58 FERTILISERS AS AN AID TO 



The following observations are taken from 

 the published Reports of manurial trials else- 

 where : 



Mr. Edric Druce, Principal of the Bedford- 

 shire County Agricultural Institute, states : 



" The plot with complete artificials was well 

 grazed ; a good number of fine grasses, legu- 



^ a v, minous plants were plentiful, and 



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it was the best plot. We can say 

 that the application of a complete dressing 

 containing nitrogen, phosphates, and potash, 

 is certain to produce an increased yield, which is 

 of greater value than the expense incurred in 

 obtaining it." 



The Instructor in Agriculture for Devonshire 

 states : 



" The first visible effects of phos- 

 phates were an earlier growth and a 

 very great increase in the amount of Dutch white 

 clover and trefoil. The manured plots showed 

 a better aftermath than the others, but it was 

 not possible to determine the feeding value of 

 this aftermath. 



The Chairman of the Agricultural Committee 



of the County of Cornwall states in his notes on 



the experiments which have been 



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carried on for many years : 

 " Farmers who cut hay freely for home con- 

 sumption, and manure their land with judicious 

 liberality, are on one of the surest roads to be 

 found for improving their farms. If, as our 

 experiments after seven years show, the fertility 

 of the land cut annually for hay cannot only be 



