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CONTENTS. 



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Green Manuring -------1 



The Common Lapwing, Plover, or Peewit - - - 11 



Our Imports of Dairy Produce - - . - - 14 



Titmice - - - - - - - - 27 



Cheese-making in American Factories - - - - 33 



Ensilage of Potatoes - - - - - - 37 



Assessments to Land Tax - - - - - - 40 



Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Eegulations, 1897 - - 42 



Injurious Insects and Fungi - - - - - 46 



The Branded or Small Brown Fir Beetle. The Gypsy Moth. Curl of 

 Peach Leaves. 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes 



Agricultural — 



Canadian Horse^. Chicago Horse and Live Stock Market. Progress 58 

 of Dairying in Sweden. German Trade in Dairy Produce. South 

 Australian Dairy Products. Lombardy Cheese. Export of Osiers 

 from Madeira. Dairy and Poultry Industry in Normandy. Butter 

 Blending in Normandy. Eflect of Wild Garlic on Milk. Agricul- 

 ture in Southern Italy. Production of Wheat in Buenos Ayres. 

 Grain Trade of Galveston. Grain Trade of New Orleans. Horti- 

 cultural Legislation in New Zealand. 



M iscellaneous — 



Experiments in Feeding Swine. Agricultural Education in Denmafk* 70 

 Supply of Undressed Sheepskins. French Margarine Law. Belgian 

 Fertilisers Law, Local Taxation on American Farms. American 

 Phosphates. Importation of Horses into Belgium. Italian Agri- 

 cultural Loan Societies. Export of Fertilisers to Martinique. 

 Agricultural Machinery in France. English Agricultural Machines 



in Italy. Agricultural Exhibition at Vienna. 



Reports on Foreign Crops - . . - - 100 



India. United States. Russia. Austria. Denmark. France. 

 Germany. Hungary. Italy. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - - 107 



Imports of Agricultural Produce - - - - 123 



Prices of Agricultural Produce- - - - - 125 



Diseases of Animals - 140 



NOTICE, 



Communications respecting the contents of this Journal should he addressed to 

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



Messrs. Laughton S Co.^ 1, Essex Street, Strand, W.C., are the sole Contractors 

 for Advertisements in the Journal, and communications respecting Advertisements 

 must he addressed to that firm, and not to the Board of A griculture. 



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