11 CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE. PAGE 



XIX. — Summary of tlie Proceedings of the Pi03'fil 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 Earm, Hants. By W. J, Moreton Pocock 226 



XXI.— The Cattle-Plague. By Howard Peed 230 



XXII. — A Report on the Farming of Leicestershire. By W. J. 



Moscrop. Prize Essay 289 



XXIII. — On Increasing our Home Production of Poultry. By John 



Algernon Clarke 338 



XXIV. — Mountain Breeds of Sheep. By Henry H. Disou. Prize Essay 360 

 XXV. — Report of the Improvement of Grass-land on the Manor Farm, 



Braj^don, Wilts. By Dr. A.A^oelcker and Professor Coleman 377 

 XXVI. — On Agricultural Statistics and the Cattle Census. By J. Lewis 393 

 XXVII. — The Improvement of Waste Lands connected with Mines. By 



W. Little. Prize Essay " .. .. 430 



XXVIII.— The Supply of Meat to Large Towns. By Robert Herbert .. 440 



XXIX.— On Clovers. By James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. .. 446 



XXX.— General Cattle Mutual Insurance Fund. By W. Farr, F.R.S. 455 



XXXI. — Field Experiments on Clover-Seeds. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 472 



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



the Metropolis. By Robert Herbert 491 



Aestkact Report of Agricultural Discussions : 



The Cattle Plague. A Lecture by Professor Simonds 270 



The Present State of the Cattle-Plague and the Practical Working 

 of the " Cattle Diseases Prevention Act, 1866." By Earl 



Cathcart 496 



The Conditions to be; observed in carrying out Agricultural Experi- 

 ments in the Field. By Dr. Voelcker 513 



The Supply of Meat to Large Towns. By R. Herbert 526 



Insurance of Live Stock, By W. Farr 534 



Sheep wrstts Cattle. By W. Torr 549 



APPENDIX. PAGE 



List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1866 .. i, xvii 



Standing Committees for 1866 iii, xix 



Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, itc vi, xxi 



Reports of the Council to the General Meeting, December 13, 1865 ; and 



May 22, 1866 vii, xxii 



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

 Cash Accounts and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1865 ; 



and from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1866 xii, xxviii 



Country Meeting Account, Plymouth, 1865 xiv 



Prizes offered in connection with Cambridge Local Examination, Dec, 1866 xxx 

 Essays and Reports. — Awards for 1865-1866 ; and Prizes for 1867 xxxiii-xxxvi 

 Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges xv, xvi, xxxvii, xxxviii 



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