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CONTENTS, 



PAGK 



The Grain Harvest of 1898 - - . . 289 



The Thinning of Woods, /. Mshet, D.CEc. - . .. 292 



The Influence of Manures on the Production of 



Mutton. — IF. Somerville, D.Sc. D.ChJc - . 300 



The Chaffinch - - - - 315 



English Orchards. — Part HI. - ■ - - - 319 



Beneficial Insects - - - - - 326 



Our Imports of Honey - - - - . . 335 



The Consumption of Potatoes in the United Kingdom - 340 



The Cattle Industry of the United States - - - 343 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes - - - 352 



Aqricultiiral — 



Celery and Parsnip Fly. Fruit Tree Beetle in Ornamental Trees. 

 Potato Experiments in Cheshire. Flax in Ireland. Agriculture 

 in Nicaragua. Dairy Factories in Wisconsin. Live Stock in New 

 South Wales. Dairying in Holland. The Nun Moth. Agricul- 

 ture and Live Stock in Queensland. Cereal Production of Russia. 



MiscellaneoKS — 



Analyses of Imported Dairy Produce. Adulteration of Butter and 

 Miik. Irish Migratory Labourers. Harvest Wages in 1898. 

 Agricultural Rates Act, 1896. Imports of Onions into the 

 United Kingdom. Agricultural Credit Associations in British 

 Columbia. French Forestry. Hemp Cultivation in Europe. 

 Swedish Margarine Regulations. New York College of Forestry. 

 Osier Culture in the United States. Maize Products of the 

 United States. International Poultry Exhibition at St. Peters- 

 burg. Egg Yield of Fowls. Hop Cultivation in Bavaria. 

 Osier Growing in Germany. Russian Eggs. Consumption of 

 Margarine in Denmark. Butter and Cheese Factories in Queens- 

 land. Queensland Cane Sugar Industry. Dairy Factories in 

 Canada. Marsala Wine. Tasmanian Vegetation Diseases Act. 

 Importation of Plants into Bulgaria. 



Reports on Foreign Crops ' -• - 401 



United States. Russia. Argentina. France. Germany. Austria. 

 Italy. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - - 407 



Priced of Live Stock Undsr Weighing of Catile Act - 412 



Prices OF Agricultural Produce - - - - 417 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - - 427 



NOTICE. 



Commimicatiom respecting the contents of this Journat should he addressed to the 

 Secretary, Board of Agricidture, 4, Whitehall Place, S.IV. 



Messrs. Laughton & Co., 1, Essex Street, Strand, JF.C, are the sole Contractors for 

 Advertisements in the Journcd, and comimni/nifinn^ re^pi'dinn Adrertisements must he 

 addressed to that firm, and not to the Board (f Agr/r//l/i/rr. 



