VoL XXIX. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 2. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



Ministry of Agriculture 



MAY, 1922. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 

 (For Complete List of Contents see page ix.) page 



Green Manuring. H. J. Page, m.b.k, B.Sc, A.i.c. - 104 



Farm Buildings for Small- Holdings : A West Riding 



Improvement. Major II. P. G. Maule, D.S.Q., M.C., 

 F.RLB.A. 113 



Germination of Indigenous Grass and Clover Seeds. 



Professor R. G. Stapled on, M.A. - - - - - - 118 



Cropping of a Derelict Estate in Sussex. R. H. B. Jesse, 



B.Sc, N.D.A. - 126 



Depth of Sowing Grass and Clover Seeds. P- D. Williams, 



B.Sc. 132 



Cultivation of the Hop Crop- V.— Ficking, Drying and 



Packing of Hops. Part I. Arthur Amos, M.A. - . 138 



Increasing the Commercial Value of Apples. E. M. Bear 148 



The Liver Hot Epidemic in North Wales, 1920-21. c. L. 



Walton, M.Se. 154 



The Ministry's Trials of Varieties of Potatoes, 1921 - - 163 

 A Successful Co-operative Egg and Poultry Society. 



E. G. Warren 171 



Chocolate Spot Disease or Streak Disease of Broad Beans. 



Sydney G. Paine and Margaret S. Lacey - 175 



Marrow-stemmed Kale for Poultry. Lucy A. Hutchinson, B.A. 177 

 Feeding Stuffs for May. E. T. Hainan, ALA., Dip. Agic. 



(Cantab.) 179 



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