CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. III. 



Second Seeies. 



Statistics : — tage 



Vital Statistics for the year 1866 



Meteorology for the six months ending December 31, 1866 

 Price of Provisions — Pauperism ditto 



Emigration for the six months ending December 31, 1866 

 Imports of Corn, &c. ditto ditto 



British Wheat sold, and Average Prices viii, ix 



Statute Acres under Crops, Grass, &c.; Number of Cattle 



and Sheep ix 



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VII, VIII 



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I. — The Use, to the Farmer, of a Magnifying-glass or Simple 

 Microscope. By W. Kencely Bridgman, L.D.S., E.CS., 

 Eng. Prize Essay 1 



II. — On the Changes which take place in the Field and in the 



Stack in Haymaking. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker .. .. 30 



III. — Einderpest Precautions and Eemedies. By Henry H. Dixon 59 



IV. — Eainfall, Water Supply, and Storage. By Professor Ansted. 



Part II 65 



V. — Field Experiments of Crude German Potash-salts and Common 



Salt on Mangolds. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker .. ,. .. 86 



VI. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in 



the Metropolis. By Eobert Herbert 91 



VII. — Eeports of the Committees appointed to investigate the 

 present state of Steam Cultivation : — 



Eeport of the Inspection Committee No. 1 (Reed).. .. 97 



Eeport of the Inspection Committee No. 2 (Clarke) . . 198 



Eeport of the Supplementary Committee (Coleman) .. 373 



VIII.' — Address of the President to the General Meeting, held 



December 12, 1866 428 



