RESEARCH AND THE LAND
Reference has already been made in our columns to the valuable research work which is being carried out at the Rothamsted Experimental station by means-of the funds of the Lawes Agricultural Trust. «A summary of Jthe inTestigations in actual progress at this great-research institute has recently been issued' and is of extraordinary- interest. Thwe are no 4ess than ten separate scientific departments each with a expert N staff of university graduates in science, besides a number of junior workers. With such aVstaff it becomes possible for each investigator to concentrate his or,her attention upon a single problem under the guidance of a departmental head and such-a method of intensive attack obviously possesses great advant- ' .ages. - : . '..' At the Cawthron Lecture on Wednesday next. Sir John Russell will tell the interesting story of the sOrigin.of the Rothamsted Station and of the influence which it has exerted on the development of Agricultural Science and Prac- ! tice. TV -s-■*; ■.;'.,. ...'■'•' ..■;"-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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