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ABSTRACT LAST summer Sir Julien Cahn came forward with his generous response to the appeal made by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station of the University College of Wales for assistance towards
the important work in progress relative to the improvement of hill land. The work had arrived at the stage when it was essential to conduct large-scale experiments involving not only the
improvement of the grazing but also the control and management of the animals on somewhat novel lines. It was therefore necessary that the Station should obtain possession of suitable lands
for the purpose, and that Prof. R. G. Stapledon should have associated with him a man fully competent in the management and breeding of stock. Mr. Moses Griffith, recently the agricultural
organiser for Merionethshire and a well-known breeder of Welsh black cattle, has, therefore, been appointed to assist Prof. Stapledon as lands director to the scheme. A lease has been
entered into with the Hafod Estate, for an area of approximately 2,700 acres of hill land. This comprises a mountain sheep walk of more than 2,000 acres together with a hill farm consisting
of hill and cultivated land. The area chosen is on an estate with a long pioneering history behind it; for already at the end of the eighteenth century Johnes of Hafod was planting trees
amongst these inhospitable hills and devoting himself with enthusiasm to improving the agricultural conditions of the district. Operations have been started and it is hoped that at least 50
acres of hill will be grassed out during the next two months. Each succeeding year large areas will be taken in hand by the methods which have been developed as the result of experiments
conducted by Prof. Stapledon in various parts of Wales during recent years. In addition to the land at Hafod, possession has also been taken of about 70 acres of hill land near Knighton, in
Radnorshire, and operations will be started there in the autumn. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
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