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INDEX. 



Page 



Austria. : Bee-keeping ... 337 



Crops 99, 259, 405 



Options 1 14 



Bacon: Imports ... 153,440 



value per cwt. ... 133,277,420,549 



Denmark and Sweden, trade 243 



Banding trees against insect attacks 54, 146 



Banks : Agricuitui-al, in Ireland ... ... ... 229,498 



Canada, agricultural associations in British Columbia 381 



Demnark, agricultural loan societies 514 



Germany, lientengiiter and Kentenbanken 80, 248 



Russia, agricultural credit associations 65 



Barley : Area, 1898 165 



„ and production in Ireland, 1897 113 



Imports 12, 153, 444 



Prices and quantities sold 134, 278, 421, 550 



„ in Ireland 267 



Production, 1898 290,433 



area and production, 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 473 



Prices 136,280,423,553 



Yield, 1898 529 



Canada, area and production in Manitoba, 1898 262, 534 



„ „ Ontario, 1897 106 



1898 261, 533 



Cape, Colony, production, 1898 535 



Denmark, production, 1897 221 



France, area and production, 1898 ... ... ... ... ... 404 



Prices 136, 280, 423,552 



Germany, area and production, 1897 ; yield, 1898 404 



Prices (Breslau) ... '. 137,281,424,55a 



Hmigary, \im(i\]LQtmTi, 1^^^ ... ... ... ... ... . . 259 



India, acreage, 1896-7 221 



New Zealand, area and production, 1898 490 



i?0Mwww.f<x, area and production, 1897 ... ... ... 104 



1898... 260 



Russia, area and production, 1897 105 



Production, 1898 402 



„ in Poland and Lithuania, 1898 530 



/S'crwa, , area 1897 ■ 516, 



Sweden, production, 1897 ... 106 



, . 1898 .. ... 531 



Iripoli ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . 223 



United States, area and production, 1897 95 



. M . » „ 1898 401, 525 



Basic slag ; Exj^eriments on clay land 208, 308 



Influence of manure on mutton... ' 308 



Basket-ware : Imports and exports ... .. 231 



Germany, osier culture 397 



United Stales, „ - 39I 



Beam-bird (Spotted Flycatcher) 18 



]>oan aphis ... ... ... ... ... . jgr^ 



Beans, area and production, 1898 433 



M'oi'^^s : ... ;:; ;;; 13^444 



Prices ... 139,283,426,555 



Belgium; area and production, 1895 473 



/S'iwfl'c;?., ])roduction, 1897 .. 106 



, , 1898 ;:: ;;; ;:; ;;: :;: 531 



l»r.ocli jipins ... ... ... ... _ J7g 



«"'ihmIs . ;;; 152,349,440 



„ Value per cwt ... 133,277,420,549 



' , • 120,274,417,545 



„ in lichmd ... ... Oj^7 



Nc I!) Zealand, cxi^ortf^ ... ..; ... ... ... 41)2 



