Vol. XIII. [OFFICIAL COPY.] No. 9. 



^^^^^#The Journal 



OP THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



DECEMBER, 1906. 



CONTENTS 



I'age 



Cross-breeding- for Mutton in the North of England. 



IV. T. Laivre7i€e - - - - - - - - 513 



Eg-gS versi/s Table Poultry, Edward Broivtt, F.L.S. - - 521 



The Decline in the Ag-ricultural Population 529 



The British Crops of 1906 538 



Wheat Cultivation in Russia 642 



Improvement of Poor Pasture ----- 549 



Red Clover - - - - 557 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad : Argentina, Russia 557 



Sheep in the Shetland Islands - - 558 



Live Stock Import Reg-ulations : Russia, Hungary 559 



Turkey Raising- 559 



American Gooseberry Mildew 560 



A Method of Preventing- the Rapid Decay of Ripe Fruit 562 



Purchase of Ag-ricultural Machinery for Siberia 565 



Horticultural Exhibition at Mannheim . . - . 566 



School of Forestry in the Forest of Dean - - 567 



Miscellaneous Notes - 568 



Additions to the Library 559 



Prices of Agricultural Produce 571 



Diseases of Animals ^ 576 



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