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ALng fiirincrs and otltcrs visited the Rotlinmsted Stntion on Wcilncsdiiy, Junc 28, iuitl nintlc u tour of tltc cspcrinicntiil farm plots. 'l'hc visitors included rcprc- scntcitives from scvcrnl foreign countries who were gliid to scc so tiiiiiiy intcrcsting fcnturcs. Tlicrc wns an inspcctioii of thc iiiiiny laboratories wlicrc n grcnt ninny investigations involving almost , all kinds of sciencc itre in progress" ; mi account of this work is given in tltc Abridged Rcport for tltc year.
Lunchcon was provitletl, ns iisitnl, in the ninrquce ; Lord 1Ldnor presidcd and ~vclcomctl tltc gitcsts nntl Sir John Russcll tltc Dircctor of thc Station gave it bricf nccoitnt of tltc progress at liothnnistecl. Tlic spccclt 1)y Sir E. l h y c Lc Plcnling dcnlt with nspccts of our niotlcrn lifc tltnt arc worthy of cnrcful consideratioii ; wc thcrcforc publish Iicrc nn s1)ridged report of it.
Sir I{. Knyc Lc Flcniiitg, cltairnian of tlic Council of the Uritisli Medicnl Association, sdid : I' It is sotnewhut of n ncw cspericncc to nie t o iiddrcss u company like this. I stntid ns n reprcscntative of a profession that is ninrkcdly indiridunlistic, but I nni nssured by our cliairntnn (thc Earl of Riidnor) not so niiirkcdly indiritlunlistic, or not niore so, thiin tlic fanner. That individualism with its niony odvantnges has certain disadvantngcs. Now WC, in our profcssion, arc turning our niinds niorc and tiiorc towards d i n t is cnllcd prevcntivc niedicinc ' --\ve arc nnsious to nnticipatc disciise and prcvcnt it. And I iniiiginc tlint your profcssion arc likcivisc turning your minds to prevcntion of ccrtain things hnppcning rnthcr thnn tlic remedy for tlicsc things whcn t h y hnvc occurrcd.
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and milk prochict niniiufncturcrs hiivc hnd so litd le t o sny nbout the report, for its rccoiiimcndritiotis must affect their futrire opcriitioiis wry consicleriibly. And mennwhilc, to return to the opcning thcme of this article, tlic Government is frnming its policy for the industry-n policy whic
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