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Notes: The geologist's use of air photographs and the characteristics studied by photogeologists are briefly described. The influence of photographic factors such as scale, season, time of day, film type, processing, overlap and dimensional accuracy are considered from the geologist's viewpoint.

Notes: This paper modifies the well-known formula that corrects x-parallaxes for tilt. It shows how we can make significant improvements in accuracy with a no more complicated formula, in which the effects of ground relief are completely removed; and how we can reduce the second-order errors due to lateral (w) tilts by very large factors in favourable cases.

Notes: The history of the Argentine-Chile frontier is briefly reviewed. The paper then describes the photogrammetric and land-surveying work that formed part of the recent settlement of a section of the frontier, that was referred to the British Government for arbitration.

Notes: Topics of immediate practical interest formed the basis of the Address. Particular emphasis was placed upon problems of point transfer, pre-marking of ground control points, aerial triangulation by observation of independent models, and the status of photogrammetric operators.

Notes: The article describes a method of strip aerial triangulation using the Wild B8 plotter. The principal feature of the method is the transfer of exterior orientation of a camera by measurement of outer orientation parallel to successive airbases.

Notes: The widespread use of common depth point techniques has emphasized the need for accurate static corrections. Manual interpretation methods can give excellent results, but a computer technique is desirable because of the great volumn of data recorded in common depth point shooting. The redundancy inherent in common depth point data may be used to compute a statistical estimate of the static corrections. The corrections are assumed to be time-invarient, surface-consistent, and independent of frequency. Surface consistency implies that all traces from a particular shot will receive the same shot static correction and all traces from a particular receiver position will receive the same receiver correction.Time shifts are computed for all input traces using crosscorrelation functions between common depth point traces. The time shift for each trace is composed of a shot static, a receiver static, residual normal moveout if present, and noise. Estimates of the shot and receiver static corrections are obtained by averaging different sets of the measured time shifts. Time shifts which are greatly in error are detected and removed from the computations.The method is useful for data which has a moderate to good signal to noise ratio. Residual normal moveout should be corrected before estimating the statics. The program estimates the statics for correctly stacking common depth point traces but it is not sensitive to constant or very slowly changing static errors.

Notes: It was found in Part I of this paper that approximating the sharp cut-off frequency characteristic best in a mean square sense by an impulse response of finite length M produced a characteristic whose slope on a linear frequency scale was proportional to the length of impulse response, but whose maximum overshoot of ±9% was independent of this length (Gibbs' phenomenon). Weighting functions, based on frequency tapering or arbitrarily chosen, were used in Part II to modify the truncated impulse response of the sharp cut-off frequency characteristic, and thereby obtain a trade-off between the value of maximum overshoot and the sharpness of the resulting characteristic. These weighting functions, known as apodising functions, were dependent on the time-bandwidth product Mξ, where 2ξ, corresponded to the tapering range of frequencies.Part III now deals with digital filters where the number 2N–1 of coefficients is directly related to the finite length M of the continuous impulse response. The values of the filter coefficients are taken from the continuous impulse response at the sampling instants, and the resulting characteristic is approximately the same as that derived in Part II for the continuous finite length impulse response. Corresponding to known types of frequency tapering, we now specify a filter characteristic which is undefined in the tapering range, and determine the filter coefficients according to a mean square criterion over the rest of the frequency spectrum. The resulting characteristic is dependent on the time bandwidth product Mξ= (N–1/2)ξ up to a maximum value of 2, beyond which undesirable effects occur. This optimum partially specified characteristic is an improvement on the previous digital filters in terms of the trade-off ratio for values of maximum overshoot less than 1%. Similar to the previous optimum characteristic is the optimum partially specified weighted digital filter, where greater “emphasis is placed on reducing the value of maximum overshoot than of maximum undershoot”. Such characteristics are capable of providing better trade-off ratios than the other filters for maximum overshoots greater than 1/2%. However these filters have critical maximum numbers 2.NC–1 of coefficients, beyond which the resulting characteristics have unsuitable shapes. This type of characteristic differs from the others in not being a biassed odd function about its cut-off frequency.

Notes: In Part I of this paper, we examined the properties of the best mean square approximation to the sharp cut-off frequency characteristic by an impulse response of finite length. It was found that the sharpness of cut-off for the resulting frequency characteristic depended on the length of the impulse response–but because of the discontinuous nature of the specified frequency characteristic, this best mean square approximation always had a maximum overshoot of ± 9%, independent of the length of the impulse response (Gibbs phenomenon).In Part II, we investigate ways of reducing this ± 9% overshoot at the expense of a reduced sharpness of cut-off. The discontinuous frequency characteristic is first approximated by a continuous characteristic with linear or cosine frequency tapering. The impulse response for such tapered characteristics consists of the impulse response of the discontinuous frequency characteristic weighted by a certain function corresponding to the type of tapering employed. The best mean square approximation to the tapered characteristic by an impulse response of finite length M will produce a frequency characteristic whose properties are now dependent on the time-band width product Mζ, where 2ζ is the tapering range.A trade-off exists between the maximum overshoot and the sharpness of cut-off for the resulting characteristic for both forms of frequency tapering. Instead of considering other forms of tapering in the frequency domain, we now investigate arbitrarily chosen weighting functions in the time domain to determine the minimum length of impulse response for a minimum value of maximum overshoot and a maximum value of sharpness of cut-off.Part III will discuss the digital realization of the above finite length impulse responses together with the optimum partially specified digital filter approximation to the desired frequency characteristic.

Notes: Book reviewed in this article:Le Filtrage en Sismique, Tome IJ. AUBOUIN “Geosynclines” (Developments in Geotectonics 1). Elsevier Publishing CompanyEarth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 1. Nr. 2H. Ramberg Gravity, Deformation and the Earth's Crust Academic Press“Potassium Argon Dating” Compiled by O. A. Schaeffer and J. Zähringer

Notes: Deep seismic sounding was performed along two profiles which cross at the Dinarides area right angles. One of the profiles goes far into the Adriatic Sea.Besides considerations on the lithophysical conditions, characteristics of the registered waves are analysed. The amplitude curves and curves of amplitude ratios are shown. Special attention was paid to the frequency of the registered waves.In order to obtain a better knowledge of the registered wave pattern three-component recordings of waves were carried out. The analysis of the records obtained is given, with particular regard to the possibility of creating converted waves.The Earth's crust structure along the profiles II and III is given.

Notes: Nomograms for solving equations in multilayer and dipping layer cases are presented. The nomograms constructed are used to solve the following equations: I. Intercept-time formula. 2. Critical distance formula. 3. Critical angle formula. 4. Critical angle and dip angle formula. 5. Vertical depth formula.

