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The Landed Interest. 



The 



Woburn 

 experi- 

 ments. 



grass experiments show that by giving food to 

 the plants, the strongest and best varieties ap- 

 propriate wliat tliey most need, and, by the law 

 of the strongest, put the weakest down. In the 

 best plots the weeds almost disappear, while 

 on one plot, to which no manure is applied, 

 the weeds form 50 per cent, of the produce. 

 Besides these experiments on crops, Mr. Lawes 

 has carried out investigations on the feeding of 

 live-stock, and on the different values of their 

 food, both as affecting the processes of fattening 

 and the quality and value of the manure. 



The Royal Agricultural Society has com- 

 menced a series of experiments on the growth 

 of crops and the fattening of live-stock, with 

 a special relation to the manures applied and 

 the food used, and to the effect of the manures 

 resulting from specific kinds of food. The 

 Duke of Bedford, with great liberality and 

 public spirit, has undertaken the cost of these 

 experiments, and has placed suitable land and 

 buildings at the disposal of the Society, whose 

 Council, under the guidance of Mr. Lawes,"^ 



*■ To the general regret Mr. Lawes has retired from this duty. 



