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The above observation of Mr. Cundy is quite in accordance with the 
principles of treatment laid down by Dr. Jul. Kuhn, Director of the 
Institute of Agriculture, Halle, who advises rich manuring, so long as 
there is no risk of the Eelworms being brought to the field in manure 
from Eelworm-infested fodder. 
On April 6th I was favoured by Mr. John Elder, of the Holmes, 
Uphall, Linlithgow (in completion of his observations of the previous 
year), with the following short note :—“ My Oat-crop last year was an 
extremely bulky one, with the exception of one or two spots.” The 
observations referred to are part of a series that Mr. Elder has been 
making for four years or upwards, and which have been successively 
noted in my Reports. The applications to the Oat-land referred to (on 
which Clover stem-sickness had occurred the previous year) consisted 
of phosphates, ammonia, and potash, sown with the Oats at the rate of 
3 cwt. per acre. This mixture consisted of two parts of sulphate of 
potash, three parts of sulphate of ammonia, and four parts of phosphates. 
As the special plots were reported* up to June 15th, with some 
additional observations on preventive applications a month later, it is 
enough to mention here that the unmanured and least-manured parts 
were worst, and the part treated with sulphate of potash (55 per cent.), 
3 cwt. the acre, was excellent at date of special report. Mr. Elder 
also reported as result of his observations the importance of keeping the 
land in as high a state of fertility as possible by application of farm or 
town manure. 
The following note, sent me on April 6th by Mr. Richard Brown, 
of Hillhouse, Kirknewton, Midlothian (who has previously favoured me 
with observations regarding prevention of Tulip-root disease), draws 
attention to the beneficial effects of potash, and likewise to the state 
of the weather requiring observation in application of remedies liable 
to be washed away by excessive rain, as otherwise only disappointment 
and loss may follow on the use of the best-approved measures :—“ Tulip- 
root very prevalent in this district last season (1888). A large field to 
which we had applied a top dressing of sulphate of potash was badly 
affected, but the effect of the top dressing may have been diminished 
by a considerable rainfall which followed its application. We believe 
that by careful rotation of crops, and the application of potash, as well 
as the judicious use of gas-lime, we are gradually extirpating this 
troublesome pest.” 
The following notes by Mr. James Harper, of Auchnabo, Slains, 
Ellon (Aberdeenshire), give some information regarding the benefit of 
use of Barley, which is a crop not liable to Eelworm-infestation; 
also deep ploughing, and also of the manner in which the attack may 
be found recurring precisely to a line coinciding with former area of 
* See 12th ‘Report on Injurious Insects,’ by E. A. Ormerod, pp. 73 and 75. 
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