The party of twenty-three members wlio acccptcd the invitation of t.he Uirector of Jcnlott's Hill Rcscnrcli Station cnjoycd tlic privilege riot only of receiving 11 very warm welconic and n most instriictivc nftcrnoon, but of becoining ncqunintctl with tlie cnrly stnges of :i ~novemerit destined to play an outatnnding pnrt i n tlic econoniic reconstitutioii of industry.
It is clifficult to renlisc t,lint tlic lnnd wns ptirclilisccl less than three ycrirs ngo, nntl tluit the mngnificcnt lnborntories were inconiplctc n ycnr ngo. So much seems to lirive been nchicvecl in so short n time. That, tlic chiefs rcgtird their work to dntc ns only n pnrtiul chnrting of t.lic work nliencl intliciitcs dimly whrit tvt: may expect af this combinntion of scientific nbilit,y iincl broad-minded cornnicrcinl enterprise. Onc slioriltl not overlook the enchnnting fnct tlint \vhile the ptomotcrs are andoubtcdly inspired by t,hc Iiigliest,corn~~~c~rcinl principles, tlic work of tlic stntion is frcclp exposid for the Lwnefit of the \vIiolc conmwnity, possible competitors not excepted-surcly an idcnlistic renlisnticrn of the benefitv of riitionnlisnt.ion.
Thcsc ideas \*ere coninionly expressed by tlic visitors on thc return journcy, nnd in tlic following description n few cxnniplcs of the chnrncter of tlic csperi~ncnts will, perhnps, illustrate tlic gciicrnl clinrnctcr of the work of the station, which is fiir too cstcnsivc t.o receive jristicc from a riipid tour.
The party WIS coiiveycil by tlic conipntiy's coticlic~s froni Muitlcnhcad, sonic five miles distnnt, to tlw deinonstrntion sinall Iiolding. This is onc of twentythree siniiliir properties locntcd in diffcrcnt pnrts of t.lic! country from the south to Abertlccii, tlius allo\ving all varieties of climutc, soil, and otlicr locnl conditions to IJC exnmhieil in their rcliition to t,hc ninin end in vicw, viz., miixiniiini production from :I givcn nrcii at tlic Iiiininiurii cost. It may hcrc be stated tlirit the subjection of tlic " buts '' nnd '' ifs " so tlcnr to tlic British fiiinicr cliuriicterisc the \vholc riingc of tlic work of tlic stntion.
Mr. W. G. Sniitli iiict the party n t tliis stiige, uiid