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1. On the Agriculture of the County of Sutherland,. By James 



Macdonald, . • . . . . . .1 



2. Experiments with Soluble and Insoluble Phosphates and 



Nitrogen on the Growth of Turnips. By Thomas Lawson, 90 



3. Improvements on the Estate of Denbrae, Fifeshire. By 



David Watson Wemyss, . . . . . .103 



4. On THE Cheviot Breed OF Sheep. By David Archibald, . 110 



5. On the Old and Remarkable Ash Trees in Scotland. By 



Robert Hutchison, ...... 129 



6. On the Old and Remarkable Sycamores in Scotland. By 



Robert Hutchison, . . . . . .150 



7. On the Abies Albertiana, and its Value for Planting in Scot- 



land. By Robert Hutchison, . . . . .172 



8. On the Effects of the Severe Frost and Winter of 1878-79 



ON Trees and Shrubs. By Robert Hutchison, . . 180. 



9. On the Reclamation op Land from Moss on the Farm of 



Upper Bandeath, Stirlingshire. By John Mackie, . .189 



10. On Plantations on the Estate op Glengloy, Inverness-shire. 



By George Grant Mackay, . . . . .193 



11. On the Different Methods of Making and Curing Butter in 



this Country and Abroad. By John M'Culloch, . . 196~~~ a 



12. On the Replanting op Woodlands. By Thomas Wilkie, . 221~~ ^.^ 



13. On Providing a Sufficient Supply of Labour during Press (^'^ 



OP Agricultural Work. By John M'Culloch, . . 229^ 



14. A Visit to Rothamsted. By Dr Andrew P. Aitken, . . 238 



15. The Agricultural Experiments at Woburn. By Dr Andrew 



P. Aitken, ..... ... 259 



16. Account op the Show of the Highland and Agricultural 



Society held at Perth in 1879, ..... 263 



17. Experimental Stations — Report for 1879. By Dr Andrew P. 



Aitken — 



Experiments at Harelaw and Pumpherston, . . .271 



Duplicate Experiments at Yester Mains, .... 295 

 Exjjeriments on the Growth of Barley grown in pots under glass, 296 



18. Instructions for Selecting Samples for Analysis, . . 302 



19. The Cereal and other Crops of Scotland for 1879, and 



Meteorolo(;y op the Year relative therkto — 

 The Crops, . ' . . . . . . 304 



Meteorology, . . . . . . .317 



20. Agricultural Statistics — 



Tahle No. 1. Total Acreage under each kind of Cro]) in each 



County of Scotland, ...... 323 