Notes: When, in a two-layer earth, the substratum is insulating or infinitely conducting, the thickness of the top layer can be determined from surface potential measurements along a radius from a single point power electrode. The observed potential needs to be numerically integrated in a direction perpendicular to the said radius, and Figure 4 can then be used to find the thickness. A field example is included.

Notes: In order to increase the seismic efficiency of the Sparker-system developments were made in 1966/67. Results illustrating the main steps of this development are discussed. A new type of electrode called Transploder electrode was field-tested and proved to be promising.

Notes: The theory of electrical dipole soundings proved that this method can produce resistivity measurements, which are comparable with those obtained by electrical soundings of the Wenner or Schlumberger type. Their main advantage is the use of short cable lengths, which is important if the depth of penetration should be large.A considerable disadvantage of the dipole method is the great sensitivity to lateral discontinuities. Though these have an influence on the Schlumberger arrangement as well, they can disturb a dipole sounding to such an extent than an interpretation based on a horizontal layer case is no more possible.There are six different dipole arrays, which differ from each other with respect to the angle enclosed by the two dipole orientations-the current dipole AB and the measuring dipole MN. The theoretical comparison of the dipole arrays with the Schlumberger array concerning their sensitivity to lateral discontinuities is a useful basis for the choice of the most suitable configuration.Considering geological subsurface conditions the right choice of a dipole array can give an optimal result, i.e. a dipole sounding for which the sensitivity to lateral discontinuities is as small as possible under the given circumstances.

Notes: Deconvolution and deringing are well known subjects and it is not necessary to state again their objectives nor the basical methods used to reach them. Let us just remember that, generally, among many others, the two following assumptions are made for simplification purposes:〈list xml:id="l1" style="plain"〉—for deconvolution, it is assumed that the recorded seismic signal is constant, meaning that its shape is the same all along the time interval during which the trace is to be deconvolved;—for de-ringing, it is assumed that the ringing period is constant and that the intensity of the ringing phenomenon is independant of the time.With these two assumptions, a single constant operator can be applied for deconvolving, deringing or both. In most cases, the time variations of the signal or of the ringing are small enough and the error resulting of the application of a constant operator is acceptable. It results into a slight increase of the noise level or into a small residual ringing in the processed trace.When this noise or the residual ringing are too important, the assumption of a constant signal and ringing period must be rejected. This is the case that is examined here according to the following steps:〈list xml:id="l2" style="plain"〉—short definition of the problem;—fast evaluation of some possible solutions;—the selected solution: resulting approximations and how to obviate them, computing method and a remark about the operators;—theoretical example: the efficiency of the process used is evaluated on data in which the results aimed at are known; the influence of the selection of numerical values to be assigned to the parameters is examined;—real cases: comparison of results obtained with the Protee process and with more conventional processes assuming a time invariance or including a weighted composition of several conventional processes each with a different operator.

Notes: Sharp cut-off frequency filtering is carried out in the discrete time domain on digital computers. A convolution of the digital filter impulse response with the sampled input yields the output. For practical reasons, the length of the filter inpulse response, corresponding to the number of filter coefficients, is limited, and consequently the resulting frequency characteristic will no longer be identical to that originally specified. This is analogous to synthesising some specified frequency characteristic with a finite number of resistive, capacitative and inductive components.In Part I of this paper, we examine the effect of approximating the sharp cut-off frequency characteristic best in a mean square sense by an impulse response of finite length. The resulting frequency characteristic corresponds to the truncated impulse response of the specified frequency characteristic. It has a cut-off slope proportional to, and a mean square error inversely proportional to, the length of the impulse response, and is a biassed odd function about the cut-off frequency point. Because of the Gibbs phenomenon for discontinuous functions, the resulting frequency characteristic will always have a maximum overshoot with respect to the specified characteristic of ± 9%, regardless of the length of the corresponding impulse response. Equal length truncated impulse responses of specified filters with different cut-off frequencies yield frequency characteristics which are almost identical about their respective cut-off points. Now on a log frequency scale (as against a linear frequency scale implied previously) such characteristics may be made almost identical about the respective cut-off points by having the truncated impulse responses composed of an equal number of zero crossings. Results for the low-pass filter are applicable to the high-pass and band-pass characteristics.In the latter case, the mean square error is double that for a single slope characteristic (low-pass or high-pass) and the slopes at both edges of the passband are approximately equal in magnitude to the length of the impulse response (linear frequency scale).Part II of this paper is concerned with reducing the ± 9% overshoot that results from the discontinuous nature of the sharp cut-off frequency characteristic and which is not dependent on the length of the truncated impulse response. The reduction is achieved, at the expense of the steepness of cut-off for the resulting frequency characteristic, by the use of functions which weight the truncated impulse response of the specified frequency characteristic. These functions are called apodising functions. Among other variables, the length of the truncated weighted impulse response will determine the amount of maximum overshoot since the effective frequency characteristic being approximated is no longer a discontinuous function. The digital realization of the finite length impulse responses of Parts I and II is discussed in Part III, together with the optimum partially specified digital filter approximation to the desired frequency characteristic.

Notes: The purpose of this report is to show a method of determining the top of a refractor departing from the times and slopes of the direct and inverse dromocrones. The method does not need topographical correction and can be applied without knowledge of the distance between the geophone and the shot point.These results having been obtained, the commonly accepted point of view is upset: instead of looking for two points on the surface corresponding to one point of the refractor, we try to etablish, starting with only one point from the surface, the two corresponding points from the top of the refractor.This method can be applied to isolated points and does not demand interpretative hypotheses of any kind, excluding the velocity evaluation of the overburden and of the refractor.The necessary calculations can be easily executed by means of a digital computer to which the dromocrone times and the distances between the geophones must be given. These calculations can also be executed by a person having no knowledge of refraction seismology.This report also examines the validity of the approximations involved in the method proposed.

Notes: Determining the shape of a pulse generated by an explosion solely from the data provided by the recorded seismic trace is a difficult and even ambitious task.Knowledge of parameters such as length and number of “arches” of the pulse under study is, in fact, indispensable in solving this problem.These parameters cannot be found directly in the seismic trace, which nevertheless contains a great amount of information. Autocorrelation, with its mathematical and statistical properties, is an efficient way of making the best of this information.We compute all the autocorrelations of reflections having a given number of arches which fulfil certain conditions determined in advance. Then, after statistical testing of some parameters pertaining to the autocorrelations (abcissae of zeros, of extrema …), we select only those with a maximum likelihood. It is sufficient to consider only the reflections whose autocorrelations have been selected and to arrange them in groups according to their shape and arch number in order to obtain average pulses.In so doing several solutions are arrived at, but when considering a given number of traces, a single record for instance, it is possible by comparing these results with each other to considerably reduce their number.In the last part of the paper the nature of the impulse obtained with our method is examined in order to find out whether it is “minimum phase” for carrying out deconvolutions.

