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CONTENTS. 



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Grain and Potato Crops of 1896 - - - . 355 



Hay Crop of 1896 359 



Hop Crop of 1896 - - - - - - 362 



Fruit Crop of 1896 - - - - - 365 



Import Trade in Eggs - - - - - - 369 



Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act - 376 



Farmers and Assessments to Local Rates - 379 



Reports on Foreign Crops - 384 

 United States. India. France. Austria. Sweden. Manitoba, Victoria. 



Injurious Insects and Fungi - - - - - 390 



Carrot Fly. 



GrENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES - 393 

 Agricultural Hirings in Scotland in 1896. Malting and Seed Barley Com- 

 petition of 1896. Live Stock in Argentina. Imports of Fresh Milk and 

 Cream. Cultivation of Cereals in Uruguay. Forestry in Sweden. Forestry 

 in Norway. Dairying in Nebraska and the Dakotas. American " Ladled." 

 Butter. Farm Mortgages in the United States. Effect of the American 

 Homestead Act. Farm Animals in the United States. French Census of 

 1896. Kiln-drying of Corn in Finland. Co-operation iu Marketing Fruit 

 in New Zealand. 



Foreign Office Reports - 409 

 Wheat Production and Trade in Spain. Agriculture in France. Cultivation 

 of Wheat in South Russia. State Loans for Agricultural Improvements 

 in Russia. Cultivation of Wheat and Maize in Argentina. Agricultural 

 Department of Uruguay. Machinery Exhibition at Kieff. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - - 419 



Imports and Exports of Agricultural Produce - - 428 



Prices of Live Stock 449 



Prices of Meat, Corn, and Dairy Produce - 447 



Prices of Vegetables and Fruit - - - - 456 



Prices of Wool - ■ - - - - - 459 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - - 459 



Post Office Savings Banks - - - - - 461 



List of Leaflets - - - - - .454 



{This number contains the Index to Vol. III.) 



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