CONTENTS. 



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Miscellaneous CoMMtrNicATiONs and Notices : 



1. Experiments with Peruvian Guano mixed with a small 



quantity of Sulphuric Acid. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S. 213 



2. Experiments on the Artificial Fecundation of Wheat. By 



J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S 215 



3. Kohl Rabi. By Charles Lawrence 219 



4. Comparative Experiment on the Use of Wheat-meal and of 



Linseed-cake for Fatting Sheep. By P. H. Frere 220 



5. Letter on Covered Yards. By H. S. Thompson, M.P 222 



Abstract Eefort of Agricultural Discussions : 



Lecture and Discussion on Town Sewage. By J. B. Lawes .. 226 



APPENDIX. 



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List of Officers of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1865 ., i 



Standing Committees for 1865 iii 



Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c v 



Pieport of the Council to the General Meeting, December 8, 1864 .. .. vi 

 Cash Account and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to December 31, 1864 x — xii 



Country Meeting Account, Newcastle on Tyne, 1864 xiii 



Schedule of Prizes : Devonport and Plymouth Meeting, 1865 .. xiv — xxv 



Essays and Eeports— Award xxvi 



Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges .. xxvii, xxviii 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



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

 place it at the aid of each volume- of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Statistics 

 &c., 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 volmne; the first volimie belonging to 1839-40, the 

 second to 1841, the tliird to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 



In Preprints 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 (fur convenience of reference), were reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter 

 retained. 



