Report of the Chemist for Agriculture. 



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BEET SLICING AND WASHING MACHINES. 



1. SLICING MACHIIME 2 PORTABLE WASHING MACHINE. 



3. WASHING MACHINE. 



The Collection of Soil Samples. 



Field officers received instructioiis to take samples of soil and 

 subsoil from the uumanured plots of all fields established during the 

 year. The soils have been taken for the purpose of chemical and 

 mechanical analysis. It is thought that this co-ordination of field 

 experiments with laboratory investigations will in time aiford data for 

 expressing definite opinions as to the manurial requirements and 

 adaptabilities of soils, where at the present we are at tnnes, limited to 

 conjecture. The following instructions, practically in Whitnev's 

 words, were furnished to each officer : — 



