CONTENTS, 



Page 



The British Crops of 1899 - - - - - 433 



Experiments on Pasture L^u~Douglas A. Gilchrist, B.Sc. - 438 



An ExperiMen t with a Turf Plough— W. Somerville, JD.Sc, ,D.CEc. 443 



A New Phoma Disease of the Swede— M. C. Potter, M.A., F.L.S. 448 



Imports of Agricultural Produce in 1899 > r- - 457 



Destruction of Charlock - - - 465. 



Wool Prices in 1899 - - - - - - 469 



Carriage of Milk by Eail , - - 476 



Agricultural and Miscellaneous Notes - - - 481 



Agricultural — 



Agricultural Hirings in Scotland. Yellow Blight of Potatoes. 

 Manuring of Clover Hay. Agricultural Schools in Russia. 

 Poultry Fattening Experiment. ■ Breeding a,nd Feeding Canadian 

 Pigs. Agriculture in Southern Italy. Cultivation of Horse 

 Radish in Bohemia. 



Miscellaneous — - 



Agricultural Co-operative Societies in Ireland. Itinerant Dairy 

 Instruction in Ireland. Malting and Seed Barley Competition. 

 Holdings in New South AY ales. The Indian Wheat Trade. The 

 Forest Resources of Siberia. Exportation of Wheat from Siberia. 

 The Flax Industry of Courtrai. The German Wool Trade. 

 Condition of Agriculture in Portugal. Farm Wages in Belgium. 

 Belgian Regulations on the Sale of Cheese. Grain Trade of 

 Odessa. Argentina's Imports of Breeding Stock. Creameries 

 and Cheese Factories in Ontario. Dairy Salt and its uses. 

 Skim Milk as a Food for Poultry. Importation of Dogs 

 into Hong Kong. Skim Milk for Fattening Ducks. Agri- 

 cultural Census of the United States. Agricultural Population 

 of Western Australia. Export of Frozen Meat from New 

 Zealand. Export of Dairy Produce from New Zealand. Russian 

 Agricultural Budget of 1900. Russian Egg Exports. Finland's 

 Da ay Exports. Dairy By-products for Fattening Swine. Ger- 

 man Agricultural Attaches. 



Eeports on Foreign Crops - - - 521 



United States. Russia. India. Argentina. Belgium. France. 

 Germany. Spain. Sweden. Manitoba. Ontario. 



Parliamentary Publications - - - - 530 



The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act - - - 532 



Prices of Live Stock under Weighing of Cattle Act - 535 



Prices of Agricultural Produce - - - 544 



Diseases of Animals - - - - - - 555 



Index and Title Page to Volume VI. 



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