1921.] Leaflets issued by the Ministry. 283^ 



The Scholarships are tenable lor two years and are of the value ol £200 

 per annum. The number to be awarded in the present year will depend up(jn 

 the (jualilications oi' applicants, and will in any case not exceed live. 



The Agricultural Scholaiships are open to graduates with honours in 

 Science of a British University who give evidence of high proficiency in 

 subjects having a direct bearing on agriculture. The Veterinary Scholarships 

 are open to students who have secured the diploma of the Royal College of 

 Veterinary Surgeons. 



Leaflets issued by the Ministry.— Since the date of the list given on 

 page 1178 of the March issue of this Journal three new leaflets have been issued 

 and circulated : — 



No. 362.— The Selection, Storage, and Treatment of Seed Potatoes. 

 „ 365. — Onion Smut. 



„ 368.— The Cultivation of Flax for Fibre. 

 The following leaflets have been revised and brought up to date : — 

 No. 32. — Foul Brood or Bee Pest. 

 „ 43. — Titmice. 



„ 57. — External Parasites of Poultry. 

 „ 81. — A Substitute for Dishorning. 



88.— Hop Aphis. 

 ,, 156. — Hedgerow^ Timber. 

 „ 267.— Basic Slag. 

 „ 306.— The Goat as a Source of Milk. 

 „ 307.— The Wood Pigeon. 



312.— Blossom-WiU of Apples. 

 „ 351. — The Improvement of Village Life. 

 The following leaflets have been withdrawn from circulation : — 

 No. 269. — Disease of Raspberry and Loganberry. 

 Sp. 35. — Transport of Agricultural Produce. 

 Sp. 61.— The Transport of Agricultural Requisites and Produce. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Annual Report for 1920 and Year Book of the Essex 

 County Farmers' Union. — (Price 2s. 6d. The Secretary of the Union is 

 Mr. John B. Gill, Castledon Farm, Wickford, Essex). In addition to the usual 

 official information this Report contains about forty short articles on matters 

 of general agricultural interest. Among these Sir Henry Rew contributes an 

 appeal for a sense of joint responsibility on the part of employers and 

 employed, Mr. R. Robson and Miss E. W. Jameson collaborate in writing an 

 article on the Insect Population of our Crops, stating a very telling case 

 against frit flies, clover weevils and turnip fleabeetles. Other contributions 

 deal with mole drainage, folding pigs, clean milk, and nmshroom growing. The 

 legal side of a farmer's work is provided for by notes on the Seeds Act, 1920, 

 the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act and the Ecclesiastical Tithe (Rate) Act, 

 1920. There are over thirty well reproduced illustrations. Farmers in otiier 

 counties, as well as those of Essex, should And the book distinctly useful. 



Practical Dairying".— (Dora G. Saker. London : Methuen & Co., Ltd., 

 68. net.) A useful book on Dairying written in a simple and practical style. 

 The book should be of aid to Dairy Students, Farmers and all interested in 

 Dairying. The chapters devoted to butter and cheeseniaking are interesting 

 and explicit, and the chapter on cleanliness in the production and handling of 

 milk is worthy of special note. 



