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Potatoes (continued) — 



Solanum commersonii ... ... ... ... XI., 412 ; XIII., 49 



and Blue Giant... ... XIV., 86 



Sprouting seed ... XI., 673 ; XII., 34, 736 ; XIII., 17 ; XIV., 65 ; 



XV., 625; XVII., 899 



Summaries of experiments ... XV., 621 ; XVI., 313, 402, 492 ; 



XVII., 311, 576, 666 



Variety trials ... XII., 33 ; XIV., 54 ; XV., 623 ; XVI., 313, 492 ; 



XVII., 312, 576, 666, 901 



Wart disease, varieties resistant to XVI., 762 ; XVII., 556 



Weighing at railway stations ... ... ... ... ... XI., 409 



Fra /ice, new tuber (Solauum commerso7iii) ... ... ... XI., 412 



German I/, disease in ... ... ... ... ... XV., 205, 457 



Drying XIII., 358 ; XIV., 568 



Preparation of alcohol ... ... ... ... ...XL, 29, 733 



Production, exports, &c XI., 411 ; XVII., 502 



Trials of varieties XVL, 157 



Natal, market in. .. XI., 151 



Norway, importation ... ... XI., 614 



jRw.ssja, cultivation for alcohol distillation ... ... ... XVII., 945 



Uruguay, opening for British seed XVII., 679, 861 



Poudrette as manure ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XIII., 71 



Poultry (see also ^p-^s) : Animal food for .. . ... ... ... XIII., 457 



Breeds producing brown eggs ... ... ... ... ... XII. , 611 



Brooders without heat ... ... ... ... ... - ... XVI., 635 



Cold storage XVII., 232 



Co-operation in Ireland .. . ... ... ... ... XL, 80, 257 



Chicken coops • XIV., 368 



Chickens, growth and cost of rearing XII., 257 



Day-old chickens XL, 590 



Demonstration train ... ... ... ... ... ... XVII., 394 



Dry feeding of chickens XL, 683 ; XIL, 257 ; XV., 880 



Ducklings, cost of rearing ... ... ... ... ... XV., 664 



Dack raising ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XIL, 462 



Earth salts in poultry food XVL, 637 



Eggs yer.sits table poultry ... ... ... ... ... XIII., 521 



Fattening XIIL, 73 ; XV., 180 



,, centres ... XVII., 29 



Feeding XL, 532 ; XIL, 259, 369 ; XIV., 611 ; XV., 101 ; XVL, 1029 



Fowl cholera XV., 345 



Gapes, remedy for ... ... ... ... ... ... XIIL, 368 



Geese: raising and fattening ... ... ... ... ... XL, 458 



Rearing and marketing ... ... ... ... ... XIV., 81 



Unthriftiness in XV., 874 



Guinea fowl XIL, 533 



Hopper feeding XV., 106 



Housing : Colony system ... ... ... ... ... XV., 102 



Experiments XV., 101, 880 



Poultry housing on farms XL, 9 ; XIIL, 272 



Ventilation of houses ... XIL, 438 ; XVL, 1029 



Incubators XL, 135, 591 ; XIL, 87 ; XIIL, 201 



Causes of death of chickens raised in ... ... ... ' XV., 221 



Instruction in poultry keeping XIIL, 647 



Insurance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... XL, 44 



Manure, value of XIL, 463 ; XIIL, 719 



Marketing XIIL, 395 : XIV., 641 



Milk chickens XVL, 24, 283 



Mites on ' XV., 277 



National Poultry Conference ■ XIV., 119 



National Poultry Organisation Society XIV., 114, 182 



Pigeons, rearing for market XIL, 272 



