1922.] 



Spraying of Cornfield Weeds. 



1109 



Jowl — Medium size. 

 Chest — Wide and deep. 



Shoulders — Well developed, but not projecting, and in line with ribs 



must not show any coarseness. 

 Back — Long and level. 

 L o in — Very broad . 



Sides — Very deep and presenting straight bottom line. 

 Belly and Flank — Full and thick. 

 Quarters— Long, wide and not drooping. 



Tail — Set high, of moderate size, yet fairly strong and long carrying 

 brush. 



Hams — Large and not flat and well filled to the hocks. 

 Legs — Sho; t, straight and strong. 



Skin and Coat — Skin light or dark, must not show coloured splotches 

 otherwise than beneath the spots of the coat, the latter should be 

 fully and fairly thick, hair long and silky but not curly, with an 

 absence of mane bristles. Colour: white spots on black ground or 

 black spots on white ground. Such spots to be of medium size. 



Objections — Head narrow, face and nose dishc^L — 

 Ears — Thick, coarse or elevated. 



Coat — Coarse or curly with rose; bristly mane or .decidedly 

 slate or sandy colour; skewbald or saddleback markings. 

 Wrinkles— Highly objectionable, almost to disqualification. 



Quality to be especially considered by judges. 



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THE SPRAYING OF CORNFIELD 

 WEEDS WITH SULPHATE OF 

 AMMONIA. 



John Porter, B.Sc, N.D.A., N.D.D., 



County Agricultural Organiser for Buckinghamshire. 



The object of the trials described below was to discover an 

 alternative to copper sulphate solution as a spray for destroying 

 charlock and other weeds in corn .fields.* For several years past 

 a 3 per cent, solution of copper sulphate (T>0 lb. copper sulphate 

 to 100 gal. of water) has generally proved effective for this 

 purpose, 1 and from the^ point of view of killing charlock it is 



* Reports on the spraying of charlock and other weeds have recently been 

 received by the Ministry from a number of centres. They include accounts 

 of trials with sulphate of ammonia furnished by Mr. R. C. Gaut (Agricultural 

 Organiser for Worcestershire) and Professor R. G. White (University College 

 of North Wales, Bangor.) The numeral references indicate notes at the end 

 of this article which have been prepared from these two reports by officers of 

 the Ministry. 



