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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



The Potato and Hay Crops of 1897 - - - . 433 



Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1897 - - - 437 



The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act - - - 443 



Water Wagtails, or "Dishwashers" - - - 446 



The Size and Tenure of Farms in France - - 450 



Horse Breeding in Austria-Hungary - - - 456 



The Trade of Australasia in Agricultural Produce - 461 



Injurious Insects, etc. - - - - - - 468 



Stem Eelworm. Orchid Beetle. Pine Aphis. Fruit-tree Beetle. 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes : — 



Agricultural — 



Agricultural Inquiry in Hungary. Agriculture in Bavaria. 481 

 Agriculture in South Australia. Cultivated Area of Denmark. 

 Cultivated Area of Servia. Dairy Industry of Sweden. Hop Pro- 

 duction in the United States. Dairy Industry of Italy. Live 

 Stock in Germany. Agricultural Exports of Uruguay. Agricul- 

 tural Exports of the United States. Indian Grain Trade and the 

 Famine. 

 3Iiscellaneovs' — 



The Malting and Seed Barley Competition, 1897. Experiments 504 

 in Potato Cultivation in Ireland. Duck Breeding in the United 

 States. The Russian Agricultural Budget of 1898. Importation 

 of Animals into Belgium. Horses for tlie Indian Army. Produc- 

 tion of Phosphates. Agricultural Trade Unions. Granaries in 

 Russia. Pulse and Vegetables in Italy. Canadian Legislation 

 for Dairy Products. Landing of Cattle in Bulgaria. Duty on 

 Grain in Italy. French Agricultural Banks Bill. Inspection of 

 Beef exported from Sweden. Export of Animals from Hungary. 

 French Bounty on Flax. South Australian Live Stock. 

 Importation of Plants into Greece. Agricultural Machinery 

 Exhibition at KiefF. Flax-growing in Washington. Ornitho- 

 logical Exhibition at St. Petersburg. Spanish Wheat Duty. 

 Servian Wheat and Maize Duties. 



Reports on Foreign Crops - - - - - 521 



United States. India. Russia. Argentina. Austria. France. 

 Servia. Spain. New South Wales. Cape Colon3\ Manitoba. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - 532 



Prices of Live Stock Under the Weighing of Cattle Act 537 



Prices of Agricultural Produce - - - - 546 



Diseases of Animals - - . . . . 555 



Index and Title Page to Volume IV. 



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