he Potash Syndicate recently asked permission of me for one of 

 its officials to take colour-photographs of certain divisions of the 

 "E-field" of the experimental field, and at the same time desired 

 |j|i {"i^^IpI "^^ *^o write a few words in explanation of the pictures. To 



both requests I have readily responded, as I am of opinion that 

 such colour- photographs cannot fail to be of great educational value, provided 

 they are accompanied by adequate description, incorporating a statement of the 

 average yields from the various plots. 



The Agricultural Experimental Field of the University of Gottingen, laid out 

 in the year 1873, comprises some 15 acres (approx) and borders directly on the 

 buildings of the Agricultural Institute and the Plant-breeding Garden of 2' -j acres. 

 Its situation is therefore, all that could be desired from the point of view, both 

 of those in charge, and of the students attending the institute. The soil may be 

 described as a rich, deep, medium, diluvial loam. The experimental field itself is 

 divided into ten main divisions each of some 1 ' i acre (approx) in area. Seven of 

 these divisions are laid down to a definite rotation and are cultivated on agri- 

 cultural lines; the main objects in view being, firstly the growing for seed of 

 Gottingen varieties of winter-wheat, winter-rye, and oats, and secondly, the testing 

 of the value of new varieties of rootcrops and potatoes. The eighth, tests the 

 value of farmyard manure and of green-manuring, while the ninth comprises the 

 Plant-breeding garden. No. 10 is the so called "E-field", which, in the year 1874, 



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