Vol. XV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 3. 



»*»*»The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



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JUNE, 1908. 



CONTENTS. 



Farmyard Manure. II. — Its Yalue as a Fertiliser. 



A. D. Hall, M.A. - - - 161 



Broom-Rape {with Coloured Plate) 176 



Poultry Fattening. Cecil L. Byrne *- - - - - 180 



Apple " Scab" or "Black Spot." E. S. Salmon, F.L.S. - 182 

 The Brown Scale of the Gooseberry and Currant. Robert 



New stead, A.L.S. 195 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - 200 



Potato Leaf Curl in Germany - - - - - 205 



Report of the Royal Commission on Horsebreeding - - 206 



"Struck" in Sheep - - 208 



Number of Milk Tests made in 1907 209 



A Milk Contest - 21* 



Notes on the Weather and the Crops in May - - 214 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad - - - - 216 



Agricultural Labour in England during May - - 217 



Miscellaneous Notes 218 



Official Circulars and Notices 222 



Review of Market Prices in May. A. T. Matthews - - 225 



Review of the Provision Trade. Hedley Stevens - 229 



Prices of Agricultural Produce 232 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - 237 



Selected Contents of Current Periodicals - - - - 238 



Additions to the Library 239 



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