CONTENTS. 



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Partial Sterilisation of Soil for Glasshouse Work. E. J. Russell, 



D.Sc, and F. R. Petherbridge, B.A 809 



History of Scawby Credit Society 827 



Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1911 ... 835 



Agricultural Exports in 1911 842 



Improvement of Indian Wheats for Export 844 



Spraying for Big Bud of Black Currants 847 



Occupations of Agricultural Students after leaving College ... ... 84S 



Preservation of Timber 850 



Grain Growers' Associations in Canada 854 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments ... 857 



A Russian Method of Corn Cultivation — Varieties of Oats — Cattle 

 Feeding— Churnability of Cream — Tumour and Canker in 

 Potatoes — Loss of Efficiency in Arsenic Dipping Fluids — Tubercu- 

 losis in Cattle— Pollination of Apples— Electrical Treatment of 

 Crops — Utilisation of Atmospheric Electricity in Plant Cultivation 

 — Experimental Error in Field Trials — Destruction of Field Mice 

 Experiments with Scots Pine Seed from various Sources. 



Official Notices and Circulars ... 866 



Anthrax. Reports as to Samples sent for Examination — Recent 

 Leaflets — Results of Service Seasons of Thoroughbred Stallions 

 Awarded King's Premiums. 



Importation Regulations 867 



Importation of Animals, Fodder and some Animal Products into 

 Australia — Importation of Live Stock into Ceylon — Importation of 

 Seeds into Newfoundland — Importation of Hides and Skins into 

 Roumania. 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad 870 



Opening for the Export of Tinned Butter — Sale of Seeds in Canada 

 — Budget of the French Ministry of Agriculture, 1911 — Proposals 

 for the Destruction of the Warble Fly in Germany — Demand for 

 Artificial Manures in Japan — Opening for Compressed Fodder in 

 India — Prevention of Adulteration of Fertilisers in Russia — Demand 



for Chemical Manures in Egypt. 



Notes on the Weather in December 873 



Crop Conditions in Great Britain on January 1st ... ... ... ... 874 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 875 



Report of the International Agricultural Institute — Argentina — 

 India — Sugar -Beet — Potato Crops Abroad. 



Census of Live Stock in the United States 877 



Prevalence of Animal Diseases on the Continent ... ... ... ... 877 



Agricultural Labour in England during December ... ... ... ... 879 



The Corn Markets in December. C. Kains- Jackson 880 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in December. A. T. Matthews ... 882 



The Provision Trade in December. Hedley Stevens 884 



Prices of Agricultural Produce 886 



Corn Prices — Annual Averages 890 



Diseases of Animals ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 892 



Additions to the library ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 893 



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