Vol XXVIII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 6. 



The Jottrnal 



OF THE 



Ministry of Agrictilttcre 



SEPTEMBER, 1921. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents Bee page xu.) page 



Conciliation Committees in Agriculture • - - - 488 



The New Farm Institutes. Sir A. D. Hall, K.C.B., F.B,S. . 492 



The Staffordshire Farm Institute, Rodbaston. J- C. Rushton, 



F.H.A.S. 495 



Agricultural Research as a Career ... - 497 



The Herdwick Sheep- ^. ^'omg Reid, M.C., N.D.A., N.D,D. - 501 



Silage for Dairy Cows. O. S, Robertson, D.Sc, and F. J. Pitcher - 506 



The South Eastern Agricultural College, Wye. M. J. R. 



Duni<tan - - - - - - - - 516 



Basic Slag Problems 521 



Scarcity of Swallows. H. Boose - 526 



Packing Apples in Boxes. J- Tumhuil - - . . 531 



Imperial Fruit Show 540 

 The Working of a Federation of Women's Institutes : 



Dorset. Benita Lady Lees 543 



The Raspberry Gall Fly. Herbert W. Miles, N.D.A. - - 548 

 Third International Congress on Seed Testing at Copenhagen. 



C. B. Saunders - - - - - - - -551 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for September. F. T. Hainan, M.A., 



Dip. Agric. (Cantab.) - 554 



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