CONTENTS. 



Notes for the Month — Page 



Sir Arthur Boscaiocn and the Agriculturcd Situation — Conciliation 

 Committees — Letter from the Minister of Agriculture — Inter- 

 national Labour Organisation awl Agriculture — Imperial Fruit 

 Show, 1922 — Standardisation of Chip Baskets — Agricultural Index 



Number ... ... ... ... ... ... •.• .•• 577 



The Beginnings of Field Drainage. H. G. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc, 



and G. E. Fussell 585 



The Agricultural Value of Sea-Sand. W. Borlase, N.D.A., and 



Alexatider Gregg, B.Sc. {Agric), N.D.A. 591 



Field Experiments with Rock Phosphates and Basic Slags. II. 



G. S. Robertson, D.Sc, F.I.C 600 



Standardisation of Chip Baskets. J. SfMdart 605 



Farm Institutes. III. 609 



A Village History Exhibition as an Educational Factor. Guy 



Ewing, J. P., F.S.I. 617 



Live Stock and Horse Breeding Improvement in England and Wales 622 



Egg Farming : Some Notes on Lean-to Roof Type of Laying Houses. 



Major G. H. Eden 626 



Californian Methods of Poultry Raising and Marketing. II.... 629 



Saddleback or Sheeted Pigs. Sanders Spencer 634 



The Apple Blossom Weevil. Herbert W. Miles, B.Sc. [Bristol) ... 637 



Spotted Medick. E. W. Fenton ... ... ... ... ••• ... 643 



Conciliation Committees : A Year's Work 648 



The Farm Worker in Scotland 656 



Lessons of the Imperial Fruit Show, 1921 659 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for October. E. T. Hainan, M.A., Dip. 



Agric. (Cantab.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 663 



A Lincolnshire Small Holding ... ... ... ... ... 665 



Seeds Regulations, 1922 667 



Increased Seed-Testing Fees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 667 



Landing of Animals from Ireland ... ... ... ... ... ... 668 



Agricultural Credit in Ontario ... ... ... ... ... ... • • • 669 



The Cultivation of Osiers and Willows 670 



Foot-and- Mouth Disease 670 



Rabies ••• 671 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry ... ... ... ••• ... ... 671 



Notices of Books ... .. ... ... ... ••. ••• ••• ••• 6/1 



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