Vol. XIV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 7. 



otf-^ The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



CONTENTS. 



Degeneration in Potatoes - ^s5dijil2-^ 385 



Organisation of Agricultural Research - 389 



The Larch Shoot Moth. R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., I). Sc. 395 

 Fattening Calves for Yeal. T. R. Robinson and C. W. Walker- 



Tisdale 399 



Some Notes on the Food of Birds. Cecil H. Hooper - - 502 



Food Habits of the Black-Headed Gull - 510 

 Grain Weevils. R. Steivart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc. - -512 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - - 515 



Wheat Midge — Large Larch Saw-Fly — Eelworms — 



Blindness in Wheat — Celery Leaf Blight. 



Method of Drying Hay in Sweden - - - - 517 



The Glanders or Farcy Order of 1907 - 519 



Directions as to applying the Mallein Test - - - 525 



Samples of Butter analysed in 1906-7 - - - - 526 



Dairymen and Sources of Milk Supply - - - - 527 



Gooseberry "Cluster-cup" Disease - - - • - - 528 



Changes in Wages of Agricultural Labourers in 1906 - 529 



Rental of Farms in Scotland - . - - - 531 



Persons engaged in Agriculture in different Countries - 533 



Circular relating to the Small Holdings Act, 1907 - - 533 



Report on Crop Prospects, September, 1907 - - - 535 



Notes on the Weather and the Crops in September - - 535 



Crop Prospects Abroad 536 



Miscellaneous Notes 537 



Selected Contents of Current Periodicals - 550 



Additions to the Library - - 551 



Prices of Agricultural Produce ------ 553 



Diseases of Animals - - 558 



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