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Recently, throug-h the assistance of the Ministry of Education, 

 it has been possible to reach the rural school teachers, and lectures 

 on ag-ricultural science have been g-iven at vacation courses by the 

 Director and members of the staff. 



Certain problems in soil physics are best attacked by simple 

 experimental studies of a number of soil types. During the un- 

 precedented drought of 1921 several of the upper science forms of 

 the public schools determined the moisture contents of specified 

 field soils in their district, thus obtaining information required by 

 the Physical Department for its investigations on the water 

 relationships of soils. 



DEMONSTRATIONS AND LECTURES TO FARMERS AND 



STUDENTS. 



The appointment of Mr. H. V. Garner as Guide Demonstrator 

 has made it possible for the Station widely to extend facilities for 

 visiting the plots. Farmers and agricultural students are cordially 

 invited to Rothamsted at any time convenient to themselves. 

 May and June are good months for seeing the grass plots, July 

 for the cereals, and September and October for the mangolds and 

 potatoes. In the Winter, Mr. Garner is available for giving 

 lectures on the Rothamsted results to Farmers' Clubs and similar 

 organisations. 



