Report for 1930
Creators: name: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: name: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Year: 1931
Subjects: subject: crop yield
subject: meteorological observations
subject: fertilizer application
subject: wheat
subject: soil
subject: crop rotation
subject: agricultural research
subject: agronomy
subject: barley
subject: fallowing
subject: farmyard manure
subject: nitrogen fertilizers
subject: rothamsted research
subject: rothamsted classical experiments
subject: broadbalk long-term experiment
subject: park grass long-term experiment
subject: rothamsted long-term experiments
subject: hoosfield alternate wheat and fallow long-term experiment
subject: exhaustion land long-term experiment
subject: broadbalk wilderness experiment
subject: geescroft wilderness experiments
subject: agdell long-term experiment
subject: barnfield clover long-term experiment
subject: woburn experimental farm
subject: potatoes
subject: apiculture
subject: sugarbeet
subject: hay
subject: basic slag
subject: grasslands
subject: soil microorganisms
subject: soil cultivation
subject: mycology
subject: insecticides
subject: pest control
subject: disease control
subject: geology
subject: fungal diseases

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description: Rothamsted Experimental Station Report for 1930.....................................................3<br>Rothamsted Laboratories , Erected 1914-1916.........................................................4<br>Contents............................................................................................6<br>Rothamsted Experimental Station ; Woburn Experimental Farm; And Imperial Bureau of Soil Staff List..8<br>Publications of Rothamsted Experimental Station....................................................15<br>Introduction - General Account Of Rothamsted........................................................19<br>Rothamsted Report For The Year 1930 ................................................................22<br>FIELD EXPERIMENTS...................................................................................23<br>Barley..............................................................................................23<br>Wheat ..............................................................................................27<br>The Fallowing of Broadbalk Wheat Field .............................................................28<br>Potatoes ...........................................................................................29<br>Sugar Beet .........................................................................................35<br>Forage Mixture Crops ...............................................................................38<br>Seeds Hay...........................................................................................39<br>Effects of Farmyard Manure : How Long Do They Last .................................................40<br>A NEW CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENT . ROTATION I. Four Course Rotation. ....................................41<br>EFFECT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FERTILISER EFFICIENCY...............................................43<br>GRASSLAND . Meadow Hay. (Basic Slag Committee) .....................................................44<br>Use of Grassland ...................................................................................45<br>The Accuracy of the Field Experiments ..............................................................49<br>SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS................................................................................52<br>CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL.............................................................................54<br>UTILISATION OF RESULTS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS..................................................55<br>COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL : SOIL ANALYSIS.............................................................55<br>COMPOSITION OF THE CROPS............................................................................57<br>THE PLANT IN DISEASE . Insect Pests and Their Control. Insecticides and Insect Pests. Mycology......58<br>THE FARM : GEOLOGICAL SURVEY . Geology of the Rothamsted Experimental Fields ......................61<br>FIELD EXPERIMENTS AT OUTSIDE CENTRES................................................................63<br>FUNGUS DISEASES IN CROPS AT ROTHAMSTED AND WOBURN. Observations on Fungous Diseases in Crops on Experimental Plots at Rothamsted and Woburn May-September 1930 ..64<br>OBSERVATIONS ON INSECTS ATTACKING FARM CROPS........................................................65<br>ROTHAMSTED FARM REPORT..............................................................................67<br>METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.........................................................................71<br>Summaries Of Papers Published in 1930 I. Scientific papers:........................................74<br>CROPS, PLANT GROWTH AND FERTILISER INVESTIGATIONS...................................................74<br>STATISTICAL METHODS AND RESULTS.....................................................................79<br>THE SOIL............................................................................................84<br>THE SOIL POPULATION AND ITS BEHAVIOUR...............................................................88<br>THE PLANT IN DISEASE ; CONTROL OF DISEASE...........................................................90<br>Summaries Of Papers Published in 1930 II. Technical and Other Papers ...............................96<br>Woburn Experimental Farm ...........................................................................99<br>Dr J. A. Voelcker's Report, 1929-30.................................................................99<br>Mr H. G. Miller's Report............................................................................106<br>Rothamsted Experimental Plots, 1930 ................................................................111<br>The Use of the Summary Tables ......................................................................112<br>The Classical Experiments...........................................................................114<br>Scheme for Rotation Experiments ...................................................................127<br>Experiments at Rothamsted...........................................................................152<br>Experiments at Woburn...............................................................................157<br>Experiments at Other Centres........................................................................157<br>Lawes Agricultural Trust; Trustees and Committee; The Incorporated Society for Extending Rothamsted Experiments..174<br>