CONTENTS. 



Increasing the Durability or Timber. Prof. W. Somerville, M.A., 



D.Sc 281 



The Identification and Eradication of some Common Weeds— I. 

 IT. C. Long, B.S (Edin.), with Drawings from Nature by Bertha 

 Reid 288 



The Composition and Properties of Concentrated Feeding-Stuffs... 294 



The Distribution of the "Long Lactic Bacteria," or Lactobacilli. 



W. Stevenson, B.Sc, N.D.A., N.D.D , ... ... 307 



Blister Canker of Apple Tree 314 



i Precautions for the Safe Working of Steam Engines and Boilers . . ... 315 



j The International Agricultural Congress at Madrid 317 



Packing and Grading for Market ... 318 



Egg Laying Competitions in Australia 319 



Report on the State Experimental Forest at Inverliever 321 



\ Sale of a Weed Seed as White Clover 323 



The Yield of a Small Mixed Orchard in Kent ... 325 



Telephones in Rural Districts 326 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments ... ... ... ... ... ... 328 



Calcium Cyanamideand Nitrate of Lime — Composition of Sawdust — 

 Manuring of Potatoes— Manuring of Permanent Grass Land — 

 Growth of Linseed — Varieties of Oats — A Russian Method of Corn 

 Cultivation — Seeds Mixtures for Permanent Pasture — Feeding 

 Animals with Dried Potatoes — The Effect of Albuminoids on. the 

 Fattening of Full-grown Animals — Soy Bean Cake for Fattening 

 Cattle — The Cellular Elements present in Milk — Difference in the 

 Amount of Fat in Morning and Evening Milk owing to unequal 

 Intervals of Milking — Foodstuff requirements of Dairy Cows — 

 Effect of Palm Nut Cake on Milk Production— The Weed Flora of 

 Arable Land — A Disease of Broad Beans— Finger and Toe Disease. 



Official Circulars and Notices ... ... ... ... ... ... 338 



Agriculture and Soils of Kent, Surrey and Sussex — Prevalence of 

 Yellow Rattle — Report of the Commercial Control Branch — 

 Agricultural Exhibits at the Science Museum — County Committees 

 for the Encouragement of the Horse-breeding Industry — Outbreaks 

 of Foot and Mouth Disease. 



[mportation* Regulations 341 



I Importation of Plants into Canada— Importation of Plants into 

 Sweden — Importation of Animals and Animal Products into 

 Hungary. 



i )emand for Agricultural Machinery Abroad ... ... ... ... ... 344 



France — Turkey — Siam — Western Canada. 



Agricultural Exhibitions Abroad.. ... . 345 



Exhibition at Rostov-on-Don. 



Totes on the Weather in June ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 345 



Totes on Crop Prospects Abroad 346 



Report of the International Institute of Agriculture— India — 

 United States — Hungary — Austria — Sugar Beet in Russia — 

 Norway — France — Holland — Canada — Argentina — Bosnian Plum 

 Crop. 



i rop Conditions on July 1st ... :. 350 



revalence of Animal Diseases on the Continent 351 



I gricultural Labour in England during June 352 



: he Corn Markets in June. G. Kains- Jackson ... 353 



I he Live and Dead Meat Trade in June. A. T. Matthews 355 



he Provision Trade in June. Hedley Stevens 357 



pices of Agricultural Produce ... ... 359 



iseases of Animals ... 364 



•-lected Contents of Periodicals 365 



Iditions to the Library 367 



