lli., ha.ve a;.!gt'-eat . deal more. and we feel .-re
than a. m\'nute and JlCCurRf,e knowledg:e of one -!be Lo1ru ...beD

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G r ove, Canterbur-l. R (md , Hatc.ha.m. S.E'.,
haa j ust won £1'00 in the W&r Sa.vmgs
Competition pnomnt\"d hy t ha.t popnJar
periodical I i Id.ea.s." There cannot be
many people in i1n&
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