Variation in the Chemical Composition of the Swede

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That swedes are better feeding materials under some conditions than under others is more or less generally recognised; the suggestion of controlling these conditions is perhaps not new, but little of practical importance has been achieved in this direction. About five years ago the subject was considered at the Durham College of Science (now Armstrong College), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and experiments were started which have been repeated and added to every season. The object of these investigations was to form a list of the different varieties of swedes in order of merit. Incidentally other points of interest have arisen, and are dealt with in the following pages. The results of these experiments have been published each year in the Annual Report of the Agricultural Department of the College, but a review of the work done seems of sufficient general importance to prove interesting to a larger circle of readers.