Vol. XVI. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 4. 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



v ■ ■ — ■ ^ffTSH U L^>^ 



JULY, 1909. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



{For Comple e List of Contents see page VII.) 



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Afforestation of Catchment Areas 265 



The International Agricultural Institute - - - 274 



" Couch " or " Twitch." "Professor John Vertical, M.A. - 279 



Milk Chickens. Edward Brown, F.L.S. .... 283 



Root-Pruning Fruit Trees. Albert J. Manning - - - 290 



Gall Flies on the Oak - 293 



Notes on Insect, Fungus, and other Pests - - - - 295 

 The Utilisation of Barley Straw in the Manufacture of 



Ensilage - - - - 298 



Agriculture in the Argentine Republic - - - 300 



A "Milk Contest" - - , - ' - - 303 



Report of the Board of Trade Railway Conference - 304 



Proceedings under the Tithe and other Acts - - - 309 



Tithe Commutation - - - 310 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - - - - 311 



Official Notices and Circulars ------ 320 



Live Stock and other Import Regulations, &c- - - 323 



Demand for Agricultural Machinery Abroad - - - 326 



Notes from Foreign Office Reports - - - - - 327 



International Agricultural Exhibition at Buenos Ay res - 330 



Notes on the Weather, Crops, and Labour in June - - 331 



The Corn Markets in June. C. Kaim-J ackson - - - 336 



The LiYe and Dead Meat Trade in June. A. T. Matthews - 339 



The Provision Trade in June. Hedley Stevens - - - 342 



Statistical Tables, &c. - - - 344 



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