212 TiMEHRl. 



Letters from His Excellency the Governor and Mr. 

 G. S. Jenman, were read, thanking the Society for ele6ling 

 them Honorary Members. 



The following extra6ls from newspapers were for- 

 warded by the Hon. W. A. Wolseley and read : — 



FROM THE CORRESPONDENT OF THE " STANDARD." 



At the last meeting of the German Agricultural Society, Dr. Thiel, 

 of the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, stated that the experiments that 

 have been carried on for a long time past by Herren Hall, Riegel, Notbe, 

 and others, with a view to ascertaining how the bafleria of the soil may 

 be rendered useful, have been crowned with success, so far as the bafteria 

 necessary for the assimilation of nitrogen and the successful cultivation 

 of leguminous plants dependent upon it are concerned. Herr Notbe 

 has succeeded in cultivating these bafteria on a large scale. He is con- 

 vinced that the sowing of these ba6leria will make soils which need 

 them more produftive in a cheaper and more convenient way than the 

 method of inoculating suitable earth invented some years ago. The 

 expense of treating a Prussian morgen, about four-eighths of an English 

 acre, by the bafterial method, will be about half a-crown. If this method 

 stands the test of praftical experience, attempts to cultivate other kinds 

 of nitrogen-producing bafteria will be made. 



EXTRACT FROM THE GERMAN AGRICULTURAL PAPER, " THE PRESS," 



NO i6, 1896. 



In the sitting of the 19th February, the President, Professor Dr. Orth, 

 before opening the regular business, requested Dr. Thiel to give 

 information respefting the latest experiments of the most interesting 

 and praftical nature It was with regard to the important question, 

 which had been prominently raised by the lately deceased Hellreger, 

 Dr. Salfeld, Dr. Robbe and others, as to utilising the various soil 

 bafteria for -agricultural purposes. 



With one kind, namely, with the bafteria necessary for the successful 

 cultivation of the nitrogen collefting leguminosae the experiments have 

 so far prospered, that it has been found possible to cultivate this special 

 species on a large scale Dr Robbe, thanks to whom this success has 

 been attained, has entrusted the preparatioh of same to the Hoshster 

 Factory who have the necessary appliances, and who prepare the well, 

 known diptheria verum, and this Company will soon place in the 

 market in bottles these leguniinos8e*ba£teria cultivations la use, the 



