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Society had been carrying out the spirit of its Saxon 

 equivalent, " Work and learn." Rothamsted, though 

 it originated as far back as 1834, was not started with 

 its present scope until 1843. The effect of the careful 

 and patient labours of Sir John Lawes and Sir Henry 

 Gilbert upon British Agriculture is beyond estimation. 

 Their work has permeated farm practice and has influenced 

 every phase of the cultivation of the soil and the treat- 

 ment of live stock. It would be impossible to attempt 

 to summarise the results of the Rothamsted experiments. 

 The simple fact that the first original paper emanating 

 from Rothamsted appeared in 1847, and that in the 



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