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CONTENTS. 



Notes for the Month Page 



Corn ProduHiuii Acts (Jicpeul) Bill — Minimum Friers uj Wheal and 

 Oats— Corky Scab of Potatoes — National Institute 0/ Agricultural 

 Botany Yields — Autumn Cleaning of Weedy Land — Home Grown 

 Wheat Prices, 1920 Cro'p — American Gooseberry Mildeiv ... ... 38'^ 



The Education of the Faism AVokkei;. Jr. B. Smith, M.P 



Artificial Farmyard Manure. H. B. Hutchinson, Ph.D., and E. H. 



Richards, B.Sc, F.I.C. 398 



The Claying of Fen Soils. Wil/rid S. Mansfield, B.A 412 



The Effect of Chalk on the Cultivation of Hea\ v Land. 



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



British Giiovvers' Scheme for Grading nd Packing Aitles. W. J. 



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



Co.sT of Harve.stin(; Potatoes ... ... ... ... 431 



Women in Rural Life. Gravr E. Hadov- ., 436 



Be.som Making in Derhy.shire and Nor'HN(;n a-Mshihe. Hrhn 



FitzRandol-ph 439 



Experiments ON THE Control OF Onion Smut. T. Whitehead, A. R.C.S. 443 



The Gi!EY Field Slug. Herbert W. Miles, N.D.A., F.E.S 451 



Small Holdings Section at the Bath and West SHo^v 456 



Eradicating Gall Mite (Big Bud) from Black Currant Stocks. 



H. Goudc, N.D.Hort. 460 



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



Agric. (Cantab.) 463 



Agriculture Abroad — 



Position and Prospects of Italian Agriculf urr — Agrit ultural Book-keeping 



in Denmark — Agricultural Cu-operation in Saxony — Importation of 



Seeds into Sweden — Prussian Programme of Agriculture ... ... 466 



Kepoit for 1919 on Plant Pests 471 



Cultivation of Lavender ... ... 473 



Simple Method of Bottling Vegetables ... ... 475 



Sheep Seal) : Its Cure and Prevention 475 



Imperial Fruit Exhibition ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 477 



Rabies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 477 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 478 



Leaflets issued by the Ministrj^ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 78 



Additions to the Library ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 79 



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