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On the Causes of the High Nutritive Value and Fertility of the Fatting Pastures of Romney Marsh and other Marshes in the S.E. of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. D. Hall  and
E. J. Russell
A. D. Hall
Affiliation:
(Eothamsted Experimental Station.)
E. J. Russell
Affiliation:
(Eothamsted Experimental Station.)
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The coast of Kent and Sussex is to a great extent bordered by flat areas of alluvial land, elevated but little if at all above high water mark, known as the Marshes. Though certain portions are under the plough this land as a rule lies in permanent grass and affords some of the best grazing known in the south of England. The largest of these areas is Romney Marsh which with the adjoining Walland and Denge marshes forms a single area extending about 20 miles from east to west, and 10 miles or so broad. All the marshes possess very similar characteristics and the description which follows of Romney Marsh may be taken to apply, with certain local differences, to the others. The whole of the land has been reclaimed from the sea comparatively recently.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , June 1912 , pp. 339 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1912

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References

page 340 note 1 See for example Price, Sheep Grazing and Management in Romney Marsh, 1809.

page 356 note 1 The nitrates are determined by washing the soil with water, boiling the extract with magnesia to expel ammonia, and then reducing with a zinc-copper couple. The results are somewhat top high, as they, include small quantities of other soluble nitrogen compounds reducible under these conditions, but for our present purpose they are more useful than values of nitrate alone would be.

page 356 note 2 This result is wholly abnormal and probably arises through the inadvertent inclusion of spots where sheep had recently staled.