Vol. XIV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 8. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



NOVEMBER, 1907. 



CONTENTS, 



The American Gooseberry Mildew in Worcestershire. 



Kenneth G. Fiirley - , 449 



The Cricket Bat Willow - 461 



Potato Leaf-curl. Walter P. Wright 466 



The Transport of Sussex Poultry. /. W. Hurst - - - 470 



The Production of Wool in Great Britain - 474 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - - 477 

 Retinia on Pines — Corn Saw-fly — Begonia Mite — 

 Phytophthora infesians on Tomatoes — Celery Leaf- 

 Scorch — Preserving a Decaying Tree. 



The Apple Saw-fly 482 



Red Fife Wheat 484 



Prevention of Bunt and Smut - 487 



Manuring of Seeds Hay 487 



Average Mortality among Horses ----- 488 



Importation of Horses into Great Britain - - - 489 



Effect of Pasturage on the Health of Cattle - - 489 



Actinomycosis in Cattle - - - - - - 490 



Price of Wool - 491 



Milk Tests in Wisconsin - - - - - - - 492 



Earnings at Corn Harvest in 1907 - - - - 493 



Utilization of Pond Mud 495 



Dew-Ponds - 498 



Notes on the Weather in October 499 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad - - - - - 500 



Miscellaneous Notes, Statistical Tables, &c. - 502 



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