The journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. . Common Scaij of Potatoes. 51 Later, Professor Seton conceived the idea of increasing thejnoistiire holding capacity of the soil hy green-inaniii ing, and thepresent series of experiments is the natural outcome of this sug-gestion. Subsequent experiments have shown that the hy])o-thesis put forAvard could not be maintained, but the treatment•to which it gave rise, has, for some other reason whiV h will be-discussed later, given excellent results. The first experiment in which it was put to the test wascarried out in 1911 as follows :— Two plots, No.
The journal of the Ministry of Agriculture. . Common Scaij of Potatoes. 51 Later, Professor Seton conceived the idea of increasing thejnoistiire holding capacity of the soil hy green-inaniii ing, and thepresent series of experiments is the natural outcome of this sug-gestion. Subsequent experiments have shown that the hy])o-thesis put forAvard could not be maintained, but the treatment•to which it gave rise, has, for some other reason whiV h will be-discussed later, given excellent results. The first experiment in which it was put to the test wascarried out in 1911 as follows :— Two plots, No. 1 and 2, were selected on ^oil knownto produce Scab. On Plot 1 a quantity of fresh grass lawn•mowings was spread at the rate of BO tons to the acre, and whenthis had withered somewhat, it was forked in. Xo dung wasused but a mixture of artificials was applied to each plot.* Two-thirds of each plot was then planted with clean setsand the remaining third with badly scabbed * sets of Dal-housie potatoes. The plots were then cultivated in
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