CONTENTS. 



Agricultural Education in England and Wales 897 



The Feeding or Farm Stock. Charles Crowther, 21. A., Ph.D 898 



Varieties of Willows. W. Paul 'grave Ellmore and Thomas Ohey ... 906 



Experiments with Potatoes resistant to W T art Disease 915 



Tomato Leaf Rust {with illustration) 920 



Tenant Farmers and Changes in the Ownership of their Holdings 921 



Jerusalem Artichokes as a Food for Stock ... ... ... ... ... 926 



Night Frosts in Spring ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 931 



The Packing of Butter for the South Wales Markets ... 936 



Helianthi as a Food for Stock ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 937 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments ... ... ... ... ... ... 939 



Sewage Sickness in Soil and its Treatment by Partial Sterilisation — 

 Renovation of Poor Pasture Land — Manuring of Grass Land — 

 Manuring of Poor Hill Pastures — Manuring of Meadow Land — 

 Manuring of Hops — Manuring of Swedes- Dry Farming in Hungary 

 — The Growth of Sugar Beet— Effect of Soil and Climatic Conditions 

 on the Composition of Wheat — Varieties of Wheat — -Milling and 

 Baking Tests with Wheat — Heating of Hay Stacks — Feeding Value 

 of Varieties of Mangolds — Growth of Tobacco for Nicotine Extrac- 

 tion — Charlock Spraying— A Bacterial Disease of the Potato Plant 

 in Ireland — Observations on Parasitic Fungi causing Fairy Rings- 

 Leaf Spot of Celery — Narcissus Fly— Soy Bean Cake for Bullock 

 Fattening — Pig Feeding Experiments — Pork Production with Forage 

 Crops —Method of Planting Forest Trees — Fruit Bud Formation — ■ 

 Treatment of Old Orchards. 

 Official Notices and Circulars ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 952 



Report on Grants for Agricultural Education and Research, 

 1910-11 — Acreage and Live-Stock Returns — Report of the Intelli- 

 gence Division, 1910-11 — Issue of Certificates required in connec- 

 tion with the Exportation of Plants. 



Importation Regulations 954 



Importation of Live Stock into British West African Colonies- 

 Importation of Animals into German East Africa. 

 Agricultural Exhibition Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 955 



International Agricultural Exhibition at the Hague in 1913. 



Miscellaneous Notes ... 955 



Action of the International Agricultural Institute with regard to 

 Plant Diseases — Visitors to Kew Gardens during 1911 — Inferiority 

 of Wool owing to Presence of Coloured Hairs — World's Production 

 and Consumption of Wool. 

 Notes on Agriculture Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 957 



Cattle Breeding in Paraguay — Government Aid to Live Stock 

 Breeding in Argentina — Cattle and Meat Industry in Argentina — 

 Pedigree Live Stock imported into Argentina, 1901-1910 — Agricul- 

 ture in Siberia — Agricultural Machinery in Poland — Demand for 

 Fertilisers in Poland — Demand for Agricultural Machinery in 

 Bulgaria — Possibility of an Export of Guano from Assumption 



Island, Seychelles — Agricultural Machinery in Smyrna. 



Notes on the Weather in January 962 



Agricultural Conditions in Great Britain on February 1st ... ... ... 962 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad ... ... ... ... ... ... 963 



Report of the International Agricultural Institute — Russia — 

 United States — Production of Cider and Perry in France. 



Prevalence of Animal Diseases on the Continent ... ... ... ... 965 



Agricultural Labour in England during January ... ... ... ... 966 



The Corn Markets in January. G. Kains- Jackson 967 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in January. A. T. Matthews ... 969 



The Provision Trade in January. Hedley Stevens 971 



Statistical Tables, &c 973 



