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CONTENTS. 



Notes fok the Month — Page 

 The Ministers Speech at Leicester — The Formation of County Ay ricalt an i.l 

 Committees — Th^ Reclamation of Waste Laiul by Agricultural Means — 

 Cmaherland awl. Westmorlaiul <« Nurseries fcrr Seed Potatoes — The 



Purchase of Seeds — The Smiihfield Club and its History 789 



tillage Clubs Association Conference — The Equipr/ient of Small Holdings: 

 Cottage Pla/nning — Diseases in Aniirtals during 1919 — Poisoning of 



Live Stock by Ye u: — Importation of Potatoes into Lr eland ... ... SOO 



Nev: Railu:ay Ptegulations for Conveyance of Plants and Flowers — Allot- 

 ments: Compulsory Hiring — London Thoroughbre<l Stallion Show, 1921 S12 



Speech by the Ministek of AGKicrLTriiE at Leicester 816 



The Enclosure of Open-field Farms. The Right Hon. Lord Ernl< . M. V. 0. 831 



Milk Recording IN England AND Wales ... ... ... 842 



Education AND Re.search IN Poultry Keeping ... ... ... ... ^47 



Distribution of Sittings of Eggs and Day-old Chicks 8.34 



The National Federation of Women's Institutes. M. Frida Hartley... S5S 

 TheDistributionofWartDisea.se. H. V. Taylor, M.B.E., A.R.C.Sc, 



B.Sc 863 



The Rook : Its Relation to the Farmer, Fruit Grower and 



Forester. JF. E. Collinge, D.Sc. ... 868 



Manures in December. E. J. Russell, D.Sc, F.R.S. b76 



Feeding Stuffs in December. E. T. Hainan, M.A 883 



Questions in Parliament 886 



Agricultural Returns, 1920 : Produce of Crops iu England and Wales ... 888 



Egg Prices „ ... 890 



Ministry's Exhibit of Varieties of Potatoes lumume from Wart Disease ... 890 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 890 



Map showing Areas declared Infected with. Wart Disease iu Scotlaud ... 891 



Extension of the Rothamsted Laboratoiies ... .. ... ... ... S91 



Rothamst^d Experimental Station ... ... ... ... 891 



Closing of Woburn Fniit Experimental Farm ... ... ... ... ... S91 



The Ormskirk Potato Trials, 1919 : Erratum 891 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease ... 892 



Rabies ... 892 



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