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XII. — Quarterly Eeport of the Chemical Committee for December, 1873, 



and subsequent Correspondence relating thereto 287 



Additions to the Library 299 



XIII. — Report on the Ai^riculture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

 13y John Wrightson, F.C.S., Professor of Agi'iculture in the 

 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester 305 



XIV. — Agricultural Jottings from the General Report of the Census of 

 England and Wales for the Year 1871. By J. Dent Dent, of 

 Ribston Hall, Wctherby 390 



XV. — Report on the Agriculture of Cumberland, chiefly with regard 

 to the Production of Meat. By Thomas Farrall, of Dovenby, 

 Cockermouth 402 



XVI. — Field-Experiments on Permanent Pasture, By Dr. Augustus 



Voelcker, F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Society .. .. 429 



XVII,— On Ergot. By Wm. Carruthers, F.E.S., Consulting Botanist to 



the Society 443 



XVIII. — Observations on Inoculation with the Virus of Contagious 

 Pleuro-Pneumonia of the Ox, chiefly in reference to the local 

 and systemic Changes which are induced. By G. T. Brown, 

 Professor of Physiology in the Royal Veterinary College, and 

 Chief Inspector to the Veterinary Department of the Privy 

 Council ., ■ 459 



XIX. — Report on the Cultivation of Potatoes, with Special reference to 

 the Potato Disease. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of 

 the Society 475 



XX, — On a Xew Clover Disease. By P. Mouillefert. Translated from 

 the ' Journal d'Agriculture Pratique,' by William Carruthers, 

 F.R.S .^ 515 



XXI. — Sir Harry Stephen Meysey Thompson, Bart. A Biographical 



Sketch, by Earl Cathcart, Ex-President of the Society .. 519 

 XXII. — Report on the Composition of Thirteen Samples of Peruvian 

 Guano, sent by the Secretary of the Admiralty to the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 



F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Society '. 541 



XXIII. — Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, June, 1874 . . 546 



XXIV. — Report on the Health of Animals of the Farm. By Professor 

 J. B. Simonds, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, and 

 Consulting Veterinary Surgeon to the Society .. T, .. 552 



XXV. — Reiwrt on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1874. By G. H. 



Sanday, of Wensley House, Bedale 564 



XXVI. — Report on the Live Stock exhibited at Bedford. By Robert 



Leeds, of Castleacre, Norfolk (Senior Steward) 596 



XXVIL— Report on the Exhibition of Implements at Bedford. By T. C. 



Booth, of Warlab}', Northallerton (Senior Steward) .. .. 625 



XXVIII. — Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. By G. Purves 



Smith, of Preston Dunse, Berwick, N.B 626 



