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CONTENTS. 



Notes for the Month — 



Agricultural Research — Ministry's Pavilion at the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Show ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 301 



Machinery and Implement* for Food Production — Tlie Mountain 



Pony : Its Value to Agriculture — Decontrol of Meat and Live Stock 305 



Potato Demonstration Plots, 1920 — Handhooh of British Breeds of 

 Live Stock — Production of Licences for Stallions — Home- Hand ic raft 

 Exhibits — Baling Hay on the Field ... ... ... ... ... 311 



Protection of the Lapwing — " Udder Stocking " — Rat Destruction : 

 The Need for concentrated Effort — Foot-and- Mouth Disease in 

 Norfolk 315 



Speech by the Minister of Agriculture at the Hothamsted 



Experimental Station 320 



More Wheat. Sir Daniel Hall, K.C.B.. FR.S 332 



Pig Feeding and the Cost of Pork Production. Arthur O. 



Ruston, D.Sc 340 



Poultry Keeping in Fruit Plantations. G. H. Garrad, N.D.A. ... 350 



Tomato Culture. J. Stoddart 360 



Forage Crops of Denmark. W. H. Parker, M.A 364 



The Temporary Ley and the Improvement of Grass Land ... 369 



Chickens and Rabbits : Professor Punnett's Experiments ... 373 



Insect and Fungus Pests in July and August 375 



The Injurious Apple Capsid. Kenneth M. Smith 379 



The Great Eastern Railway Demonstration Train 382 



Redemption of Tithe Rentcharge : The Tithe Act, 1918— Income 



Tax Liability of Landowner and Titheowner 386 



Agriculture Abroad— 



Horticulture and International Friendship : The British Exhibit at 

 Antwerp — Railway Companies and Agricultural Production in France 

 — Cattle Breeders' Association in South Africa — Live Stock for 

 Devastated Areas in France — Mineral Matter and Milk 389 



Notices of Books 393 



Questions in Parliament ... 394 



Prices of Sulphate of Ammonia, 1920-21 399 



Weather Forecasts for Farmers 400 



Regulations for Importation of Hay and Straw 400 



Appointment of Controller of Horticulture 401 



Fruit Crop Prospects on 1st July 401 



Alteration in the Date of Publication of this Journal 401 



Additions to the Library 402 



Selected Contents of Periodicals 404 



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