CONTENTS. 



Molasses and Sugar Foods for Live Stock. W. Goodwin, M.Sc, 



Ph.D. 97 



Labourers' Cottages. William J. Jolly '. 106 



Swift Moths. B. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc 116 



The Administration of the Small Holdings Act in 1910 ... 120 



Changes in the Number of Small Holdings 122 



The Paris Fat Stock Show of 1911 f ... 125 



Indian Wheat 131 



The Caraway Seed Industry in Holland ... ... ... ... ... 134 



The Use of Manures in Forestry 137 



Isle of Wight Bee Disease 140- 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments 142: 



Seed Potatoes of Different Sizes — Correlation Between the 

 Number of Eyes in Seed Potatoes and the Field — Varieties of 

 Cereals and Thick and Thin Seeding of Oats — Varieties of Mangolds 

 and Swedes — Seeding of Temporary Ley — The Feeding Value of 

 Different Varieties of Mangolds — Autumn Chicken Rearing — 

 Use of Molasses as a Condiment in Food and its Effect on Milk 

 Secretion — Influence of Foods on the Composition of Milk Fat — An 

 Organism Producing a Burnt-Milk Taste — Milking-Machine Experi- 

 ments in Belgium — Destruction of Thistles — Internal Disease and 

 Sprain (Streak Disease) in Potato — A Bacterial Disease of Swedes 

 — Wart Disease of Potatoes. 

 Official Notices and Circulars ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 



County Committees for the Encouragement of the Horse Breeding Industry — 

 Memorandum as to the Custody of Inclosure Awards— Forestry 

 Museum at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Withdrawal of 

 Orders Relating to Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Surrey. 



Importation Regulations 164 



Importation of Horses into Ceylon. 



Demand for Agricultural Machinery 165 



Agricultural Machinery in Roumania— Agricultural Machinery in 

 India— Demand for Fencing Material in South Africa— Agricultural 

 Machinery in Chile. 



Notes on Agriculture Abroad .. ... .. ... ... ... ... 166- 



Budget of the United States Department of Agriculture for 1911- 

 1912— Budget of the Belgian Ministry of Agriculture for 1910 — Live 

 Stock Census in the Netherlands — Method of Estimating the Pro- 

 duction and Consumption of Wheat in Canada — Value per Head of 

 Live Stock in the United States — Nitrate Industry of Chile. 



Notes on the Weather in April 171 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad ... 171 



Report of International Institute of Agriculture — Germany — 

 France, Damage to Crops by Frost — Production of Cider and 

 Perry in France— Austria— Fruit Crop of Austria — Argentina— Bulb 

 Crop of Netherlands— Russia — Bulgaria — United States — Hungary. 



Crop Conditions on May 1st 175 



Agricultural Labour in England during April 176 



The Corn Markets in April. C. Kains- Jackson 177 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in April. A.T.Matthews ... 179 



The Provision Trade in April. Hcdley Stevens 181 



Prices of Agricultural Produce ... 183 



Diseases of Animals 188 



Selected Contents of Periodicals 189 



Additions to the Library ... 190 



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