Vol XXIX. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 6. 



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J683 



The Journal 



OF THE 



MSnSstry of Agriculture 



SEPTEMBER, 1922. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 

 (For Complete List of Contents see page uii.) paoi 



Land Drainage Works for the Eelief of Unemployment - - 488 



A " Clean MDk" Centre and Where to Find it. Major H, P. g. 



Maule, D.S.O., M.C., F.R.I.B.A. 495 



The Shire Horse : Past, Present and Future. Edmund Beck - 500 



Califomian Methods of Poultry Raising and Marketing - 504 



Farm Institutes. Part II. ------ - 510 



Field Experiments with Rock Phosphates and Basic Slags. 



G. S. Eobeiison, D.Sc., F.I.C. - - - . . - - 519 



Basic Slag : Second Interim Report of the Permanent Com- 

 mittee 530 



Live Stock and Horse Breeding Improvement in England 



and Wales- 534 

 Grading and Sizing of Apples. J- Stoddart .... 543 



The Allotments Act, 1922 ------- 545 



The Revival of Village Industries : The Country Industries 



Co-operative Society, Ltd. A. Boicman .... 549 



The Middle White Pig. Sanders Spencer ----- 552 



The Rhododendron Bug - 555 

 Anthracnose of the Cucumber under Glass. II. W. F. Beicley, 



^'Sc. - - - - 558 



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



{Cantab.) 562 



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