Vol. XIV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 11. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



FEBRUARY, 1908, 



CONTENTS, 



The Marketing of Poultry - - 6$1 



Experiments with Calcium Cyanamide. A. D. Hall, M.A. - 652 



The Pruning of the Peach. Walter P. Wright 661 



Treasury Minute under the Small Holdings Act - - 669 



Blindness in Barley 670 



Warning against the use of Damaged Seed - - 671 



" Mildew " of Swedes - - - - - - - 671 



Caution to Purchasers of Home Produce - 673 

 The Currant Bud Mite and the Hazel Bud Mite. R. Stewart 



MacDougall, I). Sc. 676 



The Bulb Mite 679 



Gooseberry Black Knot 680 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - 682 



Food Habits of Wood Pigeons 686 



Collection of Agricultural Statistics ----- 687 



Area devoted to Fruit Cultivation 688 



Agricultural Credit Banks in the Colonies- - - 689 



Samples under the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act - 691 



Notes on the Weather in January - - - - 692 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 692 



Miscellaneous Notes - - - - - - - 693 



Selected Contents of Periodicals - 697 



Additions to the Library 698 



Prices of Agricultural Produce - 699 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - - - - 705 



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