I9ii.] 



Recent Leaflets. 



5i3 



The Board have recently published the following new leaflets : — 



No. 242, Bacteriosis of the Potato and Tomato; No. 245, Crown- 



Gall; No. 246, Prevention of Damage to Hides, 

 Recent Leaflets. SkinSj and Wool . No ^ The Sclerotinia 



(Botrytis) Disease of the Gooseberry, or " Die-back " ; No. 249, " Couch " 

 or "Twitch"; No. 250, Fruit-Bottling for Small Holders; No. 252, 

 Pruning Fruit Trees; No. 253, Isle of Wight Bee Disease. 



New editions of the following leaflets are now being issued, the 

 information in a number of them having been substantially revised : — 



No. 30, The Codling Moth. — Information as to spraying revised. 



No. 45, The Starling. — Notes on the food of nestlings added. 



No. 66, Fowl Cholera. — This leaflet has been re- written. 



No. 74, The Composition and Properties of Concentrated Feeding 

 Stuffs. — This leaflet, originally known as "The Purchase of Feeding 

 Stuffs," has been rewritten, and now consists of 22 pages dealing with 

 the general composition of foods, the digestibility of foods, the produc- 

 tive value of the digestible matter of foods, the manurial ingredients in 

 foods, and the comparative value of foods. It also contains an account 

 of the chief feeding stuffs. 



No. 118, The Sheep Nostril Fly. — This leaflet now contains a new 

 illustration. 



No. 128, Advice to Beginners in Bee-keeping. 



No. 141, The Preparation of Honey for Market. 



No. 146, The Value of Records of the Milk Yield of Cows. — This 

 leaflet, formerly "Tests for Farmers' Milk," has been rewritten, and 

 is now an eight-page leaflet dealing with simple records of milk yields, 

 testing milk for butter-fat, farmers' milk tests at collegiate institutions, 

 instructions for taking samples, co-operative societies for milk-testing, 

 and the value of milk records to the dairy farmer, with a list of insti- 

 tutions which undertake milk-testing for farmers. 



No. 164, Potato Leaf-Curl and Black-Stripe of Tomatoes. 



No. 170, The Uses of Lime. — The statement as to the composition of 

 basic slag has been amended. 



No. 173, Potato-Growing. — Originally issued as " Potato-Growing in 

 Yorkshire," this leaflet has been extensively revised, and now comprises 

 eleven pages dealing with the questions of seed-tubers, storing of seed, 

 choice of variety, manuring, planting, harvesting, and storing. 



No. 195, American Gooseberry Mildew. 



No. 202, The Frit-Fly. 



No. 207, Strawberry Cultivation. 



No. 225, The Septoria Disease of Tomatoes. 



No. 244, The Destruction of Rats. 



Copies of any of these leaflets may be obtained free of charge and 

 post-free on application to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, 4 Whitehall Place, London, S.W. 



