11 CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE, PAGE 



XIII. — On Antliyllis Vulneraria (Lady's Fingers) as a Fodder Plant. 

 By James Biickman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., Professor of 

 Geology and Piural Economy 161 



XIV. — On the Cultivation of Flax in Belgium. Eeport by Pi. Percy 



Ffrench, Second Secretary to H.B.M.'s Legation at Brussels 168 



XV. — Professor Voelcker's Annual Pieport 180 



XVI. — Upon the Nature of Diseases in Plants. By Baron Liebig .. 187 



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

 the Metropolis ; with Letter on arrangements for Meat- 

 Markets. By Eobert Herbert 195 



XVIII. — On the Composition of Orange Globe Mangolds, Bulbs and 



Tops. By Augustus Voelcker 201 



XIX. — Summary of the Proceedings of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of England in reference to Agricultural Education. By 

 S. Benj. L. Druce, Hon. Secretary of the Committee .. .. 209 



XX. — Experiments with Artificial Manure as Top-dressing, used 

 at Wonston Manor Farm, Hants. By W. J. Moreton 

 Pocock 226 



XXL— The Cattle-Plague. By Howard Eeed 230 



Abstract Eeport of Agricultural Discussions : 



The Cattle-Plague. A Lecture by Professor Simonds 270 



APPENDIX. 



PAGE 



List of Officers of the Eoyal Agiicultural Society of England, 1866 .. i 



Standing Committees for 1866 iii 



Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c vi 



Eeport of the Council to the General Meeting, December ItS, 1865 .. vii 



Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1865 .. .. xi 



Cash Account and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to December 31, 1865 xii 



Country Meeting Account, Plymouth, 1865 xiv 



Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges .. .. xv, xvi 



DIEECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



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 &c., which are in all cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume : the lettering at the bacl£ 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 instince an Article in the body of 

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

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