Vol XXIX. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 9 



The Journal 



OF THE 



Ministry of AgrSctilture 



DECEMBER, 1922. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents Bee page uii.) paob 



Home-Grown Corn and Potatoes for Live Stock. T. B, 



Wood, C.B.E., ALA., F.I.C, FM.S. 780 



When should the Fanner Sell Home-Grown Foods ? A, G. 



Rustoriy B.A.f D.Sc, and /. S. Simpson, B.Sc. - - . - 733 



The Imperial Fruit Show. ^. V, Taylor, B.Sc. . . . 733 



Electro-Culture - - - - - - - - - 792 



Improvement of Moorland Grazing in the North of Eng- 

 land* Professor D. A. Gilchrist 797 



Labour on the Farm. II. A. G.Rusion, B.A., D.Sc, and J.S. 



Simpson, B.Sc. . - - - - . . . . gQl 



Council of Agriculture for Wales 808 



The Duck as an Egg Producer. A. t. Johnson - . - 812 



Dry-Meal Hoppers for Pigs. Captain CaXicott Reilly, B.Sc. - 816 



The Crate-Rod and Barrel-Hoop Trades. Katharine S. Woods 819 



Seeds and Good Crops. Leslie E. Cook, n.d.a. , - . 826 



Spring-Tails attacking Mangolds - . - . . 828 



Liquorice Growing. David G. McLier 830 



The First Year's Working of the Seeds Act, 1920- II. . 832 



Manures for December. Sir John Russell, D.Sc, F.R.S. - - 836 



Feeding Stuffs for December. E. T. Hainan, M.A., Dip. Agric 



{Cantab.) - 840 



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