854 Summary of Agricultural Experiments, [jan., 



from the United, Kingdom, as well as from America. 

 Thrashing machines, traction engines, &c, are also imported 

 from Great Britain. There should be a very fair opening for 

 further supplies of these classes of implements. 



Since 1899 efforts have been made in Denmark to facilitate 

 the acquisition of allotments and small holdings by agricul- 

 tural labourers, loans on favourable 



Small Holdings in terms being made by the State to pur- 

 Denmark, chasers. The law of 1904, which had 

 itself revised the earlier enactment of 

 1899, has recently been re-enacted in an amended form. 



One of the features of the new law is that its operations 

 extend to all men (and unmarried women gaining their 

 livelihood chiefly by agricultural work), rural artisans, and 

 fishermen, and all persons partly engaged in agricultural 

 work. The value of the land to be acquired is raised from 

 5,000 kroner (^278) to a maximum of 6,500 kroner (^361), 

 or in districts where land is exceptionally expensive, to 8,000 

 kroner (^444), and the State may advance a sum not exceed- 

 ing nine-tenths of the total value. When the money is 

 advanced, interest must be paid on it at the rate of 3 per cent., 

 but repayment does not begin for five years. At the end of 

 five years the repayment of capital begins, and is fixed at 



4 per cent, (including interest) on two-fifths of the amount of 

 the loan until this portion is paid off. When this has been 

 done, the balance of the loan is to be repaid at the rate of 



5 per cent, per annum for interest and principal. 



SUMMARY OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS.* 



Weeds and Fungus Diseases. 



Spraying of Charlock and Spurrey (Univ. Coll. of North Wales, 

 Bangor, Bull, ii., 1908). — Spraying was conducted in 1908 on fifteen 

 farms, solutions of 15, 20, and 25 lb. of sulphate of copper in 50 gallons 

 of water being used. In a number of cases rain fell within a few 



* The summaries of Agricultural Experiments which have appeared in the present 

 volume have been as follows : — Experiments with Cereals, April, p. 65, and May, 

 p. 150 ; Experiments with Root Crops, June, p. 239, and July, p. 311 ; Experiments 

 with Potatoes, July, p. 313, and August, p. 402; Miscellaneous Experiments, 

 August, p. 405, and September, p. 489 ; Experiments with Clover and Grass, 

 October, p. 589 ; Experiments with Live Stock, November, p. 660 ; and Experiments 

 with Milk, Butter, and Cheese, December, p. 753. 



