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Bee-keeping : Ireland and foreign countries ... ' ... 335 



Belgium, number of hives, 1895 ... ... 477 



6'«wa(i?«, number of colonies in Ontario, 1898... .;. ' ... ' ... 533 



Beer-duty ... ... ... 121 



Beet : Fodder, see Mangolds. 



Prices ., ... 139,283,426,555 



area and production, 1895 ..: ... .. 474 



Yield, 1898 .... 529 



Denmark, production, 1897 221 



Germany, area and production, 1897 405 



Russia, beet sugar industry ... 69, 21 7 



„ „ „ in Poland .:. 521 



Z7>nYef?*S'if«^e5, beet sugar industry ... 213 



Belgium: Agricultural inquiry, 1895 " ... 472 



Co-operative poultry societies ... ... ... . . . ' ' . . . ' ... 510 



Corn prices ... 136,280,423,553 



Crops, 103, 472, 528 



JNIargarine industry ... ... 246 



Options • 114 



Poultry industry :.. ... 509 



Beneficial insects ... ... ... 326 



Bere, area and production in Ireland, 1897 ... 113 



Birds: Chai^ricix [Fringilla caelehs) ... ... ... 315 



Goldfinch (Fringilla carduelis) ., .• 451 



Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa grisola) 18 



'^'snbWow^ {Hiriindo rustica). ... ... ... ... ... ... 161 



Blight (Aphides) ... ■ 57, 145, 177, 326 



Yellow, of tomatoes ... ... ... 192 



Board of Agriculture, returns and reports : 



Agricultural returns, 1897 ... ... ... 110 



1898 165/289, 433 



Diseases of animals, 1897 108 



Education, agricultural, distribution of grants, 1897-8 ' 263 



Importation of dogs order . ... .... 467 



Inland transit of cattle, departmental committee ... ; . ... 265 



Tithe, inclosure, etc.. Acts, return for 1897 ... : 109 



Bones (dissolved), influence of manure on mutton ... ... 312 



Boric acid in butter ; 370, 372 



Bouillie bordelaise 43,148,178, 194,201 



Bounties : Honey in Victoria ... ... 338 



Sugar industry in Russia 69 



Bread, prices ... ... 82 



Brewers' licences ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 121 



Brindled Beauty moth ... ... 53 



Broccoli, prices • ... 139, 555 



Brussels sprouts, prices ... ... 426,555 



Buckwheat: C«wao?a, area and production in Ontario. 1897 ... 106 



„ 1898 ... . .. 533 



Russia, area and production, 1897 ... 105 



Production in Poland and Lithuania, 1898 530 



C7?^^^Yef^ ^S^a^e^, area and production, 1897 ... ... ... ... 95 



„ „ „ 1898 ... .:. ■ ... 525 



Budgets: G^erwctTiy, Prussian budget of 1898 ... ... ... ... 80 



agricultural, 1899 ... 508 



Bulgaria, importation of plants . ... 400 



Butter : Analyses for adulteration 369, 372 



Colouring, experiments with colouring matters ... ... ■..{ 371 



Co-operative dairy societies in Ireland ... .;. ..: ..^ 228,268 



Effects on the butter of foods supplied to cows ... 205,371 



Imports ... 153, 442 



Prices ..; ■ 138,282,425,554 



„ in Ireland ... ... ... ... 267 



^r(7ew,^ma, exports ... ... . . ... 68 



^^w^ra^m, factories and production in Queensland ... ... ..; 398 



Cawat^a, factories and exports ... . . ... 399 



Dew marA:, exports in 1897 • • 89 



