660 REPORT — 1895. 



MOJVBAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 



A discussion' was held in conjunction with Spction K (Botany) on the llelation 

 of Agriculture to Science. The discussion was opened by the following Papers : — 



How shall Agriculture best ohtain Help from Science ? 

 By Prof. R. Warington, F.'R.S. 



Ordered to be printed in extenso. — See Reports, p. 3-11. 



Agriculture and Science. By T. Hendrick. 



The Ajyplication of Science to Agricv-Uure. By M. R. J. Dunstan. 



The following Paper and JReports were read : — 



1. Work at the Agricultural Experimental Stations in Suffolk and Norfolk. 



%T. B.Wood. 



Two stations were started in AVest Suflblk in 1893, one on the chalk at Higham, 

 the other on a good deep loam at Lavenham — both typical soils in the county. 

 Crops are grown at each station in rotation with various manures, and an annual 

 report is printed and circulated among farmers of the county. Demonstrations 

 are given on the plots on the action of manure', the methods and effects of potato 

 spraying, kc. Expenses are borne by West Suffolk Technical Instruction Com- 

 mittee, and the management is under the Cambridge and Counties Agricultural 

 Education Scheme. 



In Norfolk the arrangements are different. The experiments, started in 1886, 

 are conducted by the Chamber of Agriculture ; since 1 888 they have received an 

 annual grant from the Board of Agriculture, and since 1892 one from the Techni- 

 cal Education Committee of the Norfolk County Council. The experiments have 

 included manurial experiments on all the ordinary crops in the usual course of 

 farming ; the comparison of many well-known varieties of wheat and barley ; the 

 value of residues of manures, and various sheep-feeding experiments to test the 

 value of oil in cakes very rich in oil ; the comparison of the values of many popular 

 diets ; the determination of the most economical rations, itc. 



Besides the.^e experiments in the field a considerable amount of laboratory work 

 has been done at both the county stations. 



2. Report on the Preparation of Haloids from Pure Materials. 

 See Reports, p. 341. 



3. Interim Report of the Committee on the Bibliography of Spectroscopy, 



See Reports, p. 263. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 



The following Papers and Reports were read : — 



1. Some Remarks on Orthochromatic Photography. By Dr. H. W. VoGEL. 



My first researches on orthochromatic photography were published twenty-three 

 years ago. These investigations were confirmed hj Becquerel and were first 

 brought under the notice of the English public by Meldola in 1874. 



' An account of the discussion is published, and is sold at the Office, price id. 



