CHEMISTRY AS A HELP TO 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Extract from the '■'■Kent Herald,'' Oct. 23, 18^4. 



At the opening meeting of the Winter session ot the 

 East Kent Natural History Society at Watling Cham- 

 bers, Canterbury, the Preaidenc, Mr. Sidney Harvey, 

 gave a very interesting and suggestive address on 

 " Chemistry as applied to Agriculture." It is of such 

 value that we give a full report of it. 



Mr. Harvey said, — After hearing the able report 

 of the delegate from our society to the British Associa- 

 tion, and his suggestions, it will be setting a good 

 example if I select a local subject, viz., one having 

 reference t^ agriculture and the more so because the 

 Kent County Council have for some years past 

 offered every encouragejient, both by means of 

 lectures in the various villages and also by practical 

 and extensive experiments carried on by skilled ad- 

 visers at certain farms in the district, in order to 

 facilitate and push forward scientific agriculture. More- 

 over the Wye College where pupils will be trained in 

 every branch ot this subject, approaches completion, 

 and this building, in which the present meeting is 

 assembled, is and has been employed for chemical 

 researches having the same object in view and is filled 

 week by week by classes of earnest students making 

 excellent use of the facilities provided by the County 

 Council who are worthily following the leadership of 

 Mesars. Lawes and Gilbert at the world-famed experi- 

 mental farms at Kothamsted, where for many years the 

 most extensive experiments in every conceivable branch 

 of Agriculture has been conducted with princely munifi- 

 cence. It is much to be hoped that this energetic com- 

 mencement in this county will not be suffered toflag in 

 the face of the esisting depression and discouragement 



