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Index 



War — continued. Page 



British Dairy Farmers' Association, work during ... ... 645 



Comparison of origin with that of Napoleonic War ... ... 227 



Efi'ect of sheep breeding ... ... ... ... ... 450 



Financial position at outbreak of the two great wars, 1793-1815 



and 1914-18 ... ... ... ... ... ... 227 



Population m 1793 and in 1914 ... ... ... ... 227 



Taxation and the National Debt ... ... ... 228 



Waste Land : 



\^ Eeclamation by agricultural means ... ... .. ... 791 



,, of heath land in Denmark ... ... ... 85 



at Wainfleet ... ... ... .. ... 218 



Watercourses, improvement of ... ... ... ... ... 764 



Watkin, Gertrude : Agriculture as an occupation for women ... 1060 



Weaving, hand loom ... ... ... ... ... ... 561 



Weeds : 



Bracken, eradication of ... ... ... ... ... HI 



Charlock, destruction of ... ... ... .. ... 622 



Wheat : 



Acreage ... ... ... ... ... ... •.. 262 



in 1872 contrasted with 1914 ... ... ... ... 134 



British prices ... ... ... ... ... ... 395,693 



Campaign for increased production ... ... ... .. 943 



Continuous growing ... ... ... .. ... 601 



Crop, 1921, necessity to grow more wheat ... ... ... 424 



Cultivation, climate, soils and varieties .. ... ... 597 



From seed bed to breakfast table ... ... ... ... 624 



Home-grown ... ... ... ... ... ... 185,424 



Prices 693,895,1091,1097 



Production and imports, 1909-13 and 1918 ... ... ... 332 



necessity for more ... ... .. ... 332 



Protection against fungus pests ... ... ... ... 548 



Sowing ... ... ... ... ... ... -.. 504 



Spring wheat ... ... ... .-• •.. ••• 185 



Trials of new varieties 694 



Winter wheat, early sowing ... ... ... ... ... 405 



,, ,, ploughing of ... ... ... .. 89 



Yield on breck-land ... ... ••• ... ••• 123 



Wilkes, J. F. : The modem cottage of chalk and cement ... ... 1010 



Williams-Ellis, Clough : The modern cottage : Experiments in Pise 



at Amesbury ... ... ••• ... ••• 529 



Woburn; experimental fruit farm, closing of ... ... ... 891 



W^olfryn process of treatment of seeds for increased yields ... ... 495 



Women : 



Adviser '• - 409 



Agriculture as an occupation for ... ... ... ... 1060 



Small holdings in Denmark ... ... ... ... ••. 53 



Women in horticulture ... ... ... ••• ••• 1137 



Women's institutes : 



Agricultural education, and ... ... ... ... ... 940 



Buildings for 147 



Progress of ... ... ... .•• ••• •• ••• 206 



Schools for organisers ... ... ••• 600 



The National Federation of ... ... ... ... ••• 858 



Wormald, H. : Prevention of bunt in wheat ... ... ... 1013 



Wyllie, James : Profit and loss sharing in agriculture ... ... 254 



Yew tree poisoning (Taxus baccata) ... ... ... ... """^ 



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