COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT 



Sir J. EVANS, K.C.B., F.R.S. (Chairman). 

 H. MULLER, LL.D., F.R.S. (Treasurer). 

 H. E. ARMSTRONG, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 H. T. BROWN, LL.D., F.R.S. 

 W. CARRUTHERS, F.R.S. 

 Sir M. FOSTER, K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S. 

 Sir C. LAWES-WITTEWRONGE, Bart. 

 Sir J. H. THOROLD, Bart. 

 J. A. VOELCKER, M.A., Ph.D. 



DIEECTOK 

 A. D. HALL, M.A. 



CONTENTS 



Introduction ..... 



General Plan of the Experimental Fields 



The Rothamsted Soil .... 



Agdell Field — Crops grown in Rotation 



Barn P'ield — Mangel Wurzel 



Meteorological Observations . 



The Park — Grass Land mown for Hay every year 



Broadbalk Field — Wheat 



Hoos Field — Barley .... 



„ Leguminous Plots . 



„ Potato Plots — Residue of Manures 



„ Inoculation of Leguminous Plants 



„ Wheat after Fallow 



Little Hoos Field — Residual Value of Manures 



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