IV CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE PAGE 



XVI. — Results of Experiments on the Potato Crop with reference to 

 tlie most profitable size of the sets ; the influence of thick and 

 thin planting, &c., carried out in the years 18G4 and 1865 at 

 Benthall, near Broseley. By George Maw, F.S.A., G.S., L.S., 

 Member of the Eoyal Agricultural College. Prize Essay ., 552 

 XVII. — On the Improved Value of Scotch Sheep. By G. Murray . , 570 

 XVIII, — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in 



the Metropolis, By Robert Herbert 57G 



XIX. — On the Composition and Nutritive Value of Anthyllis Vul- 

 neraria (Lady's Fingers) as a Fodder Plant. By Dr. Augustus 



Voelcker 581 



XX, — Remarks on the Implement Department at Bury. By Earl 



Cathcart, Senior Steward 584 



XXI, — General Report on the Implement Show at Bury St. Edmund's. 



By John Coleman 591 



XXII. — Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Bury St. Edmund's. 



By C. Randell, Senior Steward 624 



Abstract Report of Agricultural Discussions : 



Some of the Causes which Produce Disarrangements of the 

 Digestive Organs in Young Sheep. A Lecture, by Professor 



Simonds 635 



The Relative Value and Manurial Properties of Purchased Food. 



A Lecture by Professor Voelcker 650 



Reclamation of Land from the Sea. By S. Shellabear .. ., 659 

 Steam Cultivation 669 



APPENDIX. 



PAGE 



List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1867 i, xxxix 



Standing Committees for 1867 iii, xli 



Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c v, xliv 



Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 12, 1866 ; 



and May 22, 1867 vi, xlv 



Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1866 .. xi 



Cash Accounts and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to Dec, 31, 1866 ; 



and from 1st January to 30th June, 1867 xii, xlviii 



Agricultural Education xiv 



Essays and Reports. — Awards for 1866. Prizes for 1868 .. xvii, Ixxviii 



Schedule of Prizes : Bury St. Edmunds Meeting, 1867 xviii 



Report of Education Committee I 



Show at Bury St. Edmund's, and Award of Prizes Iii 



Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges xxxvii, xxxviii, Ixxxi, 



Ixxxii 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



The Binder is desired to colleit togetlier all the Appendix matter, with Koman nunipral folios, and 

 p'.ace it at the ami of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Sti\tisties, 

 &c., which are in all cases to be placed at the beyinnmg of tlie Volume: the lettering at the back to 

 include a statement of the ]/ea»- as well as the volume; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the 

 second to 1811, the third to 1812, 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 

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

 however (for convenience of reference) were reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter 

 retained. 



