It frequently happens that an agricultural treatment of great potential benefit to a nation is not generally adopted because steps were not taken to obtain the information needed to make sound recommendations to farmers. Only field experiments on a large scale can provide this. Experience with fertilizers shows that few countries lack the resources for this work, and the total cost is negligible in comparison with the national gains.
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