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Lichens as harbourers of insects ... ■ 207 



Lights upon vehicles ... ... 403 



Lime as remedy against insects .; 199, 207, 211 



~L[Ye-stock, see Animals 



Liver-fluke liosts (snails) eaten by wagtails 447 



Local Government Board, Scotland, report, 1895-6 118 



„ 1896-7 ... ... ... 407 



Local taxation : England, returns, 1894-5 .. 402, 407 



Scotland, returns, 1894-5 , ... 406 



United States, farms 89 



Locomotives on highways, Local Government Board report 371 



Locusts in Argentina ... 391 



Lombardy cheese 65 



Lucerne, value of, as a fodder crop ... 218 



Argentina, area in Buenos Ayres Province 360 



Lupins, as green manure ... ... .... 1 



Machinery, agricultural, in France 97 



Agricultural, in Italy ... 98 



,, Russia, customs tariff 370 



,, Exhibition at Kieff" ... 518 



Madeira, export of osiers 66 



Maercker, experiments on storage of farmyard manure 147 



Maize: Imports 124,152,438 



Argentina, area in Buenos Ayres Province ... 359 



Austria, area and production, 1897 525 



Cape Colony, production, 1896-7 529 



France, average production per acre ... 322 



Hungary, area 1895, and production ... 482 



Russia, production, 1897 .3.8{> 



AS'ervi'a, area and production, 1893 ... ... 491 



Suspension of duty 527 



United States : Acreage, 1897 248, 521 



Exports ... ... 501 



Export from Galveston 77 



,, „ New Orleans 78 



Production, 1897 ^ 387, 521 



Maliein, test of horses imported into Belgium ... ; ... 95 



Malt, exports ... ..; 304 



Malting and seed barley competition, 1897 504 



Germany, quantity used for brewing in Bavaria 485 



Manures: Experiments in Ireland , 121 



Experiments on the amount removed from the soil by 



lucerne ... 218 



Farmyard manure, storage 145 



Production of phosphates 510 



Regulations for analysis, 1897 ... , 42 



Returns of analyses 443 



Sale of, in Ireland 382 



Silt of rivers as manures 351 



Belgium, legislation concerning adulteration 88 



Martinique, importation 97 



Manuring, experiments with lupins and nitragin 1 



Markets, Return of Prices of live stock under the Weighing of Cattle 



Act, 1891 ... 125,269,410,537 



Margarine : Exports 303 



Imports 14. 124, 153, 438 



Prices 138; 281, 423, 554 



France, law of 1897 ... 85 



Germany, law of 1897 223 



A^onray, manufactures and exports , ... 381 



Sweden, exports ... ... ... 493 



Marks : Agricultural Produce (Marks) Bill, report of Committee 262, 403 



Merchandise, report of Committee 266 



Martinique, import of fertilisers ... .. 97 



