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most, but it was surprising what iuforiiiation, not only from 

 the point of view of eradication, bnt also from that of natural 

 history, could be obtained in a short time with these illus- 

 trations. A useful exhibit at the present time was that dealing 

 with the varieties of potatoes showing resistance to wart disease. 

 A good deal of work is being carried out at the College on this 

 important subject, and it is satisfactory to note that no fewer 

 than fifty varieties are said to be fully resistant in any ground. 

 There were some interesting seed-testing experiments, showing 

 the germination power month by month. Thus clover seed, 

 with a percentage of germination of 87 in October, rose to 96*5 

 in March ; whilst in the case of rye-grass the figures were 73 

 in October and 95 in March. Amongst the out-door exhibits 

 in this section was a school garden set out for a two-course 

 rotation ; and the comparative results of planting fruit trees in 

 grass and in cultivated ground was brought out by living 

 examples. 



General Agnciilture.—K " manuring for milk " experiment 

 was shown. The difference in the herbage in the various plots 

 Avas mainly due to clover, which increases in a marked degree 

 under the influence of potash and superphosphate. A ten years' 

 experiment on the manuring of meadow land should have been 

 of interest and value to agriculturists, for it may not be too 

 much to say, speaking of the country generally, that the grass 

 land is not managed with the same degree of skill and attention 

 usually devoted to arable land. The resulting herbage was 

 shown in the attractive form of small sample stacks. Some 

 excellent photographs were shown to illustrate the value of 

 milk recording in dairy herds. Two cows were selected, both 

 of them of good milking types, and apparently of an equality 

 in this respect, but whereas the one yielded 920 gallons in a long 

 lactation period, the other milked only for 35 weeks, and gave 

 a total jueld of 544 gallons. Exhibits of varieties of cereals, 

 results of experiments in mangold manuring, eradication of 

 charlock, &c., were also included in this section. 



Agricultural Chefnistry. — Exhibits to illustrate the effect 

 of certain fertilisers on plant growth were to be seen. Nitro- 

 lim in the form of fine dust appeared entirely successful in 

 eliminating yellow rattle from meadow land ; at the same time 

 it appeared also to have attacked the clover. Other experiments 

 in the use of fertilisers for the destruction of weeds were to be 

 noted. 



Veterinary. — The veterinary exhibits included some excel- 

 lent mounted specimens of organs and tissues aft'ected by the 

 various diseases which commonly attack farm stock, together 

 with others representative of the parasitical and bacterial 

 attacks. 



