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INSTRUCTION FOR IRELAND. 



LIST OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LEAFLETS. 



The Warble Fly. 



The Use and Purchase of Feeding 



Stuffs. 

 Foot Hot in Sheep. 

 The Sale of Flax. 



Celery Leaf-Spot Disease or Blight. 

 Charlock (or Preshaugh) Spraying. 

 Fluke in Sheep. 

 Timothy Meadows. 

 The Turnip Fly. 

 Wireworms. 



Prevention of White Scour in Calves 

 Liquid Manure. 



Contagious Abortion in Cattle. 

 Prevention of Potato Blight. 

 Milk Records. 

 Sheep Scab. 



The Use and Purchase of Manures. 

 Swine Fever. 

 Early Potato Growing. 

 Calf Bearing. 



Diseases of Poultry : — Gapes 

 Basic Slag. 

 Dishorning Calves. 

 Care and Treatment of Premium 



Bulls. 

 Fowl Cholera. 



Winter Fattening of Cattle. 

 Breeding and Feeding of Pigs. 

 Blackleg, Black Quarter, or Blue 



Quarter 

 Flax Seed. 

 Poultry Parasites — Fleas, Mites, and 



Lice. 

 Winter Egg Production. 

 Bearing and Fattening of Turkeys 

 Profitable Breeds of Poultry. 

 The Revival of TiUage, 

 The Liming of Land. 

 Field Experiments — Barley. 



,, „ Meadow Hay 



,, ,, Potatoes. 



„ „ Mangels. 



,, ,. Oats. 



,, ,, Turnips. 



Permanent Pasture Grasses. 

 The Rearing and Management of 



Chickens, 

 "Husk" or "Hoose" in Calves. 

 Ringworm on Cattle. 

 Haymaking. 



The Black Currant Mite. 

 Foul Brood or Bee Pest. 

 Poultry Fattening. 

 Portable Poultry Houses. 

 The Leather-Jacket Grub. 

 Flax Experiments 



The Construction of a Cowhouse. 

 Calf Meals. 



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The Apple. 



Cultivation of the Root Crop. 



Marketing of Fruit. 



Sprouting Seed Potatoes. 



Testing of Farm Seeds. 



The Packing of Butter. 



Field Experiments — Wheat. 



The Management of Dairv Cows. 



" Redwater " or " Blood-Murrain " 



in Cattle. 

 Varieties of Fruit Suitable for 

 Cultivation in Ireland. 

 Forestry : The Planting of Waste 

 Lands. 



Forestry : The Proper Method of 

 Planting Forest Trees. 

 Forestry : Trees for Poles and 

 Timber. 



Forestry : Trees for Shelter and 

 Ornament. 



The Prevention of Tuberculosis in 

 Cattle. 



Forestry : Planting, Management, 

 and Preservation of Shelter-Belt 

 and Hedgerow Timber. 

 Forestry : The Management of 

 Plantations. 



Forestry : Felling and Selling Timber. 

 The Planting and Management of 

 Hedges. 



Some Common Parasites of the 

 Sheep. 



Barley Sowing 



American Gooseberry Mildew. 

 Scour and Wasting in Young Cattle. 

 Home Buttermaking. 

 The Cultivation of Small Fruits. 

 Catch Cropb. 



Potato Culture on Small Farms. 

 Cultivation of Main Crop Potatoes 

 Cultivation of Osiers. 

 Ensilage. 



Some Injurious Orcliard Insects. 

 Dhrty Milk. 

 Barlev Threshing. 

 The Home Bottling of Fruit 

 The Construction of Piggeries. 

 The Advantages of Early Ploughing 

 Black Scab in Potatoes 

 Home Preservation of Eggs. 

 Marketing of Wild Fruits. 

 Cost of Forest Planting. 

 Store Cattle or Butter, Bacon, and 

 Eggs. 



Packing Eggs for Hatchmg. 

 Weeds. 



Tuberculosis in Poultrv. 

 Seaweed in Manurej 



TOBACCO-GROWING LEAFLETS. 



A — Introductory. 



JJ — Suitable Soils and their Treatment. 



C. — Curing Barns. 



D. — Suitable Varieties. 



E. — Seed Beds 



F. — Manures. 



G. — Transplanting. 



H.— Cultivation, Suckerhig, and Topping 



I. — Harvesting ami Curing. 



.T. — Grading, Packing, and Matming. 



K — Marketing. 



Copies of the above leaflets can be obtained free of charge, and post free, on apr,lication to the 

 Secretary. Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, Upper Merrion Sheet, 

 Dublin. Letters of application so addressed need not be stamped. 



