191 1.] Summary of Agricultural Experiments. 239 



Applications were received for allotments during 1910 from 

 15,647 individuals and 7 Associations, and the total quantity 

 applied for was 4,436 acres. Allotment authorities are em- 

 powered by the Act to erect dwelling houses for occupation 

 with any allotment of one acre or more, and 33 applications for 

 houses were received during the year, but at present none 

 have been actually erected by any of the authorities. 



The returns received show that 1,582 acres have been 

 acquired for allotments during the year 1910, as compared 

 with 2,407 acres in 1909. The quantity purchased is 250 

 acres, and the price paid ^23,569; while the quantity leased 

 is 1,332 acres, for which rents amounting to ,£2,958 are paid. 

 The average price of the land purchased is £105 an acre, and 

 the average rent of the land leased £2 45. 6d. an acre. 



There were 4,979 individual applicants and 5 Associa- 

 tions in England and Wales provided with allotments by 

 local authorities on the land acquired during 1910, and in 

 addition a large number of applicants have been provided 

 with allotments on land which was acquired before 1910. 

 The returns received show that there is at present an out- 

 standing demand, which has not been satisfied, from 11,214 

 individual applicants and 11 Associations, and that the 

 quantity of land required to satisfy them is 4,974 acres. 



SUMMARY OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS.* 

 Soils and Manuring. 



Composition of Gas Lime (Jour. Agric. Science, Vol. Hi., Pt. 3, 

 September, 1910). — Analyses, of two samples of gas lime were made by 

 Mr. P. J. Bhatt in the laboratory of Cambridge University Department 

 of Agriculture. One sample was described as carbonised lime, and 

 was shown by its analysis to be practically moist calcium carbonate. 

 The second sample was described as sulphided lime. This contained small 

 but definite quantities of free sulphur, sulphur compounds, and cyanides, 

 which might be harmful to crops or possess some fungicidal power. 

 To test these points, growing cress and clover were treated with solu- 

 tions of both samples at various strengths. In the weaker solutions 

 no action was observed, but with a 10 per cent, solution a distinct 

 check on the growth took place, especially in the case of the sulphided 

 lime. Neither material, however, seemed likely to be dangerously 



* A summary of all reports on agricultural experiments and investigations recently 

 received will be given each month. The Board are anxious to obtain for inclusion 

 copies of reports on all inquiries, whether carried out by agricultural colleges, 

 societies, or private persons. 



