Welsh Journals

MONMOUTHSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Department. Classes are now being held at the following centres:- Newport, Abergavenny. Monmouth, Raglan and Penhow. Each class consists, if possible, of not less than ten students, not exceeding twenty- five years of age, resident in the county of Monmouth. Certificates of attendance will be awarded at the end of each year, and students who have attended the classes for three years can compete for the County Diploma. The following prizes will be offered yearly at the various centres:- first prize £ 10, second prize £ 5, third prize £ 2 10s. In addition to these prizes, it is hoped that the Council of the British Dairy Farmer's Association will continue to offer a silver medal for dairying and milking. An entrance fee of ten shillings is payable yearly. The spring and autumn sessions include scientific classes on agricultural chemistry, agricultural botany and veterinarian subjects. During the spring, summer and autumn, practical classes will be held in hedging, dairying, sheep-shearing, cider-making and bottling. In addition to these, instruction will be given in the planting, spraying and pruning of orchards and fruit trees, fruit packing etc., with general lectures in Agriculture by the Director. For the purposes ot examinations, papers are written on the subjects dealt with during the session, and on such questions as the examiner may set; marks are given in connection with the hedging, dairy, and sheep-shearing classes; each member of the class must thatch one rick under inspection, and he will be questioned as to the method of judging live stock, the value of an animal brought before him, and give the live weight of two fat cattle, with a pen each of sheep and pigs, and milk two cows. Full particulars of these classes may be obtained from The Director of Agricultural Education, County Council Offices, Newport, Mon. THE GLAMORGAN SOCIETY, LONDON This organisation was the outcome of a dinner held on February 16th, 1901, under the presidency of Sir D. Brynmor Jones, K.C., MP., — of some 40 young men from Swansea-in fact, the initial step was to form a Swansea Society. But in January 1902 it was decided to broaden the basis of membership and to make an endeavour to form a county society. An effort is made each year to secure two papers with a view to publication. Volumes I and I are already well distributed, and several education authorities in Glamorgan purchased quantities for school libraries. Volume III, which will contain papers by Mrs Marie Trevelyan, W. LI. Williams, K.C., M.P., the Reverend Dr. Bryant and R. Prosser will be ready for sale in 1915. Besides holding meetings of different characters, a children's party is organised on the first Thursday in every year. A Benevolent Fund has been inau- gurated for assisting any Glamorgan people who need assistance in London out of this fund there is also power to contribute to any organization which assists any natives of the county. THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE HUNTERS' IMPROVEMENT AND BROOD MARE SOCIETY Secretary Mr. Ernest C. Morgan, Crown Chambers, Newtown. This Society was formed in 1906 and has done good service in improving and encouraging the breeding of hunters in the County. The members, who now number 67, pay an annual subscription of £ 1 Is. Od. and are allowed to nominate one mare for service free of further charge; additional nominations are granted to members at 10/6 each. A thorough-bred or hunter sire has been provided for the use of the Society each year, amongst them being such well known stallions as Squire Darling," Likely Bird," Ballinasloe," Pedlar Brand," and Red Sahib." In some cases the stallions have travelled under King's Premium regulations. The Society has from time to time been presented with brood mares which have been loaned by ballot to the members, who in addition to having the use of the mares are allowed to retain the progeny as their property. Grants are made by the Society to Local Shows towards prizes for hunter classes. The Society has been of great assistance in paving the way for the Light Horse Breeding Scheme, provided by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the present operations of the scheme are made more effective by its existence.