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CONTENTS. 



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Editorial Notes 



Agriculture aiul Legislation in 1919 The Ministry of Afrriculture 

 ami Fisheries Act— The Forestry Act, 1919- Interim Report of the 

 Royal Commission on Agriculture. 

 Interim Report of the Royal Commission on Agriculture ... 967 

 Report on the Proposed Electrolytic Treatment op Seeds 



(WOLFRYN Process) before Sowing. J:. J. llusaM, D.Sc, F.R.S. 971 

 The Value of Lupins in the Cultivation of Poor Light Land. 



,1. W. Oldcrshaw, M.B.E., B.Sc 982 



The Food of the Nightjar. Walter E. Collinrje, D.Sc, F.L.S. ... 992 



The Warble Fly 995 



'•Stripe" Disease of Tomatoes. S. G. Paine and il'. F. Beidey ... 998 



iloME-GROWN Sugar 1000 



The Fowler Self-Lift Stetch Plough 1002 



Final Report of the Committee on the Production and Distri- 

 bution OF Milk 1005 



Cost of Milk Production 1C09 



Notes on Manures for February. From the Rothamsted Experi- 

 mental Station lull 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for February. From the Animal 



Nutritioji Institute, Cambridge iTniversity 1017 



Apple Packing at the Eastern Counties Commercial Fruit Show 1u20 



Seed Potato Regulations 102:^ 



Winter Feeding of Bees 1021 



Parliamentary Replies to Questions affecting Agriculture ... 1025 



Official Notices and Circulars 1028 



Appointment of Minister of Agriculture — The Rats and Mice 

 (Destruction) Act, 1919 — Present Position of Land Settlement — 

 Loans to Tenants of Small Holdings under the Land Settlement 

 (Facilities) Act, 1919 — Potatoes Order, 1919: Amendment — The 

 British Onions Order, 1918— The Cheese (Distribution) Order, 1918 

 — Egg Prices — The Horse and Poultry Mixtures Order, 1917 — 

 Poultry and Game (Prices) Order, 1918 — American Gooseberry 

 Mildew — Louping-IU in Sheep— The Pirbright Cattle Testing Station : 

 Mischievous Rumours denied — How to Redeem Tithe— Common Lands 

 and how to jirotect them— A Farm School for Suffolk : A Gift from 

 Lord Iveagh— Report of the Work of the Government Laboratory, 

 1918-1919 — Leaflets issued by the Ministry — Constitution of the 

 Forestry Commission — By-laws affecting the Breeding of Pigs and 

 Poultry — Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain 

 — De-control of Dairy Products — Control of Home Checf^e— With- 

 drawal of Allotments for use for Building Purposes — Double Dipping 

 of Sheep — Foot and Mouth Disease — Rabies^ — Essays on Agriculture 

 for the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1920 — Journal Errata. 



Notices of Books 101(> 



Notes on Crop Prospects and Live Stock Abroad ... ... ... ... 1047 



Report of the International Institute of Agriculture — Finland — New 

 Zealand — Live Stock in Canada. 



Agricultural Conditions in England and Wales on Ist January 1048 



Agricultural Labour in England and Wales during December 1048 



Prices of Corn and Agricultural Produce 1049 



Diseases of Animals Acts 1055 



Weather in England during December ... ... ... ... ... ... 105(5 



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