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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION- EXHIBITION, 
BRISTOL, 1913. 
The Education Exhibition of 1913, which Sir J. B. Bowen- 
Jones, Bart., had under his direction, was well up to the 
customary standard of excellence, and presented several 
features of special interest. All the exhibits were in one 
building, or its annexes, which was a distinct improvement on 
the arrangement at Doncaster the previous year, when the 
principal entry was housed in a special pavilion at some little 
distance from the main building. 
Three only of the Agricultural Colleges were represented, 
but the Rothamsted Experimental Station sent an exhibit 
which attracted much attention, and the Meteorological Office 
made a first appearance in this section of the Society’s Show- 
yard with an exceedingly interesting collection of instruments, 
charts, and records. Now that some considerable amount of 
attention is being devoted to the re-establishment of village 
industries in various places, it was interesting to see the 
exhibit of the Stonehenge Woollen Industry, though some may 
doubt how far the development of such enterprises are 
economically possible. The nature-study stalls once more 
occupied a very considerable share of the available ^space, and 
attracted a certain section of the visitors in large numbers. 
The Royal Agricultural Society of England. Woburn Experi- 
mental Station.— The Royal Agricultural Society was represented 
in this part of the Show by the Woburn Experimental Station, 
and it was noticeable that a number of the visitors to this bay 
were unacquainted with the fact that Affiburn is directly under 
the control and management of the Society. The farm con- 
tributed some interesting specimens, taken from field plots, to 
show the changes that are possible by judicious manuring of 
grass land, not only in the herbage but also in the turf. 
Applications of farmyard manure have given the heaviest 
yields of hay, but the quality of the grass was very coarse, 
and the condition of the turf not at all satisfactory. These 
unfavourable conditions were removed on the lime plot, and 
when followed with a dressing of superphosphate and sulphate 
of potash gave a beautiful turf, the herbage consisting of the 
finer grasses and white clover. Basic slag and sulphate of 
potash also produced a nice turf, but not noticeably better 
than superphosphate and sulphate of potash. ? 
These experiments illustrate what can be done by« any 
practical farmer, as the field where the work is carried out 
