98 



Agricultural Syndicates in Normandy. 



Government Laboratory on behalf of the Board of Agri- 

 culture. A similar statement, with the figures for the year 

 ended March 31, 1899, is given below : — 





1895-Q6 



1896-97 



1897-98 



189S 



-99 





(May to March). 



(April to March). 



(April to March). 



(April to March). 



Country. 





















Samples 



Found 



Samples 



Found 



Samples 



P ound 



Samples 



Found 





Exam- 



Adul- 



Exam- 



Adul- 



Exam- 



Adul- 



Exam- 



Adul- 





ined. 



terated. 



ined. 



terated. 



ined. 



terated. 



ined. 



terated. 



Holland - 



257 



67 



349 



11 



231 



1 



227 



2 



Denmark - - - - 



202 





89 





108 





97 





Germany - 



171 



43 



172 



32 



144 



20 







Norway and Sweden 



119 



2 



113 



2 



137 





141 





France - 



65 





56 





-138 





145 





Belgium - - 



18 





18 





5 





8 





Russia - 



47 



5 



46 



1 • 



57 



4 



29 





United States - 



65 





54 





179 





164 





Canada - 



39 





33 





187 





in 





Australia- - - 



57 





16 





37 





25 





New Zealand - 



21 





8 





22 





14 





Argentine Republic- 



5 





6 





26 





8 





Italy - - - - 



















Spain - - 







1 













Uruguay - 



















Cape of Good Hope 















2 





Total - 



1.066 



" 3 



963 



46 



1,271 



25 



1,083 



2 



(Exclusive of samples broken in transit.) 



Mr. Haag, H.M. Acting Consul at Cherbourg, in his 

 report on the trade and agriculture of 

 SyndicallsTnd Cherbourg and district in 1898, states 



Manures in that agricultural syndicates have ren- 

 Normandy. . ... 



dered great services to agriculture m 



supplying manures and establishing model farms. They 

 have, besides, brought competent men to the fore, who have 

 shown the peasant in a practical way how to increase pro- 

 duction and improve the quality of his produce. Mr. Haag 

 believes that there is in his consular district a very large 

 and continually increasing market for artificial manures, and 

 suggests that British firms, if they wish to maintain and 

 improve their position and prices in the market, should send 

 out thoroughly qualified representatives to ascertain the 

 requirements and watch the fluctuations of the market, as a 

 French syndicate is about to be established at Honfleur, 

 which will probably prove a dangerous competitor. 



