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CONTENTS. 



Notes fok the Month — I'Aut 



Appoint I iient of Next- Minister — Priine Minister's Letter to the Xdtional 

 Farmers' Union — Importation of Canadian Cattle — Agricultural 

 Wages and Cost of Living — Production of Lax^tose from JVhei/ — 

 Field Di'ainage Investigations — Sub- Soiling Investigations — The 



Agricultural Index Nuiaber — Corn Sales Act, 1921 ... ... 7H9 



Home-Grown Cokn and Potatoes foi; Live Stock. 7\ B. Jf'ood, 



C.B.E., M,A., F.I.C., F.R.S 780 



When should the Farmer Sell Home-(Jro\vn Foods? A. G. liusfon, 



B.A., D.Sc, and J". aS*. Simpson, B.Sc 783 



The Imi'Erlvl Fruit Show. H. V. Taijlor, B.Sc 788 



KIlectro-Culture 792 



Improvement of Moorland Grazing in the Xorth of Kncland. 



Professor D. A. Gilchrist ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 797 



Labour on the Farm. II A. G. PMston, B.A., B.Sc, and /. S. 



Simpson, B.Sc. ... ... ... ■.. ... ... ... ... 801 



Council of Agriculture for Wales ... 808 



The Duck as an Eg(; Producer. A. T. Johnson 812 



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



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



Seeds and Good Crops. Leslie E. Cook, N.I). A. ... 826 



Spring-Tails attacking Mangolds ... 828 



Liquorice Growing. David G. Mclver ... ... ... ... ... 830 



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



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

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



Agric. (Cantab.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 840 



Register of Dairy Cattle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 843 



Prices of Apples ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 844 



Small Holdings in Essex ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 844 



The Market for Poultry Feathers 845 



Probable Yield of Potato and Root Crops ... ... ... ... 846 



Test of A^arieties of Fruit for Commercial Purposes ... ... ... ... 847 



Serum Treatment for Swine Fever ... .., ... ... ... ... 848 



Importation of Onion and Leek Seed ... ... ... ... ... ... 849 



Conciliation Committees ... ... ... ... ... •-. ... 849 



Agriculture Abroad — 



Ne7v Agrarian Legislation for Central Europe — Expenditure of the 

 U.S.A. Department for Agriculture, 1922-23 — Apjrropriations for 

 Agriculture in Canada — Dairying in Nova Scotia — Injurious 

 Weeds in Manitoba — Fall in Agricultural Wages in U.S.A. — 



Titaber Seasoning Invention ... ... ... ... ... 851 



Licensing of Stallions under the Horse Breeding Act, 1918 ... ... 858 



Produce of Crops in England and Wales, 1922 ... .. ... ... 861 



Produce of Hops, 1922 863 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease ... ... ... ... .. ... ... 863 



Agricultural Reseanih Scholarships and Fellowships ... ... ... 864 



International Poultry E.xhibition ... ... ... ... ... ... 864 



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