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Composition of the Crops

Book: Report for 1930
Collection: Rothamsted Reports
Year of Publication : 1931
Book DOI: https://doi.org/10.23637/ERADOC-1-63
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Rothamsted Research (1931) Composition of the Crops in : Report for 1930 - pp 55 - 56
Copyright: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Creator: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: Rothamsted Research
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Report for 1930

Title	Pages
Report for 1930	-1
Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1930	1
Rothamsted Laboratories , Erected 1914-1916	2
Contents	4
Rothamsted Experimental Station ; Woburn Experimental Farm; and Imperial Bureau of Soil Staff List	6
Publications of Rothamsted Experimental Station	13
Introduction - General Account of Rothamsted	17
Rothamsted Report for the Year 1930	20
Field Experiments	21
Barley	21
Wheat	25
The Fallowing of Broadbalk Wheat Field	26
Potatoes	27
Sugar Beet	33
Forage Mixture Crops	36
Seeds Hay	37
Effects of Farmyard Manure : How Long Do They Last	38
A New Continuous Experiment . Rotation I. Four Course Rotation.	39
Effect of Weather Conditions on Fertiliser Efficiency	41
Grassland . Meadow Hay. (Basic Slag Committee)	42
Use of Grassland	43
The Accuracy of the Field Experiments	47
Soil Micro-organisms	50
Cultivation of the Soil	52
Composition of the Soil : Soil Analysis	53
Utilisation of Results of Agricultural Experiments	53
Composition of the Crops	55
The Plant in Disease . Insect Pests and Their Control. Insecticides and Insect Pests. Mycology	56
The Farm : Geological Survey . Geology of the Rothamsted Experimental Fields	59
Field Experiments at Outside Centres	61
Fungus Diseases in Crops at Rothamsted and Woburn. Observations on Fungous Diseases in Crops on Experimental Plots at Rothamsted and Woburn May-september 1930	62
Observations on Insects Attacking Farm Crops	63
Rothamsted Farm Report	65
Meteorological Observations	69
Summaries of Papers Published in 1930 I. Scientific Papers:	72
Crops, Plant Growth and Fertiliser Investigations	72
Statistical Methods and Results	77
The Soil	82
The Soil Population and Its Behaviour	86
The Plant in Disease ; Control of Disease	88
Summaries of Papers Published in 1930 II. Technical and Other Papers	94
Woburn Experimental Farm	97
Dr J. A. Voelcker's Report, 1929-30	97
Mr H. G. Miller's Report	104
Rothamsted Experimental Plots, 1930	109
Yields of Experimental Plots	110
The Use of the Summary Tables	110
The Classical Experiments	112
Scheme for Rotation Experiments	125
Experiments at Rothamsted	150
Experiments at Woburn	155
Experiments at Other Centres	155
Lawes Agricultural Trust; Trustees and Committee; the Incorporated Society for Extending Rothamsted Experiments	172

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