THE PAEMBU'S 



JULY, 1857. 



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CONTENTS. 



Plate I.— PORTRAIT OF MR. RICHARD GARRETT. 

 Plate II.— TWO LABOURERS' COTTAGES 



O T A W 1 C A L 



ON THE ESTATE OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD, AT PRIESTLEY, NEAR FLITWICK, BEDS. 



PAGE, 



Biographical Sketch of Mr. Richard Garrett . . . .1 



Description of the Second Plate . . . . . .3 



Haymaking. — By Cuthbert "W. Johnson, Eso., F.R.S. . . . .3 



Royal Agricultural Society OF England : Proceedings of Council . . 6 



Cattle Pestilence. — The Central Society of Agriculture . . .11 



Rumoured Murrain amongst Cattle . . . . , .13 



Agricultural Education . , . . . , .14 



Violent Thunder and Hail Storms . . . . . .15 



Entire cause of so much bad Farming in England.— By Samuel Arnsby . . 16 



Australian Wheat . . . . . . . .16 



Life OF William Smith, THE Father OP English Geology . . .17 



Meat Manufacture . . . . . . . .24 



History of Prices — further considered . . . . .33 



Action of the Atmosphere upon the Soil . . . . .37 



Boydell's Traction Engine and Endless Railway . . . .40 



Available Substitutes for Guano . . . . . .41 



Alleged Discovery of Guano . . . . . .43 



Sheep, &c., contagious Diseases Prevention . . . . .44 



Drilling of Root Crops . . . . . . .45 



Bath AND West OF England Agricultural Society. — Meeting at Newton . 46 



Prizes for Cattle, &c. . , . . . .49 



Prizes for Implements , . . . . .51 



The Dinner . * , , . . . , ,53 



Report of the Council . , . . . .55 



Implements, &c., exhibited . . . . . .56 



Oxford and Banbury amalgamated Agricultural Association . . 59 



Education of the Middle Classes . . . . . .60 



Great Agricultural Show at Vienna. — Cattle Department . . .61 



Awards to English Exhibitors . . . . .64 



Drainage Controversy . . . . . . .65 



London, or Central Farmers' Club. — Autumnal Cultivation of Wheat Stubbles 66 



Agricultural Politics — what the Government should take up . .75 



Cultivation of Millet. — By Charles Poppy . . . . .76 



Calendar of Agriculture . . . . . . .77 



Available Substitutes for Guano . . . . . .77 



Agricultural Reports . . . . . . .78 



Review of the Cattle Trade during the past Month . . .82 



Agricultural Intelligence, Fairs, &c. . . . . .80 



Review of the Corn Trade . « . . . • .82 



Corn Averages and Market Currencies .... 85-6 



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