Abstract
THE work of the Rothamsted Experimental Station is mainly directed to obtaining exact information about soils and the growth of crops; information of a fundamental nature of this type is applicable wherever crops are grown and whatever the economic conditions prevailing at the time. Sir John Russell, in his report for 1932 (2s. 6d.), asks the question whether this type of experimental work is necessary in times of over-production. He replies to this by stating that it is in difficult times such as these that the need for exact information about crops and stocks is most urgent, as it enables farmers rapidly to alter their methods with the changing economic conditions. It might be added that the ‘details’ of crop husbandry, such as are accumulated at Rothamsted, help to provide a weapon for fighting the products of low cost mechanised farming abroad. The per acre costs on the small farms of Great Britain cannot be lowered much further, but, by attention to yield, the cost of the product can be kept down.
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R., E. Work of the Rothamsted Experimental Station. Nature 132, 826 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132826a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132826a0