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CONTENTS. 



Notes fok the Month _ Pa«I 



New Minister of Agriculture, and Fisheries — Store Cattle : The Case 

 against Imports — Foot-ami- Mouth Disease: The Ministry s Policy — The 

 Bee Disease Bill — The Tenth Report of the. Development Commissioners — 



England's First Calf Club 1085 



Home-grown Wheat Paiges 1091 



The New Farming Landowner. The Earl of Selborne, K.G., G.C.M.G. 1099 



The Improvement of Peaty Soils. Part I — The True Peats. 



E. J. Russell, D.Sc., F.R.S. 1104 



The Starling : Is it Injurious to Agriculture ? Walter E. Collinge, 



D.Sc, F.L.S 1114 



Reversion of Blackcurrants : A Method of Identification. 



A. H. Lees, M.A 1122 



The Breeding and Rearing of Turkeys. C. A. Flatt. H28 



Women in Horticulture : Future Prospects. Kate Barratt, D.Sc ... 1137 



Wither Tip and Brown Rot of Plums 1142 



Potato Disease (Blight) in 1920 1146 



Deputation of Trades Union Congress ... H48 



Notes on Manures for March. E. J. Russell, D.Sc, F.R.S 1152 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for March. E. T. Hainan, M.A., Dip. 



Agric. (Cantab.) 1154 



Notes on Poultry Keeping : 



Prices of Eggs and Feeding Stuffs — Chicken Rearing 1157 



Agriculture Abroad : 



Keeping Farm Accounts — Firing of Hay staples 1161 



Oo-operative Farming on Smallholdings 1165 



Training at Telscombe 1166 



Rogueing of Peas 1167 



Distribution of Elvers 1168 



Regulations as to Dipping of Sheep 1170 



Onion Smut Order 1170 



Dry Rot of Potatoes .. 1171 



Foot-and- Mouth Disease 1172 



Rabies 1172 



Trench System of Ensilage 1173 



The Examination of Diseased Bees „. 1174 



Reduction in Price of Sulphate of Ammonia ... 1174 



Notice to Stallion Owners : Licences under the Horse Breeding Act, 1918 ... 1174 



A Map of Wart Disease Infected Areas 1174 



Horticultural Inspection for Export : New Scale of Charges ... ... 1175 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry 1175 



Notices of Books 1176 



Additions to the Library 1178 



Selected Contents of Periodicals „ 1180 



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