Vol. XV. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 4. 



i , — 



j The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



JULY, 1908. 



CONTENTS. 



Rust in Wheat. R. H. Biffen, M.A. 251 



Cost of Producing Beef in Winter. K. J. J. Mackenzie - 253 



Foot-Rot of Sheep - - - - - - - 261 



Sheep-Dipping Baths - 269 



Notes on Insect, Fungus and other Pests - 275 



Eradication of Dodder 280 



Associations for the Formation of Small Holdings - - 281 



Wheat Growing in Egypt - - 285 



Manuring of Old Land Hay and Pasture - 285 



Hollow Potatoes - - - - 287 



Report on Diseases of Animals 288 



Live Stock in Colombia, South America - 289 



Chicago Live Stock Show 290 



Regulations as to Importation of Poultry into Argentina- 291 



Registration of Stallions in Victoria ----- 291 



*A System of Dairy Inspection in the United States - - 292 



Protection of Birds in Germany - - - - - - 293 



Destruction of Rats in Denmark - 295 



Notes on the Weather and the Crops in June - - - 295 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 296 



Agricultural Labour in England in June - 299 



Earnings of Irish Migratory Labourers in 1907 - - - 300 



Miscellaneous Notes 303 



Destructive Insects and Pests Order of 1908- - 305 



Review of Market Prices in June. A. T. Matthews - - 306 



Review of the Provision Trade in June. He d ley Stevens - 309 



Prices of Agricultural Produce, &c. - - 311 



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