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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 
VOLUME  71,  1910. 
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PORTRAIT  OF  KINO  EDWARD  VII.  . . Frontispiece 
SPECIAL  ARTICLES. 
King  Edward  VII.  and  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England  1 
By  the  Editor. 
The  Production  of  Plant  Food  in  the  Soil  4 9 
(With  Seven  Illustrations ) 
By  Edward  J.  Russell,  D.Sc. 
Tuberculosis  as  regards  Heredity  in  Causation  and  Elimination 
from  Infected  Herds  . . . . . . . .27 
By  Professor  Sir  John  McFadyean,  M.B.,  B.Se.,  C.M. 
Red  Poll  Cattle  ..........  46 
By  J.  B.  Chevallier. 
The  Origin  of  Some  Old  Agricultural  Words  . . . .56 
By  Professor  Walter  W.  Skeat,  Litt.D. 
Suffolk  Sheep  ..........  64 
(With  One  Illustration ) 
By  S.  R.  Sherwood. 
The  Devon  Pack  Horse  as  an  Army  Horse  . . . . .79 
(With  One  Illustration) 
By  Lieut.-Colonel  C.  R.  Stavei.ey. 
State  Aid  to  Agriculture  in  Canada  ......  90 
By  Ernest  H.  Godfrey. 
Churnability  of  Cream  . . . . . . . . .113 
(With  Six  Illustrations) 
By  W.  F.  Cooler,  B.A.  (Cantab.). 
CONTEMPORARY  AFFAIRS. 
Contemporary  Agricultural  Law  . . . . . . .122 
By  Aubrey  J.  Spencer,  M.A. 
The  Meat  Industry  in  its  Relation  to  Agriculture  in  the  United 
Kingdom  . . . . . . . . .136 
By  Loudon  M.  Douglas,  F.R.S.E. 
