THE FAEMER'S MAGAZINE. 



SEPTEMBER, 1857. 

 CONTENTS. 



Plate I.— A DEVON OX; 



EXHIBITED BY MR. \V. HEATH, AT THE SMITHl'IELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, DECEMBER, 1856. 



Plate II.— FRANCESCO ; A Mexican Pony. 



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To WHAT IS Sewage applicable ? — By Cuthbert W, Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. . iso 



Agricultural Improvement in Ireland ..... 183 



Middle-class Education ....... 184 



The Trade Museum at South Kensington . , . . . i85 



Harvest Beverages ........ 187 



The Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland. — Meeting at 



Waterford . . . . . . . .188 



The Cleveland Society'.s Cattle Show at Middlesbro'. . . . 194 



Mangel Wurzel for Summer Feeding. — By Robert Baker . . . 194 



The Salisbury Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . 195 



Report on the Live Stock ...... 195 



Report on the Implements ...... 205 



"On the Management of Water Meadows, and their bearing upon the general 



Agriculture of South Wilts." — A Lecture by Mr. E. Squarry . .210 



Royal Agricultural Society of England : Proceedings of Council ; Number 



of Visitors at the Salisbury Meeting ..... 221 



Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. — Meeting at Glasgow . 222 



" On the Methods by which the Farmer can best protect himself from the 



Adulteration of Manures." — A Lecture by Professor^nderson . , 228 



The North Lincolnshire Agricultural Society. — Meeting at Louth . . 232 



Mr. Smith's Mode of applying Steam Power to Cultivation 

 Yorkshire Agricultural Society. — Meeting at York . 

 A Catalogue of the Implements exhibited at the Salisbury 



Royal Agricultural Society of England . 

 The Messrs. Hardy and Tiiick-and-thin Sowing 

 On the Causes of the bad Return of Wheat in 185G 

 Chicago — a commercial Review 



Shropshire Sheep ..... 

 Economy in Bread ..... 

 Agricultural Reports .... 



Review of the Cattle Trade during the past Month 

 Review of the Corn Trade .... 

 Corn Averages and Market Currencies 



Meeting of the 



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