Vol. XVI. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 3. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICU LTURE 



JUNE, 1909. t 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



{For Complete List of Contents see page VII '^^^J^HjJ 



The "Greening" of Potatoes. George Massee - - - ill 



Sale of Seeds by the German Agricultural Society * - 180 



Strawberry Growing in Hampshire. /. C. Newsham, F.L.S. 186 



Meadow Foxtail. Daniel Finlayson, F.L.S. - - - 193 



Habits of Growth in Apple Trees. William E. Bear - 198 



Parasitic Mange in Horses, Asses, and Mules - - - 20$ 



Two Common Weeds — Goose foot and Annual Sow Thistle - 207 



The Eradication of Dodder - - - - 209 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - - - - 210 



Wheat Elevators in India 212 



Census of Live Stock in Germany - - - 213 



Committee on Combinations in the Meat Trade - - 215 



Improvement of Poultry I Keeping in Scotland - - 216 



Afforestation of the Inverliever Estate - - - 219 



Live Stock and Other Import Regulations - - - 220 



Agricultural Exhibitions, &c, Abroad - - - - - 220 



Notes on the Weather, Crops, and Labour - - - 222 



Notes from Foreign Office Reports - - - - 226 



Miscellaneous Notes - - - - - - - 230 



Official Circulars and Notices - - - - - 230 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - 239 



The Corn Markets in May. C. Kains-Jackson - - - 256 



The Live and Dead Meat Trades in May. A. T. Matthews - 250 



The Provision Trade in May. Hedley Stevens - - - 253 



Statistical Tables, &c. - - - - - 255 



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