Young Farmers' Club

out-door meetings, one was spent at Beningbrough studying the habitat of the sand-martin, and visits were made to the heronries in the York district. One Saturday a "jam-jar" aquarium competition provided some very interesting results. About fifteen parties set out at 6 p.m. and at 7 p.m. returned with their aquaria. Among the specimens which were collected were tadpoles, frogs, daphnia, water boatmen, caddis fly larva, snails, sticklebacks and newts. Rice brought back a caeronomus larva, which has red blood in the same category as human blood. Rowbottom, Scarth, Applewhite, and Shirtcliffe won the prize for the best aquarium.

A competition for an essay on birds was won by Rollinson. The indoor meetings took the form of talks and practical work. Mr. Crews gave an interesting talk on "Protective Colouration" in animals. Short talks were given by Jordan on budgerigars, R. B. Wilson on sea birds, Davey, R., on hamsters, Staines on ants, and Strike on butterflies. These talks proved to be very interesting and instructive. The Society is very lacking in support from the Senior members of the School, but these Junior members are very keen and active, and if we continue to have the support of such members as Jordan, Strike, Staines, Ford, Wilson, Davey, and Rice, then there can be no fears for the future of the Natural History Society.

R.D.W.

President: THE HEADMASTER. Leader: MR. K. G. COULTHARD.

Committee: A. N. WYATT-GUNNING (Chairman), C. M. C. BURDASS (Vice-Chairman),

D. C. HOLMES (Secretary), M. T. GREENWOOD (Treasurer), C. W. THOMPSON (Librarian), D. H. BEACHELL, P. D. F. JAMES.

For a long time there has been a feeling that the School was in need of some form of Society for the promotion of agriculture. Through the efforts of C. M. C. Burdass and D. C. Holmes permission was very kindly given by the Head Master to form a Young Farmers' Club. When the School was approached on the matter it was met with great enthusiasm, since many of the boys are considering making agriculture their career.

The first meeting was held on 13th March, when Mr. W. B. Mullin, the North Riding Organising Secretary, gave a talk entitled "The Outline and Organisation of a Young Farmers' Club". Mr. Mullin pointed out that each club had to have an inaugural meeting, and this was arranged.

On 20th Mardi Mr. Coulthard gave a lecture entitled "A Kentish Farm and its Crops". This lecture was made possible through the

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