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Index 



Manures — continued. Page 



Potasli supplies ... ... ... ... ... ... 525 



Potatoes, manuring for ... ... ... ... 35,37,41,46,48 



Prices of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 296,399 



Railway rates on ... ... ... ... ... ... 618 



Pape and fodder crop, manuring for ... ... ... ... 39 



Salt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 38 



Seaweed, value of ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 



Shoddy (danger of anthrax) ... ... ... ... ... 21 



Soiling crops in general farming ... ... ... ... 696 



Soot : 



Comparison of domestic and boiler ... ... ... 69 



Composition of ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 



Effect on plant growth ... ... ... ... ... 71,72 



Steamed bone flour ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 



Sugar beet, manuring for ... ... ... ... ... 117 



Sulphate of ammonia 10 , 28 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 39 . 47 ,48 . ] 17 , 399 , 688, 876 , 



1042.1066,1174 



Sulphate and muriate of potash ... ... 10,36,37,39,40,41.42 



Superphosphate ... ... ... 10,28.36,37,38,39,117,879 



SuliDhuric acid in rain water, effect on vegetation ... ... 72 



soil ... ... ... 73 



Swedes and turnips, manuring for ... ... ... 38,41,157 



Sylvinite for mangolds, wheat and temporary levs ... ... 877 



Urea ... ... .. ... ^ ..."^ ... ... 1043 



Alaps : French agricultural soil ... ... ... ... ... 57 



Map inspection : Facilities at ^Ministry's offices ... ... ... 224 



Market gardening, combined with poultry keeping ... ... ... 412 



Matthews, S. Emily : Impressions of a visit to Denmark ... ... 172 



Meat (see also Livestock) : 



Comparison of meat grown on good pasture with that on moderate 244 



Decontrol of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 309 



Production, estimated ... ... ... ... ... 243 



Meadows, Capt. S. Douglas : Adaptation of buildings for smallholders 468 



Mercer, S. P. : Grass and clover seeds growing in Great Britain ... 535 



Meteorology : Weather forecasts for farmers ... ... ... 192 400 



Middleton, Sir Thomas : 



National aspects of the ca^se for increasing the supplies of basic 



slag ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 



Wheat crop of 1921 : Necessity for Britain to grow more ... 424 

 Milk, see Dairying. 

 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries : 



Agriculture Bill, notes on ... ... ... ... ... L98 



Act, 1920 994 



Agricultural Advisory Committee ... ... ... ... 894 



,, Council for England, 1st meeting ... ... ("^93 



,, ,, ,, Minister's address ... 912 



,, Machinery Committee ... ... ... 1 



,, Wages Board, chairman ... ... ... 300 



Appointment of Lt.-Col. the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Griffith- 



Boscawen, M.P. ... ... ... ... •■• 1085 



Bee Disease Bill ... ... ... ... ... ••• 1087 



Bees; Ministry's restocking scheme ... ... ... ... JOl 



Cheesemaking scheme ... ... ... ... ••• 



Cottage building scheme ... ... ... ... ■•• ^16 



Crops in allotments of ... ... .•• •• ... ^2 



" Daily Mail " and the Ministry ... ... ... ... 81 



Demonstration farm in Norfolk ... ... ... ••• 5.!25 



Equipment of small holdings : Ministry's scheme ... ... 110.802 



Elver (Eel Fry) distribution. Ministry's scheme ... ... 1168 



Farm labourers' deputation ... ... .•■ ••• ••• ^'1*^ 



Flax production branch ... ... ... .•• ••• 27 



Home grown wheat prices, deputation ... ... ... "1091 



Horticulture, appointment of controller of ... ... •-• 401 



Horticulture Division and Ideal Home Exhibition ... ... 83 



Housing of village clubs and Ministry ... ... ••■ 148 



Tnclosure Acts : Exchanges of land ... ... ... ••• . '^^^ 



I.and Drainage Act, 1918 ... ... ••• .•• ^-'^4 



