DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 931, 26 September 1910, Page 7

DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

BRITISH COMMISSION'S RURAL PROPOSALS. Bj Telesraph—Press Asßoclatlou-Oopyrlfht ; London, September- 23.' i Tho Development Commissioners have decided that a case has been established for a "substantial grant' for the promotion of horse-breeding in Great Britain and and has also requested the Education Department to submit a scheme of: agricultural, instruction .applicable to tho whole country. * (Rec. September 25, 5.5 p.m.) 1 London, September 24. The Development Commissioners ' ask for, £50,000 annually to develop, horsebreeding in Great Britain and . Ireland.','- ... ■ ' ; In. his Budget speech, 1909, Mr. LloydGeorge outlined a scheme to promote the! economic •development of; .the United Kingdom dud: the improvement of roads therein. A separate. Bill for' these purposes: was' brought in and • passed the Commons. • - : .. . . . .The objects' of tho Act' include -.—Aiding and. developing, agriculture: and rural in-?' dustries by promoting scicntifio researoh, instruction; and experiments . in '' the soience, methods practice of agriculture (including'-the provision of farm-in-stitutes); the organisation'of co-operation,, instruction in marketing'.produce, and. the extension 6f the'provision',of small holdings;. and by the adoption, of any other means which -,; appear calculated to , develop agriculture and rural industries. The expression "agriculture' and rural industries" inoludes agriculture,: horticulture, .dairying, the breeding of hoYscs, cattle,. and other live stock,' aind' poultry, the' cultivation ; of bees, home and cottage industries, the;cultivation and prepara-; tion of flax, the cultivation and manufac-' ture of tobacco, a,nd any industries immediately oonneoted with and. subservient to any of the. said matters. : ". "