Vol. XIII. [OFFICIAL COPY.] No. 7. 



The Journal 



OP THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



OCTOBEB, 1906. 



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OONTENTS. 



Page 



The Large Larch Sawfly (Nematus Erkhsoni) (wUh Coloured 



Plate). R. Stewart MacDougall, D. Sc. ----- 385 



The Marketing" of Poultry. C. E. J. Walkey - - - 395 



Agricultural Experimental Work in the United States - 401 



New Crops in the United States 405 



Reports on Crop Prospects - - - 406 



Effect of Calcium Cyanamide 410 



Bean Pod Canker - - 411 



Food of Rooks - ----- 413 



Feeding Value of Mangolds - - 416 



Horse-Breeding in Prussia - - - 417 



Live Stock Import Regulations : Holland, Malta - - 420 



Surprise Butter Competitions in Ireland - - - - 422 



Number of Margarine Factories and Butter Factories - 424 



Cold Curing of Cheese - 426 



Sussex Ground Oats. / M^. Hurst . . . . . 429 



Establishment of Markets for Fruit - - - - 431 



Plant Import Regulations : Rhodesia - - - 433 



Birds Useful and Injurious to Agriculture - - - 434 



Distribution of the Board's Leaflets - - - - - 435 



Co-operative Insurance against Fire 437 



Allotments for Agricultural Labourers in Denmark - 438 



Miscellaneous Notes and Statistical Tables - - 439 



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