Vol. XXVII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 2. 



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.J683 



i| The Journal 



^^^^ OF THE 



Ministry of Agriculture 



MAY, 1920. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(for Complete List of Contents see page xv,) ^^^^ 



Summer Application of Basic Slag to Pastures - - 98 



Arat)le Dairy Farming- in North Wales - - - - 99 



Grass Seed Mixtures and Temporary Leys - - - 101 



Co-operative Cheese-making" 103 



Open Air Shelters for Pig's - - . - - - 105 



Manures for June. From the Rothamsted Experimental Station - 1 16 

 Feeding' Stuffs for June. From the Animal Nutrition Institute^ 



Cambridge University - - - - - - -118 



Farming- on Breck-land in Norfolk. S. L. Bensusan - - 122 

 The Accounts of a Hampshire Flock in 1918-19. Sir Daniel 



Hall, K.C.B., F.R.S. 126 



Our National Food Supply : Limits of Self Support - 183 

 The Technique of Cross-Fertilisation in Potatoes. R. N. 



i<a/awan, M.A., M.D. ------- 138 



Social Service in Rural Areas. Sir Henry Rew, K,C,B. - 145 



Villag-e Institutes as an Aid to Rural Education - - 152 

 Liming- in Herefordshire : An Important Local Industry. 



John Porter, B.Sc. - - - - - - - 157 



Farm Accounts, Profits and Costs. H. G. Hoivell, F.C.A. - 162 

 Impressions of A Visit to Denmark in 1919. S. Emily 



Matthews --- - 172 



The Manag-ement of Bulls 178 



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