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CONTENTS. 



Notes for the Month — Page 

 Wheat Cultivation : Climate, Soils and Varieties — Winter Oats — Schools 



for Women s Institute Organisers — Renovation of neglected Orchards ... 597 

 The Seeds Act, 1920 — Agricultu wal Prices — The Improvement of Moorland 

 Pasture — Winter Feeding of Poultry — Winter Egg Production — 



Poultry on Stubbles ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 604 



Agriculture aiul the new Railway Rates — The Winter Storage of Potatoes 

 and other Vegetables — The Development of Rural Industries — Jelly from 

 Cider Apples — Destruction of Charlock : Experiments in Northampton- 

 shire — Foot-and- Mouth Disease 617 



The History of a Grain of Wheat from the Seed Bed to the 



Bueakfast Table. Sir A. D. Ball, K.C.B., F.R.S 624 



Plant Breeding Work at Aberystwyth. Professor R. G. Stapledon, M.A. 630 



The British Dairy Farmers' Association. F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S., F.I.C. 640 

 Breeding Dairy Cattle for Milk Production. J. Mackintosh, O.B.E., 



X.D.A., X.D.D 647 



The Life History of the Common Mole. Lionel E. Adams, B.A. ... 659 



.Accessory Food Factors, or Yitamines 666 



"Damping Off " of Tomato Seedlings. W.F. Bewlcy 670 



Perennial Ryegrass and Wild AVhite Clover 674 



Commercial Mushroom Cultivation 678 



Feeding Stuffs in October. Professor T. B. Wood, C.B.E., M.A., F.R.S. 681 



Manures in October. E. J. Russell, D.Sc., F.R.S. 683 



Notices of Books ... 686 



Sulphate of Ammonia: Increased Prices ... ... ... ... ... 688 



Basic Slag : Increased Prices 688 



Sale of Cereal Seed ' * ... 688 



Examination of Live Bees suspected of Disease 689 



Precautions against Cattle Plague 689 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry ... ... 690 



Jam-making with Brown Sugar 690 



Exportation of Seed Potatoes to Holland 690 



Rabies ... 691 



-Additions to the Library 692 



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