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Apples: Apple blossom weevil (A nthonomus pomoriim) 204 



Associations in France 175 



Cider, keeping of 235 



Fruit-tree beetle {Scolytus rugulosus) ... ... ... ... 477 



Imports 124, 153, 438 



Prices 139, 282, 424, 555 



Canada 162 



Hungary, number of apple and pear trees, 1895 351 



Neiv Zealand, regulations for prevention of apple scale and cod! in 



moth 79 



Tasmania, exports ... 467 



United States : Crop of 1897 388 



Exports ... 302 



Argentina : Crops 391, 524 



Hay, imported from 12& 



Production of wheat in Buenos Ayres 77 



Wool trade 346 



Buenos A yres (province) agriculture ... ... ... ... 359 



Artichokes, prices ... 139,282,424,555 



Asparagus : Beetle {Crioceris asparagi) 196 



Prices 139, 555 



Asses : France, number 1892 324 



average age and net weight at slaughter 325 



India 231 



Soidh Australia, number 517 



Assessments to Land Tax ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 



Australia : Dairy industry ... ... 22 



Inter-colonial agricultural conference 355 



Sheep, number ... ... 462 



Sugar-beet 377 



Trade in agricultural produce ... 461 



New South Males, agricultural holdings 376 



Wheat harvest 528 



Queensland, live stock, 1896 384 



South A ustralia : Agriculture ... .-. , ... 486 



Dairy products 64 



Livestock 51 7 



Victoria, dairy exports 363 



West Australia : Agricultural statistics 380 



Agriculture 353 



Dairy exports 245 



Austria : Crops 103, 250, 391, 525 



Egg- trade of Austria- Hungary .... ... 238 



Exhibition of Agriculture at Vienna ... ... ... ... 99 



Harvest returns ... 525 



Horse-breeding... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 45(5 



Land banks 247, 373 



Live-stock trade of Austria-Hungary 237 



Kairteisen banks ... 373. 



Bacon : Imports ... 124,152, 438 



values per cwt 133, 276, 418, 549 



Denmark, bacon and pork, exported in 1896 229 



Sweden, exports 493 



Banks: Austria, KaiH'eisen ... ... ... ... ... ... 247 373 



France, Agricultural Banks Bill ... ... ... ... 514 



Germany, credit associations 381 



Italy, agricultural loan societies 96 241 



Barley : Area, 1897 ... ' 187 



Exports • 304 



I"H>oits 124, 153, 438 



Malting and seed barley competil ion, 1897 504 



Prices and quantities sold (British) 134, 277, 419 550 



