Vol. XI. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 5. 



" The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



AUGUST, 1904. 



[NEW SERIES.] 



CONTENTS. 







Page 



Poultry Reaping and Fattening* in Ireland. H. de Courcy 257 



The Chicory Industry in Great Britain - - - 268 



The Agricultural Population - - 271 



Vitality of Seeds - - .... 279 



The Hessian Fly - ....... 282 



Potato Disease 284 



Plant-Lice on Mangolds 288 



Egyptian and Indian Cotton-seed-Cake - 289 



Railway Rates for Calves - 293 



Sturdy or Gid in Sheep - ..... 294 



Tuberculosis in Pigs - - - - - - 296 



Sleepy Disease of Tomatoes- - - - - - 300 



Spraying for Codling Moth - - - - - 303 



Cartage Charges in Railway Rates - - - - - 305 



Prices of Agricultural Produce - - - 313 



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