830 



Notes on Manures foe December. 



[Dec, 



The Annual Report of Proceedings under the Tithe, &c, 

 Acts, for the year 1920, recently issued by the Ministry,* 

 states that the amount of tithe rentcharge included in com- 

 pulsory applications in 1920 was approximately twice as much 

 as in 1919 and four times as much as in 1913, and that the 

 increase in the amount comprised in voluntary applications 

 was much more noticeable, being nearly thirteen times the 

 amount for 1919 and over 261 times the amount for 1913.. It 

 is also stated that the amount of tithe rentcharge included in 

 voluntary applications received in 1920, rose from £2,396 in 

 January to £151,243 in December, the amount for the latter 

 month alone being double the total sum included in applica- 

 tions from the year 1846, when statutory provision was first 

 made for the redemption of tithe rentcharge, up to the passing 

 of the Tithe Act, 1918. 



The number of letters received by the Ministry in 1920 in 

 connection with business under the Tithe Acts, was approxi- 

 mately 65,000, while the letters sent out numbered 90,000. 

 The number of orders, certificates, appointments of trustees 

 and other formal instruments issued under the seal of the 

 Minister in connection with this work, was about 15,600. The 

 fees and charges paid to the Ministry during the year in con- 

 nection with the work under the Tithe Acts were £14,818. 



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NOTES ON MANURES FOR 

 DECEMBER. 



E. J. Russell, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station. 



Slag Phosphate. — A correspondent has raised the question 



as to what these words mean. They have been used in two 

 senses. It has been not uncommon for agricultural experts 

 and lecturers in speaking of basic slag to call the phosphate 

 present therein " slag phosphate," to distinguish it from super- 

 phosphate; no doubt this use of the word will still continue 

 owing to the difficulty of changing a common usage. During 

 recent months, however, the words have been used to denote a 

 mixture of basic slag and mineral phosphate which is now on 

 the market. Farmers and others using the words " slag 

 phosphate " must be careful to realise exactly in which of these 

 two meanings they are intended. 



* Obtainable from H.M. Stationery Office, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, 

 price yd. net. 



