Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction 



for Ireland, 



LIST OF THE DEPARTMENTS LEAFLETS. 



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Tb« Warble Fly. 



The Use and Purchase of Feeding Stuffs 



Footrot in Sheep. 



The Sale of Flax. 



Out of Print. 



Charlock (or Preshaugh) Spraying 



Fluke in Sheep. 



Timothy Meadows. 



The Turnip Fly. 



Wireworma. 



Prevention of White Scour in Calves. 



Out of Flint, 



Contagious Abortion in Cattle. 



Prevention of Potato Blight. 



Milk Records. 



Sheep Scab. 



The Use and Purchase of Manures. 



Swine Fever. 



Early Potato Growing. 



Calf Rearing. 



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, orBlueQuarter 



Flax Seed. 



Poultry Parasites— Fleas, Mites, and 



Lice. 

 Winter Egg Production. 

 Rearing and Fattening of Turkeys. 

 Profitable Breeds of Poultry. 

 The Revival of Tillage. 

 The Liming of Land. 

 Field Experiments — Barley. 



M I Meadow Hay. 



,, ,, Potatoes. 



,, ,, Mangolds. 



,, „ Oats. 



M M Turnips, 



Permanent Pasture Grasses. 

 The Rearing and Managementof 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 



A. — Introductory. 



B.— Suitable Soils and their 



Treatment. 

 C. — Curing Barns. 



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D. — Suitable Varieties. 



E.— Seed Beds. 



F. — Manures. 



Gi — Transplanting 



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Calf Meals. 



The Apple. 



Cultivation of th« Root Crop 



Marketing of Fruit. 



Sprouting Seed Potatoes. 



Testing of Farm Seeds. 



The Packing of Butter. 



Field Experiments — Wheat. 



Out 9f Print. 



"Redwater" or '* Blood Murrain" 10 

 Cattle. 



Varieties of Fruit suitable for cultiva- 

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Forestry : The Planting of Waste Lands. 



Forestry : The Proper Method of Plant- 

 ing Forest Trees. 



Forestry : Trees for Poles and Timber. 



Forestry : Trees for Shelter and Orna- 

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The Prevention of Tuberculosis in Cattle. 



Forestry : Planting, Management, and 

 Preservation of Shelter-Belt and 

 Hedgerow Timber. 



Forestry : The Management of Planta- 

 tions. 



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 Crops. 



Potato Culture on Small Farms. 



Cultivation of Main Crop Potatoes. 



Cultivation of Osiers. 



Ensilage. 



Some Injurious Orchard Insects. 



Dirty Milk. 



Barley 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 «rButter, Bacon and Eggs. 



Packing Eggs for Hatching. 



Weeds. 



Tuberculosis in Poultry. 



Seaweed as Manure. 



LEAFLETS. 



H. — Cultivation, Suckering, and Topping 

 I. — Harvesting and Curing. 

 J. — Grading, Packing, and Maturing. 

 K. — Marketing. 



Copies of the above Leaflets can be obtained, FREE OF CHARGE and post free, on 

 application to the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, 

 Upper Merrion Street, Dublin. Letters of Application so addressed need not be stampecL 



