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CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



Notes 1057 



Agricultural Education and Research — The Improvement of Grass 

 Land— The Growth of Rural Industries— The World (Campaign 

 against Rats. 



Land Settlement in Denmark. J, O. Stewart, M,A.y B.Sc 1061 



Farm Drainage Machinery. Major J. O. M' vrison 1080 



Land Drainage 1088 



The White Rot Disease of Onion Bulbs. A. D. Cotton and 



M, N, Owen 1093 



Pea and Oat Hay. Jas. C. Brown 1100 



The Quality of Farm and Garden Seeds 1102 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad 1105 



Notes on Manures for March. From the Rothamsted Experi- 

 mental Station 1109 



Final Report of the Nitrogen Products Committee 1112 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for March. From the Animal 



Nutrition Institute, Cambridge University 1115 



Land Settlement through Local Authorities 1119 



Poultry Laying Trials at the Harper Adams Agricultural 



College ; ... 1119 



Employment of Women in Agriculture 1123 



Farming op Land Broken up during the War 1127 



Official Notices and Circulars 1129 



Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act, 1919 —Potato Trials— List 

 of Growers of Immune Varieties of Potatoes in England and Wales — 

 Decontrol of Home Cheese — L( gal Decisions under the Corn Produc- 

 tion Act — Profiteering on Hay and Straw— Revocation of Oils, Oil 

 Cakes and M. als Order, 1917 — The Control of Hides — Seed Produc- 

 tion in Denmark and United States of America — Budget of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, 1919-20 — A new United 

 States Government Stallion Farm — Agricultural Credit Facilities for 

 Devastated Regions in France — Leg^I Decisions affecting Minimum 

 Wages — Foot-and-Mouth Disease — Rabies — Revocation of the Milk 

 (Licensing) Order, 1918 — The National Egg Distribution Scheme — 

 January Journal : Errata. 



Notices of Books 1140 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 1142 



Report of the International Institute of Agriculture — Sowing of 

 Winter Cereals in the Northern Hemisphere — Crops in the Southern 

 Hemisphere — Prussia — Sweden — France — India — Canada. 



Agricultural Conditions in England and Wales on 1st February 1144 



Agricultural Labour in England and Wales during January ... 1144 



Prices of Com and Agricultural Produce 1145 



Diseases of Animals Acts 1150 



Weather in England during January 1151 



Selected Contents of Periodicals 1152 



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