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CONTENTS 



l'AGE 



The Ash and its Cultivation. J. Nisbet, D.CEc. - - 145 



The Marketing of Eggs. Edward Brown, F.L.S. - - 149 



The Gape Worm and the White Intestinal Worms of 



Poultry. F. V. Theobald, M.A., F.Z.S. - - - 157 



Tree Root Rot - - - - 166 



The Manuring of Potatoes - - - - - 169 



The Manufacture of Cheddar Cheese -• - - 173 



Agricultural Returns of Great Britain - - 181 



Imports of the Cereal Year - - - - 191 



The Wood Leopard Moth - - - - 195 



Agricultural Education in France - - - 199 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes - - - 206 



Agricultural — 



Analyses of Dorset Soils. Manuring of Pastures. The Economic 

 Fattening of Cattle. The Firmness of Bacon. Conditions 

 affecting the Milk Yield of Cows. Skimming Milk for Butter. 

 Spring and Summer Hirings in Scotland. Agricultural Wages 

 in June, 1899. Agriculture in Algeria. 



Misc ellaneo us — 



The Production of Mutton in the United States. Live Stock Census 

 in Denmark. Indian Wheat Trade and Prices. Miscellaneous 

 Agricultural Imports and Exports. Ropiness in Milk and 

 Cream. Water in Butter. Imports of Live Animals from 

 Ireland. Development of Danish Meat Trade. Production of 

 Hops in the United States. Silesian Wool. Danish Agricultural 

 Exports in 1898. Victorian Regulations for Imported Live 

 Stock. Goats in the United States. Ordnance Survey Maps 

 of Great Britain and Ireland. Acreage of Hops. Agricultural 

 Distress in Roumania. Characteristics of a good Sheep. Eradi- 

 cation of Moss in Pastures. Fruit Growing in Nova Scotia. 

 Importation of Plants, Shrubs, &c. Cauliflower Seed. Insect 

 Pests in West Australia. Export of Rabbits from New Zealand. 

 Sugar of Milk. Sugar Syndicate in Russia. Taints in Cheese. 

 Cattle Insurance in Bavaria. Dairy Factories in Ireland. 

 Finland's Butter Exports. Exports from Victoria. Horse 

 Breeding in Bavaria. 



Reports on Foreign Crops - - - - — 253 



United States. India. Russia. Poland. Austria. Hungary. 

 France. Germany. Roumania. Italy. Nova Scotia. Manitoba. 

 Ontario. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - - 261 

 Prices of Live Stock under Weighing of Cattle Act - 269 

 Prices of Agricultural Produce - - - 274 



Diseases of Animals - - 284 



NOTICE. 



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

 ^Secretary, Booyrd of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



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

 Advertisements in the Journal, and communications respecting Advertisements must he 

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