Notes: In recent years considerable work has been done to devise a satisfactory non-dynamite seismic system that would replace dynamite in offshore areas. Prior to the advent of digital recording and processing, the non-dynamite sources have generally not provided the depth of penetration or the resolution required for satisfactory seismic interpretation.More recent developments in non-dynamite offshore marine sources include adaptation of the Vibroseis from a land unit to a marine unit, and adaptation of the Dinoseis unit from a land to a marine unit. The SUE (Seismic Underwater Explorer) system is a thermodynamic non-dynamite source utilizing a mixture of propane and oxygen detonated in a special chamber approximately 15 feet below the water surface. This source gives penetration to more than 4 sec in areas typified by Gulf of Mexico type geology and shows deeper penetration than had previously been obtained by dynamite along the western United States in areas with 20 lb charge limitations. A pneumatic source, the airgun, has been in production use in the United States since June 1966. This non-dynamite source provides an intriguing amount of versatility and can be expanded to provide additional energy as necessary to obtain the penetration desired. Tests using systems comprised of from eight to twenty-three airguns show penetration in excess of 5 seconds in many areas. Power spectra comparisons both in amplitude and frequency content demonstrate that this is a controlled source generating a controlled seismic wavelet and a controlled frequency spectrum that can be tailored to fit requirements of particular areas. Sample sections obtained in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean offshore California show adequate penetration to 5.0 seconds reflection time.Quantitative measurements with the airguns demonstrate the effect of:〈list xml:id="l1" style="custom"〉1Variation of the number of guns in the system;2Shaping the frequency spectrum by using different sizes of airguns in the system;3Effects on signal-to-noise ratios as a result of stacking several small energy sources together;4Reproducibility of the initial pulse wavelet from shot to shot.The improvement in record quality as a result of advanced digital processing with non-dynamite sources is comparable to that obtained with dynamite sources. Non-dynamite sources make additional improvements possible where high source multiplicity is advantageous. Excellent dynamic correlations yield accurate velocity control as well as definitions of apparent velocities attributable to multiples and primary-to-multiple amplitude relationships.Non-dynamite sources are being used more and more extensively in offshore exploration. The advent of digital recording and processing provides a means for improving depth of penetration and resolution of many non-dynamite sources.

Notes: Early defoliation in the seedling stage was found to have a profound influence on the vigour and the size of the seedlings. The effect of injury in the seedling stage on the establishment of lucerne leys is discussed.

Notes: Book Reviewed in This Articles:MOORE, H. Ian: Silos and Silage.

Notes: Tbe protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and mineral contents of plants are known to differ at different stages of growth and between species; for this reason it is plainly important for the husbandman to know what plants and parts of plants bis animals prefer. Tbis paper reviews available information concerning the composition of a sheep's natural diet and discusses the experimental difficulties involved in its collection.

Notes: A number of experiments are reported in which comparisons were made, using calves, or ewes and lambs, between Tetila Tetrone and S22 or Danish Italian rye-grasses or between Reveille and S24 perennial ryegrasses.In general, the differences over the whole growing season were not large, but grazing experiments with calves during 1963-5 all showed that a substantial advantage in live-weight gain, can be obtained in the later part of the grazing season (July to September) by using T. Tetrone rather than S22 or Danish Italian ryegrasses.

Notes: By controlling the high populations of leatherjackets in two experimental leys it was shown that the loss of grass from this pest could be heavy. The most serious loss occurs in early summer. As soon as the larvae cease feeding in mid-June recovery begins and subsequent growth is satisfactory. Clover is damaged more heavily than grasses, but recovers completely by early autumn. The implications of these experiments are discussed.

Notes: Two experiments are described in which data were collected on yield, floral characteristics and winter greenness of a number of indigenous hill grass species. Differential cutting treatments, besides affecting total yield, affected yield and floral vigour in the subsequent year. Differences in sensitivity to cutting were present among the species. The date at which the grasses were last cut in autumn affected their winter greenness though responses differed among species. The significance of these results in relation to performance and management of hill pastures is discussed.

Notes: The growth curves of closed grassland swards obtained during the growing seasons of six successive years were compared with each other and with theoretical growth rates calculated by de Wit's method and based on the mean light energy input data for the same years. The form of the growth curve consisted of a period with a constant rate, lasting for 6–7 weeks in May-June, then rapidly shortening to 3 weeks in August-September, after which there was a rather abrupt change to zero values. A comparison with theoretical values showed that a period of constant growth rate was possible, because the promoting influence of increasing LAI counteracted the effect of increasing respiration. Before the longest day this period was lengthened by an increasing daylength; thereafter the reverse was found. There is no ready explanation for the sudden decline to zero values. This is thought to be associated with changes in the rate of photosynthesis.

Notes: In two experiments the growth of clover undersown to wheat was linearly related to the amount of light available. There were strong indications that clover growth and light within N.-S. rows were superior to those within E.-W. rows of wheat, and within N.-S. rows, those along the middle position were superior to others. The large difference between the growth of clover sown alone and with wheat indicated that beneath wheat the clover suffered from competition for other factors, probably soil moisture, which was even greater than that for light. Beneath wheat at the reduced level of growth there was a positive linear relationship between yield of clover and available light.

Notes: Two pot experiments were carried out in a semi-controlled environment to examine the response of individual plants to competitive stress in simple systems incorporating varying cutting frequencies and soil–nitrogen levels. A third experiment was set up outdoors to examine the effect of competition on individuals in an association, on the association as a whole, and to extend the controlled environment studies to a more complex model involving micro-plots. Phalaris coerulescens, although its seedlings possessed a high competitive ability, showed a dramatic decline in competitive ability in later stages of the association, this decline being associated with extensive floral development. In micro–plots the effect of competition was so severe as to prevent the expression of seasonal growth characteristics by P. coerulescens.Considerable inter-specific differences existed in the response to competition of leaf-area production per tiller during periods of regrowth.Whilst P. coerulescens remained highly productive and maintained a dense tiller population in monocultures, its tiller regeneration following flowering was severely suppressed in competition with vegetative plants of HI ryegrass or Festuca arundinacea.The number of heads produced per plant, head length and time of head emergence were all affected by competitive stress, the former response being a reflection of the relative competitive abilities at the time of floral initiation. The response of the latter two characters reflected the decline in competitive ability which occurred during later stages of the growth and development of P. coerulescens.

