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1979 Re-named Lancashire College of Agriculture and Horticulture.1993 Incorporated independently of the county council as MyerscoughCollege.1997 The Winmarleigh site was abandoned.1999 Hutton site sold.1893 East Anglian Institute of Agriculture, Chelmsford, EssexEstablished as Essex Technical Laboratories, this became the Essex Institute ofAgriculture, Writtle Agricultural College and now Writtle College.The college operates Sturgeons Farm, near Chelmsford with beef, sheep, pigs,turkeys and arable units.1911 A Dairy School, a Winter School of Agriculture and a School ofHorticulture were introduced.1913 The 150 acre Brittons Hall Farm was acquired1893 University College, ReadingThe Department of Agriculture grew out of the University Extension College andwas partly funded by the Suttons seed company. It was first led by DouglasAlston Gilchrist (1860-1927).1896 The British Dairy Institute (see 1882) moved from Aylesbury.1912 The Research Institute in Dairying was established - initially funded, inpart, by the Palmer family (of the Huntley and Palmer biscuit company).Later it become the National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD)and is now the Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR).1920 NIRD acquired the Shinfield Manor Estate, Berkshire, which became thesite of The Cattle Breeding Centre.1921 A considerable boost in funding for the NIRD came from the CornProduction Acts repeal monies (see 1921).1926 The college gained university status.1931 The National Institute for Research in Dairying was brought under theARC umbrella.1951 The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) was established as aninvaluable resource of objects, books and archives relating to the historyof food, farming and the countryside.1965 The Institute of Agricultural History grew from MERL.1986 Some operations of NIRD were transferred to the Institute for FoodResearch, Colney, Norwich.46
1991 The Cattle Breeding Centre, Shinfield, closed.1993 Rural History Centre.1997 Soft Fruit Technology Group.2004 The Animal Science Research Group (ASRG) was formed from amerger of the Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR) and Biomathematics.1894 Agricultural Education AssociationThis body was largely the result of the driving force of A E Brooke-Hunt, fromthe Board of Agriculture. Its objectives were to encourage all branches ofagricultural education and research. It produced the estimable journalAgricultural Progress, a rich resource for studies of agriculture education and,indeed, agriculture in general, in the period covered.1969 Wound up.1894 Edinburgh School of Rural EconomyExtension courses were established.1901 The school was absorbed into the Edinburgh and East of ScotlandAgricultural College.1894 Uckfield Agricultural and Horticultural College, East SussexUckfield was established by Sussex County Council and currently runs Wales,Saddlescombe, Ivyland, Homestead and Perch Farms.1915 The original College closed.1919 The county council replaced Uckfield with the East Sussex AgriculturalInstitute with students initially housed in the college farm and locallodgings.1926 Student accommodation was built.1934 Re-named East Sussex School of Agriculture.WWII The college was a centre for Women’s Land Army training for theCounty War Agricultural Committee.1967 Re-named Plumpton Agricultural College, now part of PlumptonCollege.1895 Cardigan County Council Dairy School, CardiganEstablished particularly for the making of Caerphilly cheese.47
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Page 5: ContentsIntroduction 7A Chronology
Page 8 and 9: key government reports which have b
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Page 14 and 15: 1965 The major annual agricultural
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Page 20 and 21: 1846 Taken over by the Farmer’s M
Page 22 and 23: 1836 A Select Committee was called
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Page 26 and 27: 1912 Paper by J C Newsham, Basing,
Page 28 and 29: 1874 The Agricultural Gazette start
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Page 32 and 33: 1868 Agricultural and Horticultural
Page 34 and 35: 1919 The Welsh Plant Breeding Stati
Page 36 and 37: 1875 Aberdeenshire Agricultural Ass
Page 38 and 39: 1878 The Chemistry of the Farm by R
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Page 42 and 43: 1889 Horticultural College, Swanley
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Page 48 and 49: 1895 Dauntsey’s Agricultural Scho
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Page 52 and 53: 1952 The Plant Breeding Institute,
Page 54 and 55: 1898 University of London1898 The S
Page 56 and 57: 1946 The Sourhope Experimental Hill
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Page 60 and 61: 1908 Knaresborough Rural Secondary
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1961 Wolverhampton Technical Teache
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1966 Farm Management Association199
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1973 Report on Agricultural Educati
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1819 Scarsdale and High Peak Agricu
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1889 Abbotsholme School, Uttoxeter1
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1981 Biomathematics and Statistics
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1921 Corn Production Acts (Repeal)
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1918 Fisheries Experiment Station,
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1881 Institute for Plant Physiology
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1930 Macaulay Institute for Soil Re
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1921 Oaklands, College, Hertfordshi
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2011 The Future of Food and Farming
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1915 Women's Institute1903 Workers
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