CONTENTS OF PAET I., VOL. II. 

 Second Seeies. 



Statistics : — page 



Vital Statistics for the six months ending December 31, 1865 i 



Meteoroloo;y ditto ditto .. m, vi 



Price of Provisions ditto ditto .. v, viii 



Pauperism ^t '^'^ 



Imports of Corn, &c. ditto ditto .. viil 



Britisli Wheat sold, and Average Prices ix, X 



Certain Articles of Foreign and Colonial Production imported 



in the three years 1863-65 ; and their quantities .... X 



ARTICLE PAGE 



I. — On Middle-Class Education, having reference to the Improve- 

 ment of the Education of those who depend upon the Culti- 

 vation of the Soil for their Support. By R. Vallentine. 



Prize Essay 1 



II. — Middle-Class Education, with special reference to our Grammar 



Schools. By the Rev. Lewis Evans 19 



III. — Middle-Class Education, having reference to the Improvement 

 of the Education of those who depend upon the Cultivation 

 of the Soil for their Support. By the Rev. W. Holt Beever, 



M.A., Oxon 29 



lY._The Management of Cattle. By William Little. Prize Essay 45 

 V. — On Cross-Breeding Cattle. By G. Murray 52 



YI. — On Rainfall, Natural Drainage, and Subterranean Water 



Storage. By Professor D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S., &c. .. 62 



Vn. — The Poultry of France. (From materials furnished by the 



' Journal d'Agriculture Pratique.') By P. H. Frere .. .. 79 



VIII. — On Disinfectants : being the substance of a Lecture delivered 

 in December, 1865, with a Report of further Experiments, 

 &c. By Dr. A. Voelcker 93 



IX.— On the Management of Ponds and Wells. By R. Orlebar .. 107 



X. — On the Comparative Cheapness and Advantages of Iron and 

 Wood in the Construction of Roofs for Farm-Buildings. 

 By Arthur Bailey Denton (Jimior). Prize Essay .. .. 116 



XI. — On the Comparative Cheapness and Advantages of Iron and 

 Wood in the Construction of Roofs for Farm-Buildings. 

 By Philip D. Tuckett, Land Agent and Surveyor .. .. 140 



XII. — Rural Economy of the Xetherlands ; being a Report read by 

 M. de Lavergne to the Academy of Moral and Political 

 Science. Translated from the ' Journal d'Agriculture 

 Pratique,' by H. Evershed 148 



