Vol. XVII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 5 



^ The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



AUGUST, 1910. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents see page VII.) 



Goombe Plantation, Keswick : A Successful Plantation at a 

 High Altitude (cont). R. L. Robinson, B.A., B.Sc, 



and A. Lindsay Watt, FS.I. - - - - - - 353 



Camembert and other Soft Cheeses. John Benson - - 371 



Improvement of Crops by Selection. R.B.Greig - - 379 



Poisonous Fungi (with 2 Coloured Plates) - 387 



Ground Beetles (Carabida*) - - 388 



Use of Inferior Hay -------- 390 



Report on Diseases of Animals 391 



Egg and Poultry Demonstration Train 394 



The Relation of Co-operation to Small Holdings - - - 395 



Advance in the Prices of Farm Products in the United States 397 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - 398 



Official Circulars and Notices - 404 



Demand for Agricultural Machinery Abroad - - - 408 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad 410 



Notes on the Weather in July 417 



Report on Crop Prospects on 1st August - - - 417 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 419 



Agricultural Labour in England during July - - 423 



The Corn Markets in July. C. Kains-Jackson - - - 424 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in July. A. T. Matthews - 426 



The Provision Trade in July. Hedley Stevens - - - 428 



The Fruit Trade in July. W. W. Glenny - - - - 430 



Statistical Tables, &c. 431 



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