Notes: The use of lime and phosphates in reclaiming heather moorland was investigated in two experiments.Large initial dressings of hme resulted in a rapid rise in pH. An initial dressing of 9 tons CaCO3/ac resulted in a more rapid rise to pH 6 than did 6 tons/ac and the soil was maintained above pH 6 for a longer period. Three annual dressings of 3 tons/ac gave a slower rise in pH and a longer period above pH 6. Split treatments, half before and half after the first ploughing, gave no long–term advantage where a programme of pioneer cropping was being followed.Basic slag and North African phosphate were as effective as superphosphate for root crops at low pH values. Basic slag was as effective as superphosphate for grassland establishment and gave a greater rise in soil phosphate. North African phosphate was virtually worthless as a source of phosphate for establishing grasses and clovers, and gave a negligible rise in soil phosphate.Given adequate supphes of lime and phosphate, frequent small apphcations of N over the first 2 or 3 years are vital to the success of a reclamation programme under the conditions described.

Notes: There was a marked increase in basal cover of veld grasses after the first 2 to 3 years of cutting, and this effect continued over a period of 9 years. Short grasses, such as Cynodon dactylon and Heteropogon contortus, increased at the expense of tall tussock grasses, such as Hyparrhenia dissoluta.

Notes: Two experiments were established to compare the effect on the yield of continuously cut herbage of varying amounts of potassium fertilizer applied either in one large dose to the seedbed, or as 3 equal dressings applied to the seedbed and in the summer of the 2 following years. Responses in dry–matter yield were recorded up to the higher rates of potassium fertilizer applied. Establishment and yield in the first 12 months were improved by seedbed applications of up to 4 cwt/ac of muriate of potash (60% K2O). Although total yields over the whole period were similar, whether the potassium was applied to the seedbed only or in annual dressings, yields from “all–in–seedbed” dressings declined towards the end of the period. Soil analysis indicated that annual dressings left behind higher residues of K.

Notes: During the winter months of 1963 and 1964, mature non–pregnant Clun Forest ewes at pasture were equipped with pedometers to study the value of these instruments for measuring distances walked, and to investigate the importance of weather on the distances travelled. Approximately 80 periods were recorded, each of about 24 hours. The accuracy of the measurements was checked by using a rangemeter and it was found that the reliabihty of pedometer records must be assessed on the animal from which they are obtained. The individual characteristics of the pedometers and/or the sheep gave rise to inaccurate records from about 50% of the instruments studied.Multiple regression analysis of data for each of the three sheep which provided suitable records revealed that, in dry weather, the average distance walked per hour of recording period increased signiJBcantly with mean air temperature in one case and with hours of bright sunshine in another. Wind–speed effects were unimportant. The distance walked by all three sheep increased significantly with hours of daylight per recording period, and this was the only variable found to affect distance walked in wet weather. Differences between average distances walked per hour under dry–and wet–conditions were non–significant.It is concluded that for measuring the distances walked by sheep, the disadvantages of the pedometer outweigh its advantages.

Notes: Methods of testing grass varieties are discussed and the efifects of differences in management and of nitrogen fertilizer on quality are shown. In a grazing-management system with 9 cuts per season, cocksfoot was higher than perennial ryegrass in protein and fibre and lower in soluble-carbohydrate content and in vitro dry-matter digestibility throughout the season. All species showed the lowest value for digestibility in August.Curves for digestibility in primary growth were plotted for 4 varieties of ryegrass for leaf and stem fractions. The tetraploid variety Reveille was slightly more digestible than S24 in leaf and stem throughout the period, while at ear emergence S23 was lower in digestibility in both fractions than S24.There were significant differenees in composition and digestibility between experimental centres, but relative differences between varieties were consistent. The level of N fertilizer did not materially alter the comparison between varieties in quality data.

Notes: A series of experiments in eastern Scotland, carried out over a 7–year period, on the application of N fertilizers to Italian ryegrass for producing early spring grass, indicated that maximum yields are likely to be produced if the fertilizer is applied not later than the middle of March in most seasons. Only rarely did application in February result in a loss of N and in reduced herbage yields. Italian ryegrass appears to be able to make some growth at temperatures below 40†F.Increasing the rate of N application resulted in increased DM yield, the response averaging 9–4 lb DM per lb N. Herbage N concentration was increased by the additional N fertilizer. Nitro–chalk and ammonium sulphate were equally effective in producing early grass, irrespective of application date.

Notes: The treatments in this summer–grazing experiment were designed as a 2 × 3 factorial, there being two levels of nitrogenous fertilizer (nitro–chalk), supplying 0 and 336kg of N/ha per annum (NO and N3, respectively) and three stocking rates. The fertilizer was applied in 7 dressings at approximately three–weekly intervals. The animals used were Hereford x Friesian steers; these were slaughtered at the end of the grazing season. The stocking rates were calculated on the basis of expected herbage production. The experiment was laid out in 6 randomized blocks which were grazed in rotation. Two blocks were cut for conservation before grazing each year; up to the end of June only 4 blocks were used for grazing.There was little contamination of the swards with unsown species. With the NO swards the clover contents declined each year, but remained fairly high at over 20% in 1965. Clover contents also declined each year in the N3 swards and by 1965 were only 2 to 4%.The quantities of herbage cut for conservation were higher from the swards receiving N. The live–weight gains of the cattle (per head) were higher at the lower stocking rates, the effect of stocking rate being more noticeable in the July to Oct. period. Live–weight gains per ha increased at the higher stocking rates. In 1963 and 1965, as stocking rates increased carcass weights per animal decreased and carcass quality, as indicated by the commercial grades, was poorer. In 1964, a dry spell from July to Oct. necessitated the removal of cattle from the experiment and the effects of treatment on carcass weight and quality were not apparent.

Notes: Book reviewed in this article:BAKER, R. D., SPEDDING, A. W., KILKENNY, J. B. and TAYLER, J. C. An intensive system of beef production from grassland, using autumn-born calves from the dairy herd.M.A.F.F. At the farmer's service, 1967-8.M.A.F.F. Aspects of dairy economics, 1962-1965.DAVIES, WILLIAM. [The grasslands of Spain.]DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY, CSIRO. Australian herbage plant register.

Notes: The use of MKS system units in preference to the cgs system facilitates accurate numerical calculation in magnetostatic problems in geophysics and the practice of stating the precise dimensions of every unit guards against confusion. Suggestions are made for the unique definition of quantities such as magnetic potential, etc. for which the undesirable circumstance of arbitrary alternatives still persists.

Notes: The Fourier transform formula for a two-dimensional fault truncating a horizontal bed at an arbitrary angle of inclination is derived. The amplitude spectrum of the Fourier transform is found to give information about the depth to the top of the upper part of the faulted bed and the inclination of the fault-plane. Under suitable conditions the thickness and the displacement of the bed involved can be obtained. With actual field data, these transforms can be obtained at discrete points by a Fourier analysis of the gravity anomaly. A field example from the Logan fault area near Montreal, Que., Canada, is given.

