CONTENTS OF VOL. XIX. 



Statistics : — page 



Meteorology, for the six months ending June 30, 1S5S .. .. ii 



PubHc Hedth ditto ditto vi 



Price of Provisions ditto ditto vi 



Weelcly Average of \Yh cat viii