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hedgehog and squirrel, and the beneficial mole, alsq shi-ew mice. 
There were also a series of photographs showing various insects 
at work and the damage done by them, the most important 
being a new form of attack of the big bud mite on red currants. 
Amongst the most important of the fungi exhibited by Mr. 
Salmon were the black scab or spot of apples, the cherry leaf 
scorch, the brown rot, and the American gooseberry mildew. 
Fresh specimens of the latter fungus on the berries were to be 
seen, showing how serious the attack of this fungus is, and 
what loss this recently introduced enemy would occasion if 
allowed to spread over the country-. 
The various .stages of the scab on apples were shown, and the 
remedy pointed out, namely, spraying with Bordeaux mixture. 
The presence of scab on the wood in winter in certain places 
and on certain varieties was drawn attention to, and winter 
treatment for it advised. The best foi’mulae of fungicides were 
given over the jars of the washes exhibited. Amongst other 
exhibits may be pointed out the apparatus used for “ Smudges ” 
in fruit plantations, and the means of connecting a thermometer 
with an electric bell, so that the temperature can be recoi’ded 
to anyone sleeping at a distance from the plantation. 
The College also showed an almost complete collection of 
forest tree insect pests, formed by Mr. Theobald. Many 
large specimens were shown of insect damage, notably of the 
goal moth and living examples of forest insects at work, while 
a series of birds, useful in the forest as a means of checking 
insect damage was exhibited. This exhibit gained the Silver 
Medal. 
The Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, Kingston, 
Derby. — Besides photographs and other illustrations descriptive 
of this College, the following notes may be given of the more 
important exhibits made on this occasion : — Inoculation experi- 
ments. These were illustrated by Pots of Oats growing in a 
black peaty soil (car soil), and inoculated respectively with 
nitrous, nitric, ammonia producing, putrefactive, and with 
mixtures of these organisms, the pots being compared with one 
which was uninoculated. The beneficial results of these inocu- 
lations could be clearly seen, more especially in the case of the 
nitrous organisms. The experiments were quite new, and it is 
to be noted that at present the results obtained in the field have 
not confirmed those of the pot experiments. An analysis of the 
soil showed it to be very rich in combined nitrogen (over 2 per 
cent.). The soil nevertheless produces very poor crops, nearly 
all the nitrogen existing in a form which is not available for 
plants. 
In another exhibit thr availahUitg of the Phosphates in 
Basic Slag was demonstrated by a series of pots of sand in 
which mustard was growing, manured with equal quantities of 
