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Austria : Area and production of crops 1898 105 



Crop reports... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... 105,255 



Cultivation of horse radish in Bohemia 493 



Hops, production and trade 339 



Bacon: Firmness of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '213,491 



Imports 5, 192, 458 



Values per cwt 133, 277, 419, 548 



Australia, Queensland, trade ... ... ... ... ... ... 365 



Canada, breeding and feeding bacon pigs 490 



Denmark, trade ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 237, 401 



United States, exports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 76 



Bangor College, experiments in fattening cattle... ... ... ... 210 



Banks, agricultural co-operative, in Ireland 495 



Belgium, co-operative banks ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 



Barley : Area, 1899 181, 289 



„ and production, 1899 ... 289 



„ „ „ in Iceland, 1898 123 



„ „ „ „ „ 1899 530 



Imports 192, 462 



Malting and seed barley competition of 1899 497 



Prices and quantities sold ... 134, 278, 420, 549 



Algeria, area and production, 1898 ... 224 



Argentina, area, 1895 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 353 



Austria, area and production, 1898 ... ... ... ... ... 106 



Belgium, prices ... ... ]36,280,422,552 



Yield per acre, 1899 525 



Canada, area and production in Manitoba, 1899 .. 528 



,, „ „ „ Ontario, 1899 ... .... ... 529 



France, area and production, 1899 406 



Prices 136, 280, 422, 551 



Germany, area and production, 1899 526 



Prices (Breslau) 137, 281, 423, 552 



Holland, area 1897 369 



Hungary, production 1899 256 



Mexico, production, 1897 71 



Nev' Zealan d, area and production, 1898-9 ... ... ... ... 113 



Roumania, area and production, 1899 258 



Russia, area and production, 1898 108. 376 



Production, 1899 ... ... 405, 522 



Sweden, production, 1899 .' 527 



United Sta tes, area and production, 1899 .. .. 404,521 



Basket-ware, imports, 1898 228 



Bath and West of England Society : Experiments with anti-ferments 



in cider... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 84 



Manufacture of Cheddar cheese ... 173,261 



Bavaria: Cattle insurance ... ... ... ... ..: ... ... 249 



Hop industry 99, 338, 398. 399 



Horse-breeding ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 251 



Beans': Area and production, 1899 433 



Imports ... .„ 462 



Prices 139, 283, 425, 554 



Argentina, area under haricots, 1895 ... .. ... ... ... 353 



Holland, area, 1897 369 



Roumania, .area, 1898 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ill 



Russia, area and production, 1898 376 



Sweden, production, 1899 ... ... ... ... ... ... 527 



Beef : Imports ... 191,457 



„ value per cwt 133, 277. 419, 548 



1 Vices 130, 2*74! 416, 544 



New Zealand, exports ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 517 



United States, exports 75 



Beer: Materials used in brewing 120 



Germany, production and export at Hamburg 391 



Bee-keepi&g (see also Honey), Belgian co-operative societies 24 



