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MINISTRY OF AGltlCULTURE AND FISHERIES. 



THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRASS LAND. 



(Miscellaneous Publication No. 24.) 



This pamphlet of 50 pa^es deals with the general question 

 of the improvement of grass land. The various types of grass 

 land are dealt with, and improvements considered under such 

 headings as manuring, mechanical treatment, renovating mixtures, 

 altered methods of stocking, substituting pasture for meadow 

 conditions or the reverse, and eradication of weeds. Notes on 

 the grasses and clovers used in pasture, the purchase of seeds, 

 and the types of seed mixtures, are also given, as well as infor- 

 mation on the conversion of heavy clay land to grass, lucerne 

 and sainfoin leys, and the treatment of new pastures. Price 3d., 

 Post free. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXPERI- 

 MENTS IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF GRASS LAND. 



(Miscellaneous Publication No. 25.) 



This pamphlet is supplementary to No. 24 (see above), and 

 the suggestions it contains should be considered in the light of 

 the information given in that publication. It deals (1) with 

 schemes simple in character and direct and practical in their 

 object, capable of general adoption by farmers, and (2) with 

 experiments requiring considerable attention and supervision, 

 applicable chiefly to college farms or farms in close touch with 

 the Educational Staff of the county. Gratis and post free. 



raE COMPOSITION, CULTIVATION AND DISEASES 

 OF THE POTATO. 



(Supplement to this Journal, March, 1919. 



This publication deals with the cultivation, composition, and 

 diseases of the potato, including a full Report on the experiments 

 in connection with Wart Disease, and the results of the spraying 

 campaign conducted during the summer of 1918. It is excellently 

 illustrated. Price 6d. per copy, j^ost free. 



The above 'publications may be obtained on application to the 

 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and. Fisheries (Publicaticnis 

 Branch), 3, ISt. James's Square, London, S,W. 1. 



