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CONTENTS 



The Spraying of Fruit Trees - I 



Imports of Bacon and Hams into the United Kingdom - 5- 



Exports of British Live Stock - - - 11 



The Eradication of Charlock - - - - 17 



Belgian Agricultural Co-operative Societies - 22 



The Russian Poultry and Egg Industry - - - 28 



Farm Animals in the United States - - - 1 - 34 



Experiments in the Seeding of Sainfoin and Lucerne - 39 



Experiments in the Growth of Sugar Beetroot in Great 



Britain _______ 45, 



Injurious Insects and Fungi - - - 56 



Daddy Longlegs and Surface Caterpillars. Insects on Scotch Firs. 

 The Raspberry Moth. The Clay Coloured or Raspberry Beetle. 

 The Fruit Tree Beetle. Canker on Apple and Pear Trees. 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes - - - 70 



Agricultural — 



Agriculture in Mexico. Agricultural Education in Russia. Agri- 

 cultural Exports of the United States. Accounts of Danish 

 Dairies. German Poultry Societies. Danish Poultry Societies. 

 Export of Horses from the United States. Cattle Breeding in 

 Spain. Grain Trade of Odessa. 



Miscellaneous — 



The Use of Anti-ferments in Cider Making. Cold Storage of 

 Fruit. International Congress of Poultry Breeders at St. 

 Petersburg. Victorian Exported Products Act, 1898. Imports 

 of Timber. Agricultural Machinery in Russia. Rabbit 

 Breeding in Belgium. Exportation of Pigs to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Agricultural Exports from Canada. Ordnance Survey 

 Maps of Great Britain and Ireland. Agricultural Labour in 

 April. Analyses of Imported Butter. Agricultural Syndicates 

 in Normandy. Hop Industry in Bavaria. Breeding Stock for 

 Argentina. Our Imports 06 Eggs. Cattle in Paraguay. Opening 

 for Scotch Oatmeal at Marseilles. Dairying in Prince Edward 

 Island. Poultry Disease in Italy. Sheep in New Zealand. 

 Dairy Machinery Exhibition at St. Petersburg. 



Reports on Foreign Crops - - - - -10$ 



United States. India. Austria. Hungary. France. Russia. 

 Germany. Roumania. Italy. Argentina. Victoria. New 

 Zealand. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - 114 



Prices of Live Stock under Weighing of Cattle Act - 125 



Prices of Agricultural Produce - - - 130 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - 140 



NOTICE. 



Communications respecting the contents of this Journal should be addressed to the- 

 Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall Place, S.TV. 



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

 Advertisements in the Journal, and communications respecting Advertisements must be 

 addressed to that firm, and not to the Board of Agriculture. 



