that it would be desirable that he, as the author and originator 

 of the experiments, should prepare a Report which would 

 bring together in one publication the results obtained during 

 the last fourteen years. 



In publishing the Report which Professor SomerviSle has 

 been good enough to prepare, and for which the Board desire 

 to express their grateful acknowledgment, the Board would 

 draw the attention of farmers to the practical and valuable 

 character of the results obtained. 



Briefly, they may be said to show (i) that certain well- 

 marked types of poor pasture land may be so improved by the 

 use of phosphatic manures, and especially by the application 

 of basic slag, as to enable the land to carry a much larger 

 head of stock than before ; and (2) that this improvement can 

 be effected at a relatively small expense, and usually results 

 in a substantial profit. 



Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 

 Whitehall Place, S.W. 

 January, 191 1. 



