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average struck, which showed that there was an 

 average gain per acre of from one pound to forty-eight 

 shillings, according to the variety, after deducting 

 fourteen shillings per acre allowed for two dressings, 

 although in some cases only one was given. The 

 increase was due to the potatoes being kept alive and 

 in a growing condition after the unsprayed had 

 withered. 



The Royal Agricultural Society of England carried 

 out a series of experiments during two seasons, and, 

 as our farms were chosen as one of the trial grounds, 

 we are able to speak with confidence as to the results. 

 In all cases the plants continued to grow after those 

 unsprayed were dead, and the yield was correspond- 

 ingly increased, arid the numbers of diseased tubers 

 were lessened. The Warminster experiments carried 

 out for the Wilts County Council, which, as they are 

 so well organised, and embrace so many features ot 

 interest to growers, must always hold a specially high 

 place in the estimation of all interested in the crop, 

 have confirmed other trials, and have shown the value 

 of spraying. 



During the past three years we have used the spray 

 on the greater part of the 200 acres of potatoes we 

 grow yearly, with such satisfactory results that it w r ill 

 continue to be part of our ordinary farm practice. 



Constituents of Bouillie Bordelaise. 



The Bouillie Bordelaise was the solution first recom- 

 mended, and it has been generally adopted. This is 



