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CONTENTS. 



Notes op the Month — page 



Th<' New Affricultvre Bill — The Advantages of Agricultnral Shows — 

 Iiy>^rorement of Grans Land : Local JDevumstrations — Acreage and 

 Live Stock Returns — Farm Power Problems — Standardisation of 

 Agricultural JIachinery ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 197 



Thfi Great Eantern Ra'divay Demonstration Train — Thf^ Progress of 

 Women's Institutes — Increase in the Value of Grants payable to 

 Societies under the Live Stock Scheme ... ... ... ... ... 205 



Seed-borne Diseases of Cereals : Possible Control bg Dry Heat — Idld 

 Potato Trials in East Sussex — Prevention of Wart Disease in 

 Lincolnshire — Potato Blight: Uselessness of Seed Dressings — Fruit 

 Preserving : An Experimental School ... ... ... ... ... 209 



Experimental Cottage Building — Land Reclamation at Wainfieet — 

 Effect of Exports on Supplies of Basic Slag — Farm Labourer's 

 Wage: Deputatuni to Minister of Agriculture ... ... ... ... 216 



The Inclosure Acts and Tithe Acts : Exchanges of Lands — Rat Destruc- 

 tion — Rat^- and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 : Some Simple 

 Suggestions — Facilities for Maj) Inspection at the Ministry of 

 Agriculture 220 



Notes on Poultry Feeding : From the Harper Adams Agricultural 



College 224 



Agriculture During Two Great Wars: 1793-1815 and 1914-1918. 



The Rt. Hon. Lord Ernie, M.V.O. 227 



The National Aspects of the Case for Increasing the Supplies of 



Basic Slag. Sir Thomas Middleton, K.B.E. 241 



The "Royal's" War Record. J. P. Goodwin 250 



Profit and Loss Sharing in Agriculture. J. Wyllie, B.Sc, N.D.A. 



{Hons.) 254 



The Allotment Movement in England and Wales 262 



Some Feeding Experiments with Dried Blood. L. F. Newman, 



Dip. Agric. {Camh.) 266 



The Study of Rural Economy at Oxford. S. L. Bensusan 272 



The Composition and Feeding Value of Silage 277 



Potato Spraying Trials in the Cambridgeshire Fens, 1919. 



F. R. Petherbridge, M.A 282 



Potato Leaf-curl i^l 



Profitable Apples for Market 290 



Questions in Parliament 296 



Prices of Ground Basic Slag, 1920-21 2yG 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry 298 



Wart Disease of Potatoes : Free Inspection of Crops ... ... ... ... 299 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 299 



Rabies 299 



Weather Forcasts for Farmers 300 



Fream Memorial Prize ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30o 



New Chairman of Agricultural Wages Board 300 



May Journal : Erratum 300 



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