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THE Harper Adams Agricultural College, Newport, Shropshire, has issued a review of its advisory work in the West Midland province during 1936–37 (Adv. Kept. No. 12, pp. 23, May 1937). This is contributed by the advisory staff of the College, and bears the title of “Harper Adams Adviser”. Topics of special interest are described, and the most significant tendencies are shown, but no attempt is made to condense the whole advisory activity into this small volume. Mr. F. S. Dennis shows, among other things, the high cost of milk production in Warwickshire, and indicates the lines of heavy expenditure. The correction of heart-rot in sugar beet, and 'Raan' in swedes, by the application of borax, is one interesting feature of Mr. W. Morley Davies's contribution, and the yield of milk deficient in butter-fat and total solids during spring and early summer also receives attention. This is a question vital to dairy farmers, for many cows do not provide milk which reaches the necessary legal standardsat this period. "Some Causes of Winter Wheat Failure" is the main topic of Mr. H. C. F. Newton, the advisory entomologist, whilst Mr. N. C. Preston discusses the fungus disease of the same crop, known by the laconic name 'take-all'. Dr. A. Lloyd Pro van compares the simple methylene bluetest for the number of bacteria in milk, with the more accurate, but cumbersome, plating method. Veterinary investigational work is described byMr. K. D. Downham.
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Agricultural Advice. Nature 141, 113 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141113b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141113b0