CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 

 Second Series. 



Statistics:— ^^'^'^ 



Vital Statistics for the six niontlis ending December 31, Ibbo i 



Meteoroloijy ditto ditto •• m, "^'i 



Price of Provisions — Pauperism ditto •• v, vui 



Imports of Corn, &c. ditto ditto •• viii 



British Wheat sold, and Average Prices ix, x 



Certain Articles of Foreip;n and Colonial Production imported 



in the three years 18G3-G5 ; and their quantities .. .. X 



Vital Statistics for the six mouths ending June 30, 18G(J .. xi 



Emigi-ation ditto ditto •• ^i 

 Meterorology ditto ditto xiv-xvii 



Prices of Provisions— Pauperism"" ditto •• xviii 



British Wheat Sold, and Average Prices xi>^ 



Imports of Corn and other Produce ^^ 



ARTICLE , ^•^*^^ 



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 P. Vallentine. 



Prize Essay ■'■ 



II._:\Iiddle-Class Education, Avith special reference to our Grammar 



Schools. By the Eev. Lewis Evans 19 



HI.— 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 Eev. W. H. Beever, M.A. 29 

 IV.— The Management of Cattle. By William Little. Prize Essay 4y 



Y,_On Cross-Breeding Cattle. By G. Murray 52 



VI — On Painfall, Natural Drainage, and Subterranean Water 



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

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



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

 VIII. — On Disinfectants : with a Eeport of further Experiments, &c. 



By Dr. A. Voelcker 93 



IX.— On the Management of Ponds and Wells. By R. Orlebar .. 10 < 

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

 W^ood in the Construction of Eoofs for Farm-Buildings. 

 By Arthur Bailey Denton (Junior). Prize Essay .. .. HG 

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

 Wood in the Construction of Eoofs for Farm-Buildings. 

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

 XII. — Eural Economy of the Xetherlands ; Eeport read to Academy 



, of Moral and Political Science. Translated by H. Evershed 118 



XIII.— On Anthyllis A^ulneraria (Lady's Fingers) as a Fodder Plant. 



g By James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 161 



^ XIV.— On the Cultivation of Flax in Beloium. Eeport by E. Percy 



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



XV. — Professor Voelcker's Annual Eeport _ ■• 180 



XVI. — Upon the Xature 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 