Notes: Die Interpretation magnetischer Anomalien durch Modellkörper geschieht bevorzugt nach der indirekten Methode (trial und error). Dieses von Hand aufwendige Verfahren läβt sich mit Hilfe der Ausgleichsrechnung nach der Methode der kleinsten Quadrate Rechenautomaten übertragen.Die allgemeinen Grundlagen des Verfahrens werden beschrieben. Wesentliche Voraus-setzungen sind:〈list xml:id="l1" style="custom"〉1)die Annahme bestimmter Körperformen2)das Vorhandensein von Näherungswerten der Unbekannten (Lage, Magnetisierung etc.)3)eine genügend groβe Anzahl von Meβwerten, um den Ausgleichsprozeβ durchführen zu können.Die Vorteile der Methode sind:〈list xml:id="l2" style="custom"〉1)weitgehende Automatisierung und schnelle Arbeitsweise bei Verwendung von Rechenautomaten2)Ermittlung der Fehler der UnbekanntenDie Methode wurde angewandt auf die Interpretation 2-dimensionaler ΔZ- und ΔT-Anomalien. Drei Körpertypen werden dem Rechenprogramm zugrunde gelegt, und zwar die unendliche und endliche diinne Platte und der Kreiszylinder. In die Maschine ein-gegeben werden nur die Meβwerte. Die Interpretation erfolgt im einzelnen in folgenden Schritten:〈list xml:id="l3" style="custom"〉1)Ermittlung von Näherungswerten2)Bestimmung der Körper bester Annäherung3)Iteration für den Körper bester Annäherung.Die Maschine gibt die Endwerte der Unbekannten (Lage, Einfallen, Magnetisierung etc.) mit Angabe der mittleren Fehler sowie die hierzu gehörigen Modellanomalien aus. Diese Endwerte werden einem Zeichenautomaten übergeben, der die gemessene Kurve, die theoretische Kurve und die gesuchten Modellkorper zeichnet.Interpretationsbeispiele werden vorgeführt.

Notes: In the first part, the author, recalling the principle of d/c current measurements, shows by means of some examples, different experimental results relative to the induced polarization phenomenon. He presents the case of the negative induced polarization which can be explained by geometric effects. He gives some examples of saturation curves and discusses the problem of the linearity of the I.P. phenomenon. Then he shows some aspects which demonstrate that I.P. decay curves do not always conform to the general law. He concludes by showing the influence of the current electrodes, the position of which, relative to the polarizable bodies, may alter the shape of the I.P. anomalies.In the second part, the author presents different case histories of I.P. mineral surveys where I.P. is compared to other geophysical methods and drilling results.

Notes: Magneto-telluric measurements were carried out at a group of eight sites, from Braunschweig to Lübeck, to determine the resistivity values associated with the North German conductivity anomaly. The data were analyzed for scalar and tensor apparent resistivities over the period range 5–2000 seconds. The results in general indicate very conductive (˜I Ω-m) sediments overlying a resistive basement which is strongly lineated.Interpreted basement depth (˜6 km) is compatible with published seismic refraction data. Principal conductivity axes in the basement appear to be directly related to trends of salt domes and major troughs. A major change in axis direction occurs near the center of the North German anomaly.

Notes: Leaves of different ages were removed 7 times between June and October. Each defoliation was timed to match the appearance of successive leaves on each tiller. The removal of leaves at progressively younger stages reduced total production above ground, but the most severe treatment, the removal of all expanded leaves repeatedly, still produced about 75% as much as the least severely defoliated sward. Clipping with shears 3 times reduced yield as much as removing all expanded leaves 7 times. A crop allowed to grow untouched apparently produced more than any defoliated treatment, but this may have been an artefact.The lower production following increasingly drastic defoliation was not associated with reduced concentrations of nitrogen or potassium in the foliage removed, or in the crop left behind. The total quantity of these elements recovered in the crop was greatest in those treatments where least dry matter was produced. Explanations for the results depend on the capacity of swards of predominantly young leaves to assimilate carbon more rapidly than those containing old and senescent tissue.

Notes: The effect of the physiological status of grazing ewes on diet selection was studied, using ewes with oesophageal fistulae. The diets of dry ewes grazing Phalaris annual grasses and subterranean clover pastures, over a range of availabilities, were compared with those of ewes in various stages of pregnancy and lactation. There were no significant differences at any stage of reproduction in the botanical composition of the diets. However, small differences in diet digestibility, soluble carbohydrate and nitrogen content were found during pregnancy and lactation. These occurred at all levels of availability of pasture. The differences did not appear to have nutritional significance in the particular pasture ecosystems studied because levels of N, soluble carbohydrates and digestibility of the diet were such that selection for survival was unlikely to be necessary.It is concluded that dry fistulated ewes can be used to obtain samples for assessing diet N and soluble carbohydrate contents for ewes in other physiological states. The use of in vitro digestibility tests of diets of dry ewes to assess diet digestibility for ewes in other physiological states may be subject to error.

Notes: The seed-producing capacity of two varieties of meadow fescue, S215 and S53, sown at three different spacings, was compared. One level of nitrogen was applied on three different dates in the spring. Tiller counts were made periodically during the growth of the crop. Fertile-tiller production was found to be related to vegetative growth.The varieties differed not only in yield, but also in growth dynamics. A larger percentage of overwintering shoots became fertile in the hay variety, than in the pasture variety.Drill spacings had significant effects on plant establishment and on vegetative-and fertile-tiller numbers. In both years N applied in March gave the highest production of fertile tillers. Date of N application did not produce marked trends in yield. The influence of spacing and date of N application on the number and density of spikelets indicated that the plant adjusted itself to environmental factors. Thus spikelet numbers were reduced in early heads with narrower drill spacing and with late applications of N. Head emergence was earlier in narrow drills, but time of N application in the spring did not produce significant differences in this respect.

Notes: A newly sown sward of Lolium rigidum was set-stocked from one week after emergence onwards at 7.4 sheep/ha.The proportion of dry matter removed from the sward by grazing each week fell from 20 to 1%/day over the first 7 weeks after emergence.Time-lapse stereo photography showed that in the immediate post-emergence period sheep tended to graze the elongating, or incremental, component of dry matter rather than the fully expanded butts of previously defoliated mature leaves.Frequency of defoliation decreased with time. 97% of plants were defoliated in the second week after emergence, but only 44% in the eighth week.

