(Monday's recorded broadcast)
by G. W. Cooke, Ph.D., F.R.l.C., Head of the Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station.
Much of the farmland of this country contains enough of the chemical elements essential to plant growth to provide for all the crops that will be grown on it in the next hundred years or more; but, in spite of this, farmers have to spend eighty million pounds a year on fertilisers to supplement the plant foods in their soils.
Dr. Cooke explains why this is so and shows how soil scientists are helping farmers to get the best value for money spent on fertilisers.
Repeated on Saturday at 9.10 (Home)
Introduced by Roy Hay.
Richard Cumberland, from Fordingbridge, Hampshire, discusses recent developments in the work to improve the yield and flavour of perpetual fruiting strawberries.
Frank Knight, director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley, talks about flowering shrubs for late summer and autumn.
Arranged and introduced by Bill Hartley.
The Preston By-pass: An account of today's opening, including an interview with James Drake, Lancashire's County Surveyor and Bridgemaster.
Christmas Presents: Roy McCarthy makes some practical suggestions.
The Steam Car: Lawrence Pomeroy, joint technical editor of The Motor, considers the chances of a revival.
The Lawyer: Advice on making a statement.
The week's motoring news and other items of topical interest.
