APPENDIX IV 



AGRICULTURAL LEAFLETS 



In a previous page reference was made to the very 

 valuable leaflets on all agricultural subjects, issued by 

 the Board of Agriculture. Bound volumes of these 

 leaflets, Nos. 1 to 100 and 101 to 200, can be had from 

 the office of the Board of Agriculture, Whitehall Place, 

 London S.W., at 6d. net each volume post free. Leaflets 

 Nos. 2, 3 and 11, 13 and 83 deal with poultry and garden 

 plots, with poultry feeding, poultry houses, appliances 

 for small holders and cottagers, marketing of poultry 

 and eggs, preservation of eggs, etc. 



Honey is described as a valuable article of food, and 

 its production is an inexpensive and a remunerative 

 village industry. Bee-keeping is dealt with in leaflets 

 128 and 141 in " Advice to Beginners in Bee-keeping," 

 and " Preparation of Honey for Market." Full instruc- 

 tions for pig-keeping for cottagers and small holders 

 are given in leaflet No. 10. Other leaflets contain 

 instruction to market gardeners and private persons 

 on pruning and the general treatment of fruit trees, on 

 storage, bottling and preservation of fruit. Advice is 

 also given on the choice of seeds, of manures and other 

 fertilizers. The keeping of goats is specially recom- 



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