Science on the Farm.
To the agriculturist and horticulturist alike there is probably a the present time no subject causing more interest that tbc appliciation of bacteriology, tbe most recent of the biological sciences, to the oldest pursuit of the human race. It is little more that a couple of decades since scientists first began to realise the important part played by bacteria in aiding the growth of plants; yet so rapid been the prgress of discovery in this subject that a distinct branch of research known as agricultural bacteriology, has arisen. The results already obtained have given us a new conception of the fundamental causes of tbe productivity and fruitfulness of the soil, and have called tbe attention of all tillers of the soil to the invisible life which is constantly at work below the surface of our gardens and fields, and to the immense possibilities which may be realised by a better understanding of the activities of these minute vegetable organisms.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 156, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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163Science on the Farm. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 156, 17 May 1909, Page 4
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