Vol. XVIII. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. No. 6 



The Journal 



OF THE 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



SEPTEMBER, 1911. 



PRINCIPAL CONTENTS. 



(For Complete List of Contents see page vii.) 



Grants from the Development Fund for the Promotion of 



Agricultural Research and Local Investigations - 457 

 The Identification and Eradication-] of Some Common 



Weeds— II. H. C. Long, B.Sc, (Edin.) - - 460 



The Growth of the Go-operative Movement in Denmark - 469 

 Changes in Agriculture and Agricultural Prices in the 



last Twenty Years - - - - - - 481 



Reports on the Proceedings of the Board under the Diseases 



of Animals Acts 483 



I ir ports of the Cereal Year - 485 



The International Agricultural Congress at Madrid - - 488 



The Evesham Custom ------- 494 



Promotion of Agriculture by Railway Companies in the 



United States 495 



School of Working Foresters, Forest of Dean - - - 498 



Summary of Agricultural Experiments - - - - 501 



Official Circulars and Notices - - - - • - 510 



Miscellaneous Notes 514 



Notes on the Weather in August 520 



Crop Conditions in Great Britain on September 1st - 520 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad 521 



Prevalence of Animal Diseases on the Continent - - 524 



Agricultural Labour in August 525 



The Corn Markets in August. C. Kains-Jackson - - - 526 



The Live and Dead Meat Trade in August. A. T. Matthews 528 



The Provision Trade in August. Hedley Stevens 530 



The Fruit and Vegetable Trade in August. W. W. Glenny 531 



Statistical Tables, &c. 533 



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