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1. On the Agriculture of the County of Fife. By James 



Macdonald, ....... 1 



2. On the Improvement of Waste Land on the Estate of Bar- 



BRECK, Argyllshire. By Rear-Admiral Campbell, . . 60 



3. On the Reclamation of Waste Land. By Walter Kidd, . 6.3 



4. On Planting in Exposed and Maritime Situations. By Lewis 



Bayne, . . . . . . . .66 



5. On the Soils and Subsoils Suited for Planting. By William 



Gilchrist, . . . . . . . .79 



6. On English Water Meadows, and how far they are Appli- 



; cable to Scotland. By David Robie, . . . .87 



7. On the Management op Grass Lands in England. By Gilbert 



Murray, . . . . . . . .97 



8. On the Management of Grass Lands in England. By David 



Robie, ........ 109 



9. On the Cultivation of the Potato. By Mrs Paterson, now 



Roger. . . . . . . . .122 



10. On the Ayrshire Breed of Cattle. By Thomas Farrall, . 129 



11. On the West Highland Breed of Cattle. By Thomas Farrall, 147 



12. On Inoculation as a Means for the Prevention of Pleuro- 



pneumonia. By George Armatage, . . . .164 



13. On the Effects Produced on Trees and Shrubs by Smoke 



from Public Works. By Robert Hutchison, . . 191 



14. On ThinningPlantations as Applicable in Practical Forestry. 



By C. Y. Michie, ...... 199 



15. On Natural Coppice Wood of Other Species than Oak. By 



Andrew Gilchrist, ...... 210 



16. On the Corsican Fir. By John Nisbet, . . . 220 



17. On Septic, Anthrax or Carbuncular Fevers, among Horses, 



Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, By George Armatage, . . ^8 



18. On the Pinus Pinaster or Cluster Pine. By Robert Hutchi- 



son, ........ 264 



19. On Improvements on the Estate of Hallhead, Aberdeenshire. 



By Harry Shaw, ..,,.., 272 



20. On the Soils and Subsoils Suited for Planting. By John 



Nisbet, ........ 276 



21. Agricultural Statistics of Scotland for 1875. Extracted 



from the Government Returns, .... 3<»3 



