1904.] 



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The results were particularly satisfactory in the case of 

 lupins and serradella, the difference in the crops being in many 

 cases very marked indeed ; for instance, lupins grown on 

 adjoining plots were found to give when inoculated a crop 

 six times as large, and even greater differences were obtained 

 in some other cases. On some soils crops were obtained by 

 the use of these pure cultures, whereas repeated attempts in 

 the past had given such unsatisfactory results that it wa s 

 concluded that these plants could not thrive on land of this 

 description. The results of the inoculation experiments have 

 shown this conclusion to be erroneous, and the farmers antici- 

 pate that by this system they will be able to practice green 

 manuring, and thus be successful in improving certain areas of 

 poor land in Bavaria. In the case of the other plants which are 

 usually cultivated in Bavaria the inoculation has also in most 

 cases resulted in an increased yield. 



Early in the present year the new nitragin was being offered 

 free of cost to all members of the German Agricultural Society 

 on the condition that it was used in accordance with the 

 directions that accompany it. In consequence of the large 

 demand the free offer was in April withdrawn, but the substance 

 may be purchased from Professor Hiltner, of Munich, in quan- 

 tities sufficient to treat the seed of a half to one acre at the 

 price of one shilling. 



A system of model allotments for the purpose of providing 



instruction in the best methods of cultivation has been 



adopted by the Oxford and Surrey County 

 Model Allotments. _ _ ~ . , , , « . 



Councils. In Oxford the plan pursued is 



to rent a plot in an allotment, and to place it in charge of a 



steward, who is responsible for its proper cultivation, under the 



supervision of the County Horticultural Instructor. The plot 



is then cultivated in the best manner possible, and a large 



variety of vegetables grown upon it, thus affording an object 



lesson to the cultivators of the adjoining plots. At the end 



