CONTENTS OF PART L, VOL. X. 



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I.— Farming of Lancashire. By William James Garnett. Prize 



Report ••.......! 



II.— On a Dress for Drainers. From the Marquis of Westminster . 51 

 III- — On the Giant Sainfoin. By Thomas Hine . , . .54 

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

 Insects affecting the Potato-crops, including Plant-lice, Plant- 

 bugs, Frog-flies, Caterpillars, Crane-flies, Wire worms, Mil- 

 lipedes, Mites, Beetles, Flies, &c. By John Curtis, F.L.S., 

 Corresponding Member of the Imperial and Royal Georgo- 

 fili Society of Florence ; of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia, &c. Paper XV 70 



v. — On the Stoppage of Drains by a Stony Deposit. From Lord 



Portman . . . . . , . , .119 



VI.— On the Farming of South Wales. By Clare Sevvell Read. 



Prize Report 122 



VII. — Description and Use of an Improved Agricultural Drainage 

 Level, vi'ith the Process of Levelling, as required for Agri- 

 cultural Purposes. By T. Cooke, Optician and Mathema- 

 tical Instrument Maker, York ..... 165 

 VIII. — On Hemp. By Thomas Rowlandson. .... 172 

 IX.— On the Tussac Grass. To Mr. Matheson, M.P.. from Mr. 



Scobie, in the Island of Lewis . . . ' . .182 



X. — On Labourers' Cottages. From his Grace the Duke of Bedford 185 

 XI.— On the Composition and Money Value of the different Varie- 

 ties of Guano. By J. Thomas Way, Consulting Chemist 

 to the Royal Agricultural Society . . . . .196 



XII. — On the Construction of a Pair of Cottages for Agricultural 

 Labourers. By Henry Goddard, Architect and Surveyor, 

 of Lincoln. First Prize Essay ..... 230 

 XIII.— On the Use of Rapecake as Food for Stock. By Ph. Pusey, 



M.P. : . . 247 