Notes: Nitrogen levels of 0,184 and 368 Ib (0,83.47 and 166.94 kg) were applied, as calcium ammonium nitrate, in six dressings throughout the grazing season to a perennial ryegrass/white clover sward. Herbage samples taken, periodically from each treatment and analysed nitrate for, indicated that the latter increased with increasing levels of applied nitrogen. Herbage nitrate levels were higher towards the end of the grazing season than at any other time. There was no consistent relationship between applied nitrogen and total plant nitrogen, although the latter tended to run parallel with applied nitrogen levels during the early part of the year.Sheep performance was significantly increased with the first increment of 184lb (83.47 kg) of nitrogen; a second increment of 1841b resulted in a further, but non-significant, increase. High-nitrate pastures did not significantly reduce liver vitamin A storage in sheep. It is suggested that approximately 350 Ib (158.79 kg) of nitrogen, applied uniformly throughout the grazing season, results in pasture nitrate levels which have no adverse affect on sheep performance.

Notes: Book reviewed in this article:BICKOFF, E. M. Oestrogenic constituents of forage plants.HUMPHREYS, L. R. Pasturas mejoradas para regiones tropicales y sub-tropicales. Un guia. [A guide to better pastures for the tropics and subtropics.]HAVARD-DUCLOS, B. Les plantes fourrageres tropicales. [Tropical forage plants.]INSTITUT F OR GRONLAND UND FELDFUTTERBAU DER KARL-MARX-UNIVERSITAT, LEIPZIG. [Fodder plant seed produetion. Papers and diseussion eontributions presented at the 4th Leipzig Grassland Symposium, 17-19 Mareh 1966.]

Notes: The effects of soil water conditions and soil temperatures on the growth of grass and clover roots and on the number of new adventitious roots were examined in the field and in glasshouse experiments.Although significantly more new roots were produced when swards were irrigated during extremely dry periods, the effect was small, In general, irrigation appeared to have little effect on the seasonal pattern of production of new roots from the base of the plant.High soil temperatures affected root growth. Branching of roots was increased by high temperatures, but the number of new roots formed at the base of the tillers was decreased, and the mean diameter of the roots was decreased. A multiple regression analysis of the number of new roots beneath a unit area of sward with soil-water conditions and soil temperatures at the time of sampling gave a significant inverse relationship with soil temperature. No relationship could be demonstrated

Notes: Previous work has shown that on deep peat the root systems of sown grasses are shallow. In order to study the effect of cultivation on root development, an experiment was laid down in an area of deep peat where sown grass swards were established on plots which had been subjected to different cultivation treatments. Root development is shown to be affected by depth of cultivation and this is discussed in relation to surface sowing of peatland areas.

Notes: In each of a series of sub-divided containers, two plants of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) were planted in one of four arrangements to study the effects of: (a) no competition; (b) aerial competition, considered to be competition for light; (c) edaphic competition, considered to be competition for nitrogen; (d) full (aerial plus edaphic) competition, for light and N.The weight of seed produced per plant was reduced by aerial compeition, but not by edaphic competition, except where aerial competition also existed. With the exception of the seed, the weights of the components of the plants at harvest were reduced substantially by edaphic competition.The concentration of N in the various parts of the plant varied considerably, but only in the culms was it significantly affected by treatment so that the uptake of N was approximately proportional to the weight of the plant. Edaphic competiton gave most tillers per plant and full competition least. Aerial competition decreased the number of ears per plant.

Notes: A series of trials was carried out in which barn-dried hay and silage were fed to young fattening cattle with or without supplementary barley. Liveweight-gains on silage and barn-dried hay alone were too low to provide an adequate finish during winter feeding. Liveweight-gains on hay alone were always higher than those obtained on silage alone, the difference being more marked in lighter animals. There was a marked response to supplements of 3 and 4 lb (1.4 and 1.8 kg) of barley, the response being significantly greater in silage-fed cattle than in those fed on barn-dried hay. There was some evidence of growth compensation with the introduction of a barley supplement to cattle on silage diets, but there was no such response in those fed on hay. Compensatory growth was not accompanied by improved digestibility or N retention.

Notes: A study of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) variety trial management was conducted with three variables, variety, stubble height and harvest date. The range in maturity for the three varieties used was 12-14 days. All plots were harvested thrice per season. The harvest dates for the two management regimes imposed differed by about two weeks for the first cut, by about one week for the second and were identical for the third cut. Stubble heights were two and six inches (5.08 and 15.24 cm).Late-cut material outyielded that cut early, but suffered more winter damage. Material cut at a stubble height of two inches (5.08 cm) outyielded that cut at six inches (15.24 cm), but it also suffered more winter-killing. The ranking of varieties varied with management.Alternative management schemes, designed to provide maximum yields and survival consistent with good-quality forage, are proposed and discussed.

Notes: Two experiments were set up in a semi-controlled glasshouse environment to determine the nature of the competitive stress, and the characters associated with competitive ability, during the seedling growth of some grass species. Over a period from sowing until the attainment of a relatively stable tiller population root competition was almost entirely responsible for the suppression of Festuca arundinacea in association with H1 ryegrass at two densities. In contrast, root and shoot competition were of equal importance in bringing about the suppression of Phalaris coerulescens in association with H1 ryegrass, an effect which only occurred at the high density.Differences in the patterns of root growth of the species and populations are discussed in relation to differences in their competitive abilities.It is suggested that the rate and extent of nodal root production are closely associated with seedling competitive ability.

Notes: A model of the electronic instrument described by Campbell et al. (3) was built at the Grassland Research Institute and was found to behave in a very similar way to their New Zealand model. A considerable amount of field work was undertaken with it in 1964 and this demonstrated that no general relationship of acceptable accuracy had yet been found; nor could it be sufficiently improved by the inclusion of the meteorological and botanical factors recorded. This forces one to a consideration of double-sampling techniques, which appear worth while; they will be discussed in Part 2 of this paper.

Notes: Three experiments were carried out in a semi-controlled glasshouse environment to determine the response of individual plants to competition; (i) between seedlings of different species, (ii) between seedlings derived from seeds of differing sizes within a species, and (iii) between seedlings and established plants.Differences were detected in seedling competitive ability between species and between plants derived from differing seed sizes. In associations of species of very high and very low competitive ability the differences in competitive ability were accentuated by an increase in plant density.Established plants of Phalaris coerulescens were less aggressive to seedlings growing in close proximity than were plants of Lolium rigidum and H1 ryegrass. Despite the early death of established swards of L. rigidum, and the consequent removal of competitive stress, there was no rapid increase in the growth and development of seedlings in these swards. Possible mechanisms causing this effect are discussed.There was evidence of a specific relationship between the species of the established sward and the seedling species, in particular seedlings of HI ryegrass were particularly susceptible to competition from established plants of their own species.Dry weight per plant, tiller production, rate of leaf appearance and leaf size were ail affected by competition between seedlings; however, tiller production was generally more severely affected than rate of leaf appearance and leaf size.Dry weight per plant, tiller production, seedling height, number of leaves per tiller and number of seeds per seedling were all affected by competition from established plants.

Notes: The effect of stocking rate and of feeding a supplement of barley on milk yield and quality was studied in an experiment with 18 spring-calved Ayrshire cows grazing from early May until early September in 1964 and 1965. Three treatments were compared: (A) grazing at a normal stocking rate with no supplements fed (the control); (B) grazing at a high stocking rate with no supplements fed; (C) grazing at a high stocking rate, as on treatment B, with a supplement of 8 Ib rolled barley per cow daily. On treatment A, 0.92 ac/cow was used for grazing, plus some conservation, and on treatments B and C, 0.70 and 0.58 ac in 1964 and 1965, respectively. The average daily milk yields were 35.4, 32.9 and 37.0 Ib (16.1, 14.9 and 16.8 kg), respectively, on treatments A, B and C in 1964, and 39.1, 32.3 and 38.8 Ib (17.8, 14.7 and 17.6 kg) in 1965. Milk production/ac was 24 and 32% higher on treatment B than on treatment A in 1964 and 1965, respectively.The response to the barley feeding on treatment C was equivalent to an extra 1 gallon milk from 20 Ib barley in 1964 and from 12 Ib barley in 1965 (10 litres of milk from 20 and 12 kg barley). The total-solids content of the milk from the three treatments was not significantly different. It is concluded that, at the present price of barley and the price received for milk, an increase in stocking rate, with a consequent increase in the milk yield per acre, was more profitable than feeding barley.

Notes: Study of the epidemiology of parasitic gastro-enteritis in calves suggested that control measures should consist of moving calves in mid-July to pastures not grazed by cattle since the winter and at the same time giving them adequate anthelmintic treatment in order that they should not contaminate the new pasture. Controlled trials are described in which calves managed according to these proposals made far better weight gains than comparable calves remaining on the same pasture throughout the season. Observations made in different parts of the country suggest that the same measures may be widely applicable. Possible causes of failure are discussed.

Notes: The distribution of leaf area and light intensity within wheat crops differing in row direction, row spacing and rate of sowing is described. Regardless of the manner of planting, 75% of the total leaf area was found within a band 31/2 in. wide, centred on the centre of the row. Light penetration within crops spaced at 14 in. was greater than within those spaced at 7 in. Light penetration within rows running N.–S. was more uniform and higher, particularly around noon, than within rows running E.-W. Within N.-S. rows the position midway between rows received the highest amount of light, but light decreased on either side until it was least beneath the rows. Within E.-W. rows at 14 in. spacing, maximum light was recorded at 101/2 in. on the southern side of a row, decreasing progressively as the row was approached.

Notes: Aqueous ammonia was injected to a depth of 10 cm into small grass plots in late winter at rates equivalent to 200 and 400 kg N per ha. The effect on yield of DM, seasonal distribution of yield and uptake of N in the herbage was compared with that of single or split applications of ammonium nitrate. Two levels of supplementary irrigation were given in summer. The method of injection minimised damage to the sward and loss of ammonia by volatilization.Aqueous ammonia and ammonium nitrate (single application) gave similar yields of dry matter, uptake of N and distribution of yield over the season. Ammonia was no more effective than ammonium nitrate under dry conditions. A single application in February of 200 kg N/ha as ammonium nitrate gave a greater total annual yield than the same quantity of N as ammonia or as a split dressing of the solid fertilizer. At 400 kg N/ha, split application gave the highest yields. The uptakes of N in the harvested grass was similar, in each irrigation treatment and at each level of N, for the three methods of applying N, The apparent recovery was low.Aqueous ammonia, efficiently injected, was a satisfactory form of N for grass at the first cut, but it did not provide a continuing supply of N for crops harvested later in that season.

Notes: Results of gravimetric surveys can be interpreted by comparing the Bouguer field values with master curves based on simplified geological models. It has been shown in a previous paper how this procedure can be transformed into routine processes which can be computerized. The application of this method has yielded useful results in detailed gravity surveys.The present paper discusses the application of the same interpretation principles to magnetic data. After some modifications, the method elaborated for the gravimetric data can be used for the interpretation of magnetometric survey results. Magnetometric-tectonic maps are obtained which show the structural picture by common geological symbols. In the case of faults, the dimensions of depth of burial and throw are indicated on the maps.The method is illustrated by an example where these procedures have been applied to gravimetric and magnetometric data of the same area. Two different maps are obtained: One shows the tectonics according to density contrasts and the other map depicts the tectonic situation on the basis of magnetic susceptibility contrasts.

Notes: A theoretical solution is obtained for the problem of a two-layer earth with transitional boundary. In practice, the transition layer can stand for the weathered zone in hard rock areas where the degree of weathering diminishes with depth. Master curves and tables of data are presented for the case when the lower half-space is infinitely resistive.

Notes: Digital aeromagnetic profiles recorded with a high accuracy can be filtered with an electronic computer. Linear filtering is not very efficient, because the frequency spectrum of a given anomaly is very wide. But other methods are possible which, through a step by step analysis of the profile, leave some categories of anomalies unaltered while they remove the others completely.Our method uses as a criterium the width of the anomalies; it distinguishes and processes differently “bell-shaped” and “multi-legged” anomalies. Some examples of the use of the method are shown.

Notes: Bei reflexionsseismischen Untertagemessungen werden die Geophonaufstellungen und die Schußpunkte im Bergwerk angelegt. Die Möglichkeiten hierzu sind durch das Grubengebäude und durch die Meßmethode eingeschränkt. Ungeachtet dessen werden oft Aussagen über die Lage eines Reflektors im dreidimensionalen Raum benötigt. Es müssen daher hohe Anforderungen an die Konstruktionsmethoden gestellt werden können.Zunächst ist es im Hinblick auf die Meßgenauigkeit erforderlich, zwischen günstigen und ungünstigen Anordnungen von Aufstellungen und Schußpunkten zu unterscheiden. Diese Frage wird in der Einleitung kurz behandelt.Die Beschreibung von allgemeingültigen Konstruktionen ist das eigentliche Ziel dieser Arbeit in ihrer hier vorliegenden Fassung. Es wird gezeigt, wie mit Hilfsmitteln der Darstellenden Geometrie beliebig im Raum gelegene ebene reflektierende Flächen-elemente nach der Spiegelpunktmethode konstruiert werden können. Dies kann, je nach der Korrelation, auf zwei verschiedenen Wegen geschehen, die in den Abschnitten I und 2 getrennt beschrieben werden.Im ersten Abschnitt wird der Fall zweier Geophonaufstellungen behandelt, welche wie die Schenkel eines Winkels aneinandergefügt sind. Sie können von einem beliebig gelegenen Schußpunkt aus beschossen werden (siehe den linken Teil der Abbildung I). Anhand eines Beispiels aus der Kaligrube Salzdetfurth bei Hildesheim wird dies etwas näher erläutert. Bei bekannter Streichrichtung oder bei bekanntem senkrechten Einfallen des Reflektors führt bereits eine Geophonaufstellung zum Ziel und es vereinfacht sich die Konstruktion.Der zweite Abschnitt bringt den Fall zweier nicht notwendig zusammenhängenden Aufstellungen, die nicht in einer gemeinsamen Ebene zu liegen brauchen. Durch Anwendung der Technik des Gegenschießens gelingt es auch so, ein reflektierendes Flächen-element zu erhalten (siehe den rechten Teil der Abbildung I). Naturgemaß ist die Lage der beiden Schußpunkte hierbei nicht beliebig.

Notes: In a paper presented at last year's Amsterdam meeting (viz. Geophysical Prospecting 14 (1966), 3, 301–341), J. R. Schopper derived formulas relating formation factor, permeability and porosity, by means of a statistical-network approach and by treating the electric and hydraulic resistance analogously.The model of the porous medium consists of a network of branch resistors, their values being statistically distributed about a mean Ro with a relative standard deviation (variation coefficient) s. A properly defined total resistance R of the network can be expressed by the relationship:〈displayedItem type="mathematics" xml:id="m1"〉(1′)〈mediaResource alt="image" href="urn:x-wiley:00168025:GPR277:GPR_277_m1"/〉Here α is a geometrical factor dependent only on the shape of the network (i.e. the number of meshes in the longitudinal and transversal direction), ε is a characteristical constant dependent only on the individual mesh shape (i.e. the number of nodes and branches within a mesh).This network constant ε enters the equations relating formation factor, permeability and porosity, ε had been found to be in the range zero to one by calculating algebraically two special limiting network cases. However, for a better understanding of which value exactly this constant will have in actual porous media, networks with various mesh shapes have to be treated generally.Because of the basically statistical approach, the networks have to be large so that a general algebraic treatment is precluded. Hence numerical methods using digital computers must be applied.The determination of the total resistance R of any resistance network leads to the problem of solving a system of linear, inhomogeneous equations; i.e. Ohm's law written in matrix form:〈displayedItem type="mathematics" xml:id="m2"〉(2′)〈mediaResource alt="image" href="urn:x-wiley:00168025:GPR277:GPR_277_m2"/〉〈list xml:id="l1" style="plain"〉(R) is the matrix of the coefficients, composed of the individual branch resistances.(I) is the column vector, its components being fictitious circular mesh currents.(U) is the inhomogeneity column, its components being source voltages within the individual meshes.The matrix (R) has characteristic properties that depend on the mesh shape on the one hand and on the number and arrangement of the meshes on the other hand. With the regular arrangement of identical meshes investigated here, the matrix always has a banded structure and is symmetrical with respect to the main diagonal, positive definite, and non-singular.For the numerical determination of the wanted constant ε the coefficients matrix is provided with values having a known distribution. Here, in particular, a computer-generated pseudorandom homogeneous distribution is used. The system, of equations is solved for R by a modified Cholesky method. Equation (1′) can then be solved fore. The main features of an ALGOL program written for this purpose and optimized with respect to storage space requirement and computer time are discussed.Networks of triangular, square and hexagonal meshes have been investigated. The results are discussed.

Notes: The accuracy of the magnetic registrations of a new field station constructed at Niemegk Observatory is described. The most important aspects for the construction were good mechanical stability, a good constancy of all physical data and the fact, that the station is ready in the field for solid registration ere long. The apparatus was proved during geomagnetic survey in the field, especially in view of the variability of the geomagnetic variations. The results obtained by field work and by comparison at observatories are good. It is planned to enlarge the registrations by means of photocellcompensators.Der Plan zur Konstruktion einer transportablen und schnell aufstellbaren geomagnetischen Feldregistrierstation geht schon auf das Jahr 1939 zurück. In diesem Jahr wurde von Fanselau ein Plan für eine solche Station den Askania-Werken in Berlin-Friedenau unterbreitet und zur Konstruktion empfohlen. Der Krieg verhinderte eine rasche Durchführung der Fertigungsarbeiten, so daß erst nach Beendigung des Krieges die Askania-Werke den auf diesen Vorschlägen beruhenden Magnetographen fertigen konnten. Am Adolf-Schmidt-Observatorium für Erdmagnetismus in Niemegk wurden dann weitere geomagnetische Feldregistrierstationen entwickelt [1, 2, 3]. Bei der Konstruktion des Gerätes wurde bewußt auf Robustheit und Stabilität Wert gelegt, während der Gesichtspunkt, ein möglichst leichtes und kleines Gerät zu haben, nicht so sehr im Vordergrund stand. Von dem neuen Typ der Station sind inzwischen schon eine ganze Reihe von Exemplaren in Betrieb genommen worden, so daß es an der Zeit ist, einige Bemerkungen über Zuverlässigkeit in der Konstanz der Skalen- und Basiswerte sowie über andere instrumentelle Daten der Geräte zu machen. Auf Grund eingehender Messungen am Observatorium und im Gelände liegt genügend umfangreiches Material vor, um diese Fragen sicher beantworten zu können.

Notes: Several papers have been published in which the electromagnetic anomalies are described that are produced by conductive ore bodies of different shapes. No publications are available, however, in which the electrical current pattern is described that is induced in these ore bodies. Yet an insight in this electrical current pattern would be valuable in order to assess the possibilities of different electromagnetic techniques, for instance with regard to the determination of the dip and of the depth extent of plate shaped ore bodies.In the present paper computations are given of the electrical current pattern induced by an oscillating magnetic dipole in a semi infinite plate shaped orebody of infinitesimal thickness, in which the penetration depth of the current is infinitesimal to a higher order than the thickness of the plate. The computations are based upon an equation derived by Wesley for the magnetic field produced in these conditions, combined with the relation between the electrical current density in a laminar sheet and the magnetic field produced by this current at the surface of the sheet.The results of the computations show that, if the horizontal distance between the dipole source and the sheet is sufficiently small, the maximum current density of the return current may occur at a depth below the upper edge of the sheet which is appreciably smaller than the depth of the upper edge of the sheet below the surface. The depth of the return current becomes large when the horizontal distance between the source and the sheet is large.

Notes: The importance of the time and extent of head production in the herbage grasses has been realized for a long time. In bay or silage making, or in grsiss drying, it deter-mines tbe stage of maturity of the crop, and hence date of cutting, while in both hay and pasture tbe nutritive value of the herbage depends largely on the proportion of leaf and stem present. In seed production, the time of heading is of basic importance. It deter-mines date of harvesting and so may affect yield of seed.