Vol. XIV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 10. 



^ The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



JANUARY, 1908. 



CONTENTS. 



Cider Orchards. B. T. P. Barker, M.A. - 577 

 Pig Feeding for the Dairy Farmer. T. R. Robinson and 



C. W. Walker- Tisdale - 587 



Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1907 - 590 



Circular as to the Small Holdings and Allotments Acts - 597 



Freight Charges on United States Wheat - - - 600 



Agricultural Show at Buenos Ayres - - - - - 603 



Agriculture in Normandy 60$ 



Chemical Manure Trade of Egypt - 605 



Boundary Fences - 607 



Notice to Horse Slaughterers as to Glanders or Farcy - 608 



Circular as to the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907 - - 610 



Cost of Feeding Chickens. Edward Broivn and W. Brown - 611 



Oyster Shell Bark Scale. R. Stewart Macdougall, D.Sc - 614 



The Elm Bark Beetle - - 617 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - 620 



Report of the Intelligence Division - - - - 623 



Supplement to the Journal- - - ~ - - 625 



American Gooseberry Mildew Order of 1907 - - - 625 



Notes on the Weather in December - - - 626 



Notes as to Crop Prospects Abroad - - - - - 627 



Fruit and Potato Crops in Germany 628 



Miscellaneous Notes and Statistical Tables - - - 630 



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