Vol. XVIII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 8 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



NOVEMBER, 1911. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents see page vii.) 



Provision of Technical Advice for Farmers, and the 



Investigation of Local Agricultural Problems - - 633 



The Cultivation of Onions . 638 



Preparation of Wool for Market. /. W. Collinson - - 653 



Farming in Spain. E. T. Brown - - - - - 655 



The Elliot System of Farming 650 



Theories of Plant Nutrition 653 



Cost of Producing Wheat, Oats and Maize in the United States 655 



Selection of Fowls for Egg Production - - . 659 



Mushroom Cultivation in France 665 



International Dairy Congress - - - - - 666 



The Agricultural Estates belonging to the Crown - - 668 



Wart Disease of Potatoes 669 



A Cucumber and Melon Disease new to Britain - . 670 



International Statistical Institute - - - . 671 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments 673 



Official Notices and Circulars - - - . 683 



Importation and other Regulations 686 



Demand for Agricultural Machinery Abroad - - - 690 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad - r - - , - 691 



Notes on the Weather in October 696 



Produce of Hops - - - - .... 697 



Produce of Corn, Pulse and Hay Crops - - - - 698 



Crop Conditions in Great Britain on November 1st - 699 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad ..... 700 



Prevalence of Animal Diseases on the Continent - - 702 



Agricultural Hirings in Scotland - - - - . 703 



Agricultural Labour in England during October - - 704 



The Corn Markets in October. C. Kains-Jackson - - 705 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in October. A. T. Matthews - 707 



The Provision Trade in October. Hedley Stevens - - 709 



Statistical Tables, &c, - - - - - * - 711 



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