The aims of the lawn-keeper and the farmer are in
some respects diametrically opposed, but it is interesting to see how Jealots Hill—that great research station for the farmer—and St. Ives work to the same end. The chief results of the Jealots Hill research have also just been published, not in a journal, but in a book : Fertilizers and Food Stuffs (by Sir Frederick Keeble. Oxford University Press. 5s.). The book is really a monograph on the possibilities of increasing national production by the aid of fertilizers alone: I have seen this week—in Suffolk—some really astounding illustrations of the thesis—but of this on another occasion. It was never so true as to-day that "In the fullest development of the land—our greatest national asset—lies the most important and fruitful task of our Government and our people." Sir Frederick Keeble's book should help to this end.
W. BEAM THOMAS.
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