CONTENTS OF VOL. XYIII. • ^. ^/v ; 



Statistics : — page 



Meteorology, for the six months ending June 30 ii 



Public Health ditto ditto vi 



Price of Provisions ditto ditto vi 



Weekly Average of Wheat viii 



Meteorology, for the six months ending December 3 J x 



Public Health ditto ditto xiv 



Price of Provisions ditto ditto xv 



ARTICLE PAGE 



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

 bridge. Prize Essay 1 



n. — Lois Weedon Husbandry. By the Picv. S. Smith 30 



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



and Autumn. By Robert Vallentine. Prize Essay . , . . 36 



IV. — Observations on the Natural History and Economy of various 

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

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



V. — Farm Pioads on Strong Soils. By J. Bailey Denton. Prize 



Essay 82 



VI.— Cultivation of Early Potatoes. By the Rev. E. F. Manby .. 93 



VII. — On Farmyard Manure, the Drainings of Dxmg-heaps, and the 



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



VIII. — Dairy Management. By Thomas Horsfall 150 



IX. — Report on Steppe Murrain or Rinderpest. By James Beart 

 Simonds, Professor of Cattle Pathology in the Royal Veterinary 

 College t ". 197 



X. — On Horseshoeing, By William Miles 270 



XI. — On the ]\Iannrial Properties of Clay from Gas Works. Bv the 



Rev. W. R. Bowditch ' ,. 299 



XII. — Time of Entry on Farms. By the Rev. William Holt Beevor. 



Prize Essay 311 



XIII. — On Paring and Burning. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker .. .. 342 



XIV. — Communication on the relative Value of Cattle-box Manure 



and Farmyard Manure. By Charles Lawrence 368 



XV. — Elementary Introduction to the subject of Vegetable Physiologv\ 

 i By Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S., L.S., &c.. Professor of Botany, 



King's College, London. Part II 371 



XVI. — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements at the Salis- 

 £2 bury Meeting. By Chandos Wren HoskjTis "415 



"32 XVII.— On Road-mending. By the Hon. W. G. Cavendish, M.P. ..451 



r ^XVIII. — Agricultural Chemistry. — On the Growth of Barley by different 

 Manures, continuously on the same Land ; and on the position 



~^ of the Crop in Rotation. By J. B. Lawcs, F.R.S., F.C.S., and 

 '■XL Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.C.S 454 



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