Author: SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM .
Title: Agricultural Experiments: Five Years Work At The Northumberland County Demonstration Farm.
Description: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1902 . 8vo. First Edition. pp.8/172. Coloured map frontis of "Cockle Park". Clean text with many tables. Decorated endpaers. Owners name in ink to front free-endpaper. Green cloth boards with gilt title to front board and spine. VG . ** The Department of Agriculture was founded when funds were allocated from Northumberland County Council to establish a Chair of Agriculture for the College of Science in Newcastle, then part of Durham University. The post was first taken by Professor William Somerville in 1891. It was recognised that a central farm for experiments was necessary for the new Agricultural Depaertment and Cockle park was leased by Northumberland County Council for this use from the Duke of Portland in 1896.

Keywords: A15895 Somerville Newcastle Reid Northumberland County Demonstration Farm Cockle Park Agriculture Agricultural Experiments Agriculture


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