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Agricultural Credit in Italy. [march, 



basic slag to the acre per annum is found to be sufficient to 

 keep a meadow in good condition. 



Manuring with nitrogen is not general on lowland moors 

 containing nitrogen naturally. 



It is highly important to plant a suitable kind of seed on 

 the meadows and pasture lands, and the results of the experi- 

 ments at the experimental stations, in this respect should be 

 followed, and in order to get good results in the long run, 

 careful and intelligent treatment is necessary, especially in 

 regard to drainage and the avoidance of excessive dryness. 

 It has been found that the regular use of a heavy roller and 

 of harrows is in many cases to be recommended. 



The improvement in moor cultivation has made it possible 

 to obtain results from moorland meadows and pastures which 

 compare favourably with the yield from the best grasslands. 

 For example, the Moor Cultivation Association at Winnert 

 obtained the following average crops per acre, viz., of rye, 

 12 cwt. to 20 cwt. grain, and 24 cwt. to 36 cwt. straw; of oats, 

 9 J cwt. to 19 cwt. grain, and 20 cwt. to 40 cwt. straw; of 

 horse beans, 16 cwt. to 19 cwt. beans, and 28 cwt. to 40 cwt. 

 straw; and of potatoes, 160 cwt. to 280 cwt. 



The first number of the Bulletin of the Bureau of Economic 

 and Social Intelligence, published by the International Agri- 

 cultural Institute, which was referred to 

 Agricultural Credit in the December (1910) issue of this 

 in Italy.* Journal (p. 760), deals, among other 



subjects, with that of the present state 

 of agricultural co-operation and credit in Italy. The first, 

 and for many years almost the only, form of co-operative 



* Articles on Agricultural Credit Abroad have appeared in previous numbers of 

 this Journal as follows: "Agricultural Credit Banks," May, 1905, p. 96; "Agri- 

 cultural Credit in France," June, 1905, p. 149 ; " Agricultural Credit in Hungary," 

 July, 1905, p. 210; "Agricultural Credit in Belgium," August, 1905, p. 279 ; 

 "Agricultural Loans in Queensland," September, 1905, p. 375; "Agricultural 

 Credit in Germany, March, 1906, p. 725 ; " Agricultural Credit in Denmark," May, 

 1906, p. 118, and "Agricultural Credit Banks in Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, 

 and Western Australia," February, 1908, p. 689; "Credit Banks in Austria," 

 February, 1909, p. 867. Reference should also be mideto Leaflet 214 : " Agri- 

 cultural Credit Banks" (containing suggestions for their formation in England). 



