THE EARMBR'S MAGAZI.¥E. 



DECEMBER, 1857. 



CONTENTS. 



Plate I.— A SUFFOLK MARE AND FOAL. 



LATE THE PROPERTY OF N. G, BARTHROPP, ESU., OF CRETINGHAM ROOKERY, WOODBRIDGE. 



Plate IL— " BEiNDIGO ;" A Prize Pig. 



the property of mr. g. mangles, of givendale, ripon. 



pa-^.e 

 Employment of Sewage. — By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., F.R.S. . . 47l 



The Potato Disease — its Extent and Origin . . . . . 473 



Observations on the Plants which form the Bogs in Ireland. — By D. Moore . 475 

 France as a Competitjo Country in the Growth of Corn . . . 478 



Sketches of British India ..,...• 480 

 The Money Market and the Present Price of Corn .... 483 



The Chardon Potato. — By Gustave Henze ..... 484 



London, or Central Farmers' Club : — That the Improved Education of the 



Labourer is essential to the present position of the Farmer . . 4S5 



Skilled Labour as a necessity in the advance of Agriculture . . 496 



Presentation of Testimonials to Mr. and Mrs, Breedon Everard, by the Work- 

 ing Classes of Groby ....... 498 



Hop Picking . . . . . . . .500 



Gipsies ......... 501 



A Sack of Potatoes, — By A. de Gasparin ..... 503 



Royal Agricultural Society of England : Proceedings of Council . . 506 



Agricultural Statistics. — Mr. Caird's Bill ..... 507 



The late Steam-plough performance at Stirling .... 508 



Want of Competition for the Highland Society's Steam-plough Prize . 511 



Construction of the Modern Plough ..... 512 



Ploughing old Grass Fields.— By a North Country Farmer . . . 513 



Sewage of the Metropolis. — By An Old Norfolk Farmer . . . 515 



North Walsham Agricultural Society ..... 516 



Bath and West of England Society ; Proceedings of Council . . 519 



Public Meeting AT Barnstaple . .551 



Landlords and their Duties ....•• 520 



Agricultural Value of the Metropolitan Drainage .... 522 



Autumn Cultivation. — By Francis Hamilton . . . • • 523 



Deep and Shallow Draining ....•• 524 



Import and Export of Barley Productions . . • • • 525 



Ploughing — its Operation and Effect ..... 526 



Lameness in Horses. — By W. Pierce, V. S. . . • . • 528 



Sheep and Hog Manures. — By Geo. T. Hammond .... 529 



A PLAIN Farmer's Views ON the new things in Agriculture.— Fowler's Steam- 

 plough; Boydell's AND OTHER Steam-ploughs .... 530 



Corn Averages. — Michaelmas Rents ...... 532 



Irish and Scotch Agriculture ...... 533 



Coggeshall Agricultural Society ...... 534 



Rapid Progress of Agriculture — what will be its Future . ... 535 



Guano and the Excrements of domestic Poultry . . . . 536 



DuNSTER Annual Great Cattle Shov/ ..... 537 



Agriculture of Australia ....•■• 538 



High and Low Farming, alias Good and Bad Farming, upon Land of euual 



VALUE. — By Samuel Arnsby . ... • • • 539 



Nutrition of Plants. — By M. Boussingault ..... 540 



Trials of the Steam-engine. — Suggestions sent by Implement-makers and 

 Judges to the Royal Agricultural Society .... 545 



Steam-ploughing near Boston ...... 550 



Two chances more for THE Potatoes. — By I. Prideaux . . . 551 



Calendar of Agriculture ....•■• 552 



Duty on Hops .....••• 552 



Agricultural Reports ....••• 553 



Revievv^ of the Cattle Trade during the past Month . . . 553 



Agricultural Intelligence, Fairs, &c. ..... 554 



Review of the Corn Trade ....••• 557 



Corn Averages and Market Currencies . • . . 559-62 



