Vol. XIV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 9. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



DECEMBER, 1907. 



CONTENTS. 



Improved Grain-Drying Sheds. G. IV. Constable - - 513 

 Experiments with the Milk of Newly-Calved Cows. 



Professor D. A. Gilchrist, M.Sc. 520 



Water Supply for Villages 525 



The British Crops of 1907 ------- 527 



Cultivation of Lavender - - 531 



Cultivation of Brewing Barley ------ 534 



The Corn Marigold - - - - - - - - 536 



Fairy Rings and their Eradication ----- 537 



Use of Felspathic Rocks as Fertilisers - 550 



Live Stock Import Regulations. — Natal - 551 



Feeding Pigs on Maize and Maize Meal - - - V- 552 



Imports of Feeding Stuffs into Germany ... 553 



American Gooseberry Mildew {with Coloured Illustration) - 555 



American Gooseberry Mildew in Worcestershire - - 550 



Insect Agencies as a cause of Larch Canker. James Scott 551 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - 555 



The Indebtedness of the Peasant Class on the Continent 559 



Supplement to the Journal - - - - - 563 



American Gooseberry Mildew {Prohibition of Importation of 



Bushes) Order of 1907 - - 565 



Notes on the Weather in November 565 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 566 



Miscellaneous Notes and Statistical Tables - 568 



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