scholarly journals George William Cooke, 6 January 1916 — 10 February 1992

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 91-109
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Deputy Director ◽  
Chemistry Department ◽  
Experimental Station ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Rothamsted Experimental Station ◽  
Scientific Officer

GEORGE COOKE joined the Chemistry Department of Rothamsted Experimental Station in 1938. He became head of that Department in 1956, and was also a deputy director of the Station from 1962 and acting director during 1972-3. In 1975 he moved to the London headquarters of the Agricultural Research Council as Chief Scientific Officer. After he retired in 1981, he continued his work from a base at Rothamsted until 1989. His career covered half a century of vast change in agriculture, in Britain and in the world, in which he was a significant leader .

Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Agricultural Research Modellers' Group

1994 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Author(s):  
J. France
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Arable Crops ◽  
Experimental Station ◽  
Meeting Room ◽  
Rothamsted Experimental Station

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, is sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It was formed in 1970, and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The twenty-fifth meeting of the group, chaired by Dr T. M. Addiscott of the Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, was held in the Wellcome Meeting Room at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 15 April 1994, when the following papers were read.

XIV.—Rowett Research Institute

1951 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
D. P. Cuthbertson
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Animal Nutrition ◽  
College Of Agriculture ◽  
The North ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
The University

The Rowett Institute for research on animal nutrition had its origin under a scheme for promoting scientific research in agriculture adopted by the Development Commission in 1911.The Governing Body, which originally consisted of an equal number of members appointed by the Court of the University of Aberdeen and the Governors of the North of Scotland College of Agriculture, was constituted in 1913. Within recent years it has been expanded to include persons nominated by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Agricultural Research Council, and the Medical Research Council. Research work was begun in temporary accommodation in Marischal College in 1914, under the direction of Dr John Boyd Orr—now Lord Boyd-Orr—who continued as Director until his retirement in 1945.

Changes in phosphorus metabolism of sheep in response to the increased demands for P associated with an intravenous infusion of calcium

1984 ◽  
Vol 102 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Braithwaite
Keyword(s):  
Intravenous Infusion ◽  
Calcium Metabolism ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Close Association ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Phosphorus Metabolism ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
P Absorption ◽  
P Retention

SummaryThe effect on phosphorus and calcium metabolism of a high rate of Ca infused directly into the blood of 10-month-old sheep, already receiving an adequate Ca and P intake, has been studied by a combination of balance and radioisotope techniques. Ca retention was significantly increased during the infusion and most of the extra Ca was retained in bone. Urinary Ca excretion also showed a small but significant increase and the efficiency of Ca absorption a small but significant decrease. Because of the close association of Ca and P in bone, the increased skeletal retention of Ca resulted in an increased skeletal P retention and hence an increased demand for P. This increased P demand was met partly by a decrease in the rate of endogenous faecal loss of P and partly by an increase in the rate and efficiency of P absorption. Because the increase in P demand was relatively small, it was not possible to decide whether the endogenous faecal loss of P can be reduced in response to increased demands to the level found at zero P intake as suggested by the Agricultural Research Council (1980) or whether higher losses at normal P intakes are inevitable.

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