New and Improved Methods 



be attained much more effectively by the 

 proper use of chemicals. 



E. Full and Proper Use of Artificials. 



Nothing can be of greater importance than 

 the proper and full use of artificials. If the 

 cultivation of arable land is to be successful, 

 even with much better treatment of farm- 

 yard manure, far larger quantities of arti- 

 ficials must be used than in the past. 

 About twenty shillings' worth per acre 

 should be used throughout the farm, i.e. the 

 bill for artificials on a two-hundred-acre 

 arable farm would be ;^200. The smaller 

 farmers particularly are in need of instruc- 

 tion in the proper use of artificials. It 

 is of no use saying that the small farmer 

 can learn from the large farmer, because as 

 often as not he also is using artificials incor- 

 rectly. The instilling of knowledge of the 

 practical use of artificials has been the work 

 of the agricultural organizer in every other 

 country, and it must be so here. 



The following table shows the difference 

 in the results obtained from using compound 

 manures, and properly balanced dressings 



mixed at home by the farmer : — 



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