THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVIII. No. 11. 



FEBRUARY, 1922. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



Several enquiries have been addressed to the Ministry by 

 farmers and market gardeners who wished to make a practical 



Practical °* ^ e met ^ 0< ^ °^ conver ^ n 8 straw into 



. .. - farmyard manure on the lines of the experi- 

 Application of /, . . , ..-on. \ i* 

 _ „ mental work carried out at Kotnamsted* 



the Results of , _ Tr , , , r ry . , , 



A ri cultural ^ Hutchinson and Mr. Richards. 



Research 3, Though the principle involved is established 

 and presents no difficulties, the practical 

 application involves much consideration of detail both with 

 regard to attention to particular points on which success on a 

 large scale depends and also to the conditions on a particular 

 farm which will secure due economy of labour and material. The 

 Ministry, therefore, advises such enquirers as may be desirous of 

 proceeding further into the matter to put themselves into com- 

 munication with the Agricultural Development Company which 

 Lord Elveden has established on the public-spirited lines 

 described in the letter printed below : — 



15th December, 1921. 



Sir, — For some years past I have been deeply interested in 

 the furtherance of Agricultural Research and have been fre- 

 quently impressed with the lack of adequate organisations to 

 undertake the development of Research results to the stage of 

 application to practical farming. 



In the case of seeds, the National Institute of Agricultural 

 Botany fills the need, but there is no similar organisation con- 

 cerned with fertiliser and soil problems. 



I have now decided to form a company called the Agricultural 

 Development Company to fill the gap, in which company I shall 

 provide the capital required in the first instance. 



The primary object of the Company will not be to make profits 

 for the benefits of its shareholders, but to try and develop as a 

 * This Journal, August, 1921, p. 398, and September, 1921, p. 482. 



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