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dletaeies of scotch agricultural labourers. by eobert 

 Hutchison, ....... 1 



Foot Rot in Sheep. By Hugh Borthwick, . . . 30 



Shirreff's Bearded "White Wheat. By Patrick Shirreff, . 38 



Pruning of Forest Trees. By John Morrison, . . 42 



Different Descriptions of Food for Stock. By R. J. Thomson. 



1. Comparative Feeding Values of Swedes and Mangold Wurzel, 1864, 52 



2. Comparative Feeding Values of Swedes and Mangold Wurzel, 1865, 60 



3. Comparative Feeding Values of Bean and Oatmeal, 1864, . 66 



Different Top-Dressings. By Russell Swanwick. 



1. On Rye Grass and Clover, Crop 1865, .... 72 



2. On Turnips, Crop 1865, ..... 83 



3. On Wheat, Crop 1865, ...... 86 



Field Experiments on the Action of an equal Money Value of 

 Different Top-Dressings on Wheat, Grass, and Cabbage, 1866. 

 By Russell Swanwick, ...... 90 



Turnips for Seed. By John Morrison, . . . 101 



Hedge-Row Trees. By John Morrison, . . . 105 



Comparative Productiveness of Turnips. By Hary Shaw, ' 110 



Experiments on Oats with two different Manures. By William 

 Walker, ........ 116 



Management and Value of Poplar. By C. Y. Michie, . 118 



Phosphatic and Ammoniacal Manures. By R. J. Thomson, . 137 



Cultivation of Mangold Wurzel. By R. J. Thomson, . 146 



The Agriculture of Perthshire. By John Dickson, . 160 



Proceedings of the Chemical Department. By Thomas Ander- 

 son, M.D., F.R.S.E., Chemist to the Society. 



1. Analyses of the Soils and Subsoils on which the Field Experi- 



ments of 1866 were made, ..... 190 



2. Experiments made during the Season 1867, . . . 211 



General Management of Plantations. By C. Y. Michie, . 245 



Agriculture of Dumfriesshire. By the Rev. John Gillespie, A.M., 270 



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Agriculture of Dumfriesshire. By H. Newby Fraser, 

 Pruning of the Rarer Conifers. By Robert Hutchison, 

 Comparative Productiveness of Turnifs. By John Milne, 

 Scab in Sheep. By Hugh Borthwick, . 

 The Isle of Man — Its Agriculture, Climate, &c. By 



Honeyman, ..... 



Larch Forests. By C. Y. Michie, 



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