CONTENTS. 



Provision of Technical Advice for Farmers, and the Investigation of 



Local Agricultural Problems 633 



The Cultivation of Onions 638 



Preparation of Wool for Market. J. W. Gollinson 643 



Farming in Spain. E. T. Brown 645 



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. ( With Illustration) 669 



A Cucumber and Melon Disease New to Britain. ( With Illustration) ... 670 

 International Statistical Institute ... ... ... ... ... ... 671 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments ... .„ 673 



Flow of Air and Water through Soils — Absorption of Ammonia 

 from the Atmosphere — Calcium Cyanamide and Nitrate of Lime— 

 — Green Manuring — Use of Lime — Experiments with Nitrogenous 

 Top-dressings— The Woburn Pot-Culture Experiments, 1909 — Manur- 

 ing of Old Pasture — Green Manuring — Manuring of Mangolds — 

 Improvement of Old Pasture — Manurial Experiments — Breeding of 

 Rust-Resistant Wheats — Heating of Hay Ricks — Varieties of 

 Wheat— Varieties of Lucerne — Growth of Sugar Beet— Elliot System 

 of Laying Down Grass — The Inheritance of Milk Yield in Cattle — 

 Effect of Cocoa-nut Cake and Linseed Cake on the Composition of 

 Butter Fat — Colouring of Milk — Mortality among Calves — Acute 

 Contagious Mastitis in Cows due to the Bacillus Laciis Aerogenes. 



Official Notices and Circulars ... 683 



Recreation Grounds allotted under the Inclosure Acts — The 

 Interpretation of the Results of Agricultural Experiments — Foot- 

 and-Mouth Disease in Somerset. 

 Importation and other Regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... 686 



Importation of Live Stock into the United States — Importation of 

 Plants, Bees, and Exotic Animals into South Africa — Importation 

 into Sweden of Animal Products from Countries Infected with Foot- 

 and-Mouth Disease. 



Demand for Agricultural Machinery Abroad ... ... ... 690 



Duty-free Admission of Machinery and Fertilisers into Turkey — 

 Agricultural Machinery in Manchuria — Agricultural Machinery in 

 Siberia. 



I Notes on Agriculture Abroad 691 



Agricultural Societies in Poland— Agricultural Co-operation in 

 Germany— Legislation as to Agricultural Produce in Denmark — 

 Live Stock in Mexico — Agricultural Experiment Stations in 

 Germany— Possibility of an Export of British Pedigree Cattle to 

 Brazil. 



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 



I Prices of Agricultural Produce 711 



'Diseases of Animals 716 



Selected Contents of Periodicals 717 



(Additions to the Library 718 



