Vol. XVII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 10 



Qd K NA 9tf The Journal if 



' 9 °* OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICU LTURE 



JANUARY, 1911. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents see page vii.) 



The Cultivation of the Sugar Beet ----- 793 



Fruit Farming in West Kent. C. H. Hooper, M.R.A.C. - 811 



Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1910 - - - - 816 



Aphides or Plant Lice 823 



The Cherry Stem Borer. W. E. Collinge, M.Sc, &c. - - 828 



Root Tumours of the Sugar Beet - - - - - 830 



Analyses of Seaweeds - 832 



Cultivation of Asparagus in Evesham - - - - 832 



Tomato Cultivation for Allotment Holders- - - - 836 



County Staffs of Instructors in Agricultural Subjects - 836 



Earnings of Agricultural Labourers - - - - 838 



Grant for the Encouragement of Light Horse Breeding - 841 



Credit Banks in France ------- 85$ 



Changes in Farming Methods in the United States - - 849 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - - - 850 



Miscellaneous Notes - - - - - - - 858 



Report on Agricultural Conditions on January 1st - - 862 



Notes on the Weather in December 863 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad - - - - - 864 



Agricultural Labour in England during December - - 865 



The Corn Markets in December. C. Kains-Jackson - - 866 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in December. A. T. Matthews 868 



The Provision Trade in December. Hedley Stevens - - 870 



Statistical Tables, &c - - 872 



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