IV CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII. 



ARTICLE ' PAGE 



XXII. — On the Growth of Wheat by the Ix>is Wcedon System, on the 

 llothamsted Soil. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., and Dr. 



J. H. Gilbert, F.C.S 582 



XXIII. — On the Quantity of Nitric Acid and Ammonia in Bain- Water. 



By J. T. Way, 15, Welbcck Street, Cavendish Sc^uare .. 018 



Miscellaneous Communications and Notices : — 



I. — On ' Ridge-and-Furrow' Pasture Land, and a method of levelling 



it. By Chandos Wren Hoskyns 327 



11. — Contagious Disease among Cattle in Mecklenburg 331 



III.— German Wool Fairs. Midsummer, 1856 ;. ., 335 



IV. — Use of ReajDing Machines. By Anthony Ham ond 339 



V. — Use of Reaping Machines. By Thomas Parrington .. .. 341 



VI. — Experiments in Cattle-feeding. By E. W. Moore 342 



VII. — Cultivation and Tenure of Land in Scotland and the Channel 



Islands. Communicated by Charles Bowyer Adderley, M.P. 622 



VIII. — Prevention of Injury from the Turnip Fly. By T. L. Thurlow 624 



IX. — Obstructions in Draining-Tiles. By M. Herve Mangon . . .. 625 



APPENDIX. 



PACE 



List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Societj^ of England, 1856-1857 i 



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



Report of the Coimcil to the General Meeting, May 22, 1856 .. .. iii 



Balance-sheet of Half-yearly Account, ending December 31, 1855 .. viii 



Schedule of Prizes for Essays and Reports ix 



Rules of Competition for Prize Essays xii 



Members' Privileges of Chemical Analysis xiii 



List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1856-1857 xv 



Memoranda of Meetings, Privileges, Payment of Subscription, &c. .. xvi 



Report of the Council to the General Meeting, Dec. 13, 1856 .. .. svii 



Balance-sheet of Half-yearly Account, ending June 30, 1856 .. .. xxi 



Balance-sheet of Country-Meeting Account : Chelmsford, 1856 .. .. xxii 

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



Chelmsford Meeting xxiii 



Prize-Awards of the Judges of Live-Stock : Chelmsford Meeting .. .. xxiv 



Special Prizes offered by the Chelmsford Local Committee xxxii 



Commendations of the Judges of Live-Stock : Chelmsford Meeting .. ih. 



Prize-Awards of the Judges of Implements : Chelmsford Meetins; .. xxxv 

 Commendations of the Judges of Implements : Chelmsford Meeting .. xxxix 



Prize- Awards for Essays and Reports : 1854-56 xl 



Schedule of Prizes for Essays and Reports xlii 



Rules of Competition for Prize Essays xlv 



Members' Privileges of Chemical Analysis xlvi 



Index.— Vols. I. to XVI. 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Roman nmneral folios, and 

 place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, which are in all 

 cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume : the lettering at the back to include a statement 

 of the year as well as the volume ; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the second to 1841, the 

 third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 



In Reprints of the Journal all Appendix matter (and in one instance an Article in the body of 

 the Journal), which at the time had become obsolete, were omitted ; the Roman numeral folios, 

 however (for coiivenietice of reference), being reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter 

 retained. 



