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CONTENTS. 



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Wool Supply of the United Kingdom - - - 245 



Agricultural Depression in Germany - - - - 251 

 Cattle -Raising Industry in the United States - - 257 



Farmers and the Income Tax - - - - 263 



Reports on Foreign Crops - 266 



United States. France. Italy. Roumania. Manitoba. Ontario. Austria. 

 Hungary. Belgium. Germany. Russia. 



Injurious Insects and Fungi - - - - - 273 



Insects in the Spring and Summer of 1896. Army Worm. Woolly 

 Aphis, or American Blight. Corn Moth. A Lily Disease. A Disease of 

 Snowdrops. Narcissus Fly. Smut of Brome Grass. Hop Mildew. 



General Agricultural Notes - - - - -294 



Mutton and Wool Trade of New Zealand. Shipment of Frozen Produce 

 from South Australia. Australian Conference on Tick Fever. Cultivation 

 of Lucerne in England. Cultivation of Mustard in England. Cultivation 

 of Oats in Canada. Cold Storage for Canadian Fruit. Adulteration of 

 Milk and Butter. Excise Duty on Beer: Barley Substitutes. Agricultural 

 Budget of Holland. New School of Agriculture in Egypt. Finnish Butter 

 Trade. Dairy Produce in Queensland. Wheat Cultivation in German 

 East Africa. Sale of Sugar in Belgium. Carriage of Manures in Prussia. 



Foreign and Colonial Office Reports - - - - 311 



Sheep in the Falkland Islands. Agriculture in Roumania. Russian Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Introduction of Plants into Italy. Cost of Farming 

 in Oregon. Sale of Fertilisers and Seeds in Germany. Agriculture in 

 Norway. Advances on Grain in Russia. Emigration to California. 

 Agricultural Depression in Spain. Antwerp Linseed Trade. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - - 321 



Imports of Agricultural Produce - 328 

 Prices of Live Stock ------ 330 



Prices of Meat, Corn, and Dairy Produce - 335 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit - 344 



Prices of Wool - - - - - - 347 



Diseases of Animals . - 347 



Post Office Savings Banks - - - - 349 



List of Leaflets - 354 



NOTICE. 



Communications respecting the contents of this Journal should be addressed to 

 the Secretary Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



T.B. Browne, Limited, 163, Queen Victoria Street, E.C., are the sole Contractors 

 for Advertisements in the Journal, and communications respecting Advertisements 

 must be addressed to that firm, and not to the Board of Agriculture. 



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