VoL XXIX. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 3. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



Ministry of Agriculture 



JUNE, 1922. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 

 (For Complete List of Contents see page fx,) page 



Wisdom and Folly of Ancient Book-Farmers. The Eight 



Hon, Lord Ernie, P.O., M.V.O. - - - - - . 203 

 Science and the Farmer. Professor J. Arthur Thompson, M.A., 



LL.D. - 217 



The School of Agriculture of the University of Cambridge. 



Professor T. B. Wood, C.B.E., M.A., F.I.C., F.B.S. - - 223 



Farm Buildings for Small Holdings : Variations from the 



Normal. Major H. P. G. Maule, D.S.O., M.C., F.B.I.B.A. - 230 



Phosphatic Fertilisers. E. J. Russell, D.Sc, F.B.S. - - 234 



Green Manuring. Part II. H. J. Page, M.B.E., B.Sc, A.IC. 240 



Council of Agriculture for England ----- 249 



Agricultural Advisory Committee for England and Wales 257 



Cultivation of the Hop Crop. V— Picking, Drying and 



Packing of Hops. Part II. Arthur Amos, M.A. - - 262 



The Orchards of Middlesex. 0, H. Middleton - - - 269 



The Large White Pig. Sanders Spencer - 275 



The Control of Maggots attacking the Roots of Vegetables. 



Kenneth M. Smith, A.B.C.S. - 280 



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