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cedure involved in sending samples to the Consulting Chemist, will 
be found much more generally useful to the farming community. 
22. An especially abundant harvest has been this year experi- 
enced at the Woburn Experimental Farm. A continuation of 
previous experiments on the prevention of Potato Disease by the 
application of “ Bouillie Bordelaise ” (sulphate of copper, lime, and 
water) has again resulted in showing the benefit to be derived from 
this treatment of the potato crop. A change in the resident man- 
agership of the Experimental Farm was necessitated in October 
by the resignation of Mr. A. E. Elliott. Mr. Elliott had been man- 
ager at the farm for over five years, and during his tenure of the 
office both the farm and the experiments have been maintained in 
a very efficient state. The vacancy has been filled up by the 
appointment of Mr. C. H. B. Cane, late of Dunchurch, Rugby. 
During the forthcoming winter season feeding experiments will be 
conducted at the farm, both with bullocks and with sheep. The main 
object of the experiments will be to ascertain the value of home- 
grown wheat and barley for feeding purposes, and especially their 
possible effect in reducing the cost of the cake bill on the farm. 
23. During the past year more than 270 applications have been 
made to the Consulting Botanist. The majority of these have been 
samples of grass for examination. The grass-seeds were on the 
whole pure and free from weeds, though Yorkshire fog still con- 
tinues in a large proportion of the samples of ryegrass, from which 
it can be easily separated. Dodder was present in a very few of the 
clovers. The seeds of sorrel often occur in considerable quantity in 
white clover, otherwise the clovers were very free from impurity. 
Inquiries as to the names and properties of weeds and seeds were 
more numerous than before, and many cases of plants supposed to 
be injurious or poisonous to stock were reported upon. Mixtures 
for permanent pasture are still purchased, and some that were 
reported upon were most unsatisfactory. Many inquiries as to 
diseases of cereals, fruit trees, root crops, and garden plants were 
received and investigated. 
24. The disease of Anbury, or Finger-and-Toe, in Turnips con- 
tinues to engage the attention of the Botanical and Zoological 
Committee, and a report by Dr. Yoelcker on the results of the 
inquiry, so far as it has proceeded, appeared in the June number of 
the Journal. 
25. Among the insect pests which have been reported to the 
Zoologist during the last six months, the grub of the cockchafer holds 
a prominent place, and has been one of the principal subjects of in- 
vestigation. Inquiries have been received with regard to many 
well-known injurious insects, such as the oak tortrix, root-flies, slug- 
worms, surface caterpillars, and grain-weevils ; but in most cases the 
attacks have not assumed any great proportions, and the year as a 
whole seems to have been more than usually free from important 
