Vol. IX. Part 1 



August, 1918 



THE 



JOURNAL 



OF 



AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 



EDITED BY 



Professor R. H. BIFFEN, M.A., F.R.S., Cambridge 

 Sir a. D. HALL, K.C.B., M.A., F.R.S., Board of Agriculture, London 

 E. J. RUSSELL, D.Sc, F.R.S., Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden 

 Professor T. B. WOOD, C.B.E., M.A., Cambridge 



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Dr H. p. ARMSBY, State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 



B. C. ASTON, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand 



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W. BATESON, M.A., F.R.S., John Innes Horticultural Institute, Merton, Surrey 



J. R. CAMPBELL, B.Sc, Department of Agriculture, Dublin 



I. B. POLE EVANS, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, South Africa 



F. B. GUTHRIE, Department of Agriculture, Sydney, N.S.W. 



Professor J. HENDRICK, B.Sc, Marischal College, Aberdeen 



J. W. LEATHER, V.D., F.I.C., Major 



Sir T. H. MIDDLETON, K.B.E., C.B., M.A., Board of Agriculture, London 



F. T. SHUTT, M.A., F.I.C., Experimental Farms, Ottawa, Canada 



Professor W. SOMERVILLE, M.A., D.Sc, School of Rural Economy, Oxford 



Dr a. C. true, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 



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