Vol XXVIII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 5. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



Ministry of Agriciilttire 



AUGUST, 1921. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 

 (For Complete List of Contents tee page xu.) pAoi 



The Education of the Farm Worker. W. R. Smith, M.P. - 391 

 Artificial Farmyard Manure. l^l- B, Hutchinson^ Ph.D., and 



E, H, Richards, B.Sc., F,LC. 398 



The Claying of Fen Soils. Wilfrids. Mansfield, B,A. - . 412 

 The Effect of Chalk on the Cultivation of Heavy Land. 



E. J, Russell, D.Sc, F.R.S., and B. A. Keen, B.Sc, F.I.P, - 419 



British Growers' Scheme for Grading and Packing Apples. 



W. J. Lohjoit, O.B.E,, and H. V. Taylor, A.R.C.S., B.Sc, 3J.B.E. 423 



Cost of Harvesting Potatoes 431 



Women in Rural Life. Gra/^e E. Hadow - 436 

 Besom Making in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. 



Helen FitzRandolph 439 



Experiments on the Control of Onion Smut. T. Whitehead, 



A.R.as. - - 443 



The Grey Field Slug. Herbert W. Miles, N.D.A., F.E.S.^ - 451 

 Small Holdings Section at the Bath and West Show - - 456 

 Eradicating Gall Mite (Big Bud) from Black Currant 



Stocks. Goude, N.D.Hort. . - - - - 460 



Notes on Feeding Stuffs for August. E. T, Hainan, M.A., 



Dip. Agric. (Cantab.) - 463 



I Agriculture Abroad - 466 



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