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In addition, the information contained in the following leaflets has been 

 revised and brou^-ht up to date : — 



No. 72. — The Purchase of Artificial Manures. 



175. — The Use of Waste Organic Substances as Manures. 

 „ 285. — Bacon Curing on the Farm. 

 „ 298. — Pig Keeping for Cottagers and Small Holders. 



Map showing" Areas declared Infected with Wart Disease 

 in Scotland. — The Ministry has issued a map showing those districts of 

 Scotland which have been declared Infected Areas owing to the presence of 

 Wart Disease in gardens and allotments. This map should assist potato 

 dealers and others who desire to obtain " seed " potatoes from those parts of 

 Scotland where Wart Disease does not exist. 



Copies of the map (price 3d.) may be obtained post free from the 

 Ministry's Offices at 3, St. James's Square, London, S.W.I. 



Extension of the Rothamsted Laboratories.— It is proposed to 

 extend the Rothamsted Laboratories at an early date so as to make much 

 needed provision for the investigation of diseases and pests of farm crops 

 which now cause much loss to the agriculturist. As a first step in the 

 extension the Rothamsted Trustees propose to acquire a house and garden 

 which occupy a large part of the island site on which the laboratories stand, 

 and which the owner is prepared to sell. 



Half of the money required was contributed by the Development Commis- 

 sion out of the Development Fund ; most of the remainder has been given by 

 important firms and organisations connected with the supply of farmers' 

 materials, and a few of the members of the Society for Extending the 

 Rothamsted Experiments. Almost the full amount has now been collected, 

 the sum of £237 only being still needed. 



Plans for the new laboratories have been drawn up, and a commencement 

 will be made as soon as building conditions become more stable. 



The Rothamsted Trustees hope that those interested in agj-icultural investi- 

 gation and research will aid the fund by sending subscriptions (To the 

 Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.), 



Rothamsted Experimental Station.— The Right Hon. Lord 

 Bledisloe, K.B.E., has been appointed Chairman of the Lawes Agricultural 

 Trust Committee, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, in the place 

 of Sir John Thorold, Bart., who has resigned. 



Closing of the Experimental Fruit Farm at Woburn.— The 



Woburn Fruit Farm, which was carried on from 1894 to 1918 by the Duke of 

 Bedford, and subsequently with the aid of a grant from the Development 

 Fund, administered by the Committee of the Rothamsted Experimental 

 Station, is to be closed at Christmas, owing to the continued ill health of 

 Mr. Spencer U. Pickering, F.R.S., rendering him unable to continue his 

 experimental work on the Farm. 



The Ormskirk Potato Trials, 1919 : Erratum.— In last month's 

 issue of this Journal, page 697, it was inadvertently stated that the Annual 

 Report for 1919 of the Trials of Potatoes Immune from Wart Disease was 

 obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office. This is incorrect. Applications for 

 copies should be addressed to the Offices of the Ministry, 3, St. James's 

 Square, London, S.W.I. 



A description of this publication appears on page xvii of this issue. 



