CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. XVIII. 



Statistics : — page 



Meteorology ii 



Public Health vi 



Price of Provisions vi 



AVeekly Average of Wheat Tin 



ARTICLE PACE 



I. — The Farming of Bedfordshire. By William Bennett, of Cam- 

 bridge. Prize Essay 1 



IT. — Lois Weedon Husbandry. By the Pev. S. Smith 30 



III. — On the comparative Advantages of sowing Beans in Spring 



and Autumn. By Robert Vallentine. Prize Essay .. .. SO 



TV. — Observations on the jSTatural History and Economy of various 

 Insects, Snails, Slugs, &c., affecting the Clover-crops and 

 Pasture-lands. By John Curtis, F.L.S., &c. Paper XYI. . 41 



Y. — Farm Eoads on Strong Soils. By J. Bailey Denton. Prize 



Essay 82 



YI._Cultivation of Early Potatoes. By the Pev. E, F. Manby .. 9S 



YII. — On Farmyard Manure, the Drainiugs of Dung-heaps, and the 



Absorbing Properties of Soils. By Dr. Augustus Yoelcker .. Ill 



YIII. — Dairy Management. By Thomas Horsfall 150 



APPENDIX. 



PACE 



List of Officers of the Poyal Agricultural Society of England, 1857 .. _i 



Memoranda of ^Meetings, Privileges, Payment of Subscription, &c. .. ii 



Pieport of the Council to the General Meeting, May 22, 1857 .. .. iii 



Half-yearly Balance-sheet, ending December 31, 1856 vi 



List of Stewards of the Yard, Honorary Director, Judges, &c., at the 



Salisbury Meeting yii 



Prize-Awards of the Judges of Live-Stock : Salisbuiy Meeting .. .. viii 



Special Prizes offered by the Salisbury Local Committee xvii 



Commendations of the Judges of Live-Stock : Salisbury Meeting .. xviii 



Prize-Awards of the Judges of Implements : Salisbury Meeting .. .. xxs 

 Commendations of the Judges of Implements : Salisbury Meeting ..xxxiv 



Schedule of Prizes for Essays and Reports xxxix 



Members' Privileges of Chemical Analysis xlii 



