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5- The buyer, on receiving delivery of any fertiliser or feeding stuff, and before 

 otherwise breaking the bulk thereof, shall, in the presence of the analyst, a Justice of 

 the Peace or a police constable, take three samples of the article and cause them to 

 be marked with the date and place of sampling, the names of the persons present, the 

 figures or trade mark on each package, sealed, and fastened up, and shall deliver or 

 send by post (prepaid), one sample with the invoice or a copy thereof to the analyst, 

 and shall deliver or send by post as aforesaid another sample to the seller, and retain 

 the third sample for future comparison. 



6. On the request of the buyer or seller of any fertiliser or feeding stuff, and on 

 payment of the fee prescribed by Regulations Nos. I and 2, the analyst, or some 

 person appointed by him in that behalf, before or at the delivery of the article, shall 

 take the samples on behalf of the buyer. 





4th June, 1896. 



L. LINDLEY-COWEN, 



Secretary, Bureau of Agriculture. 



ROTATION OF CROPS. 



The best results from soil and manure are obtained by following 

 some system of rotation of crops. The method of growing the 

 same crop year after year on the same land tends to give weak crops, 

 which are more liable to be attacked by insect and fungoid diseases. 

 By using a system of rotation, the crops are more vigorous in their 

 growth and are therefore better able to resist these attacks. The 

 pests that attack one class of crops do not generally attack that of 

 another. The pests attacking one class die out for the want of the 

 nourishment they require before the time recurs for the crop upon 

 which they thrive to be replanted in that soil. Again, a system of 

 rotation economises manure. One class of crops require more of 

 one kind of plant food than another. By varying the crops accord- 

 ing to requirements of each, the best immediate ;md after results 

 arc obtained from the manure, and at the same time the soil is 

 maintained in a fertile condition. Whatever system of rotation 

 is followed will be dependent greatly on the soil and the 

 climate. A rotation that suits well in one district does not necessarily 

 suit so well in another. The laws of supply and demand for 

 certain crops will also govern to a certain extent what is best to 

 grow, for it is no use growing a crop that one cannot sell at a 

 profit. 



M. Yille's system of manuiing is so much quoted by different 

 authorities that I think it will be best to give it in his own words, 

 and then suggest such modifications of it as 1 think will be more 

 suited to the requirements of this colony. This distinguished 

 French chemist, Bfl already stated, places a very low opinion on 

 farmyard manure as a manure, and states distinctly that a soil can 

 be maintained in a high state of fertility by the use of artilical 

 manures only. In all his formulae he gives potash, phosphoric 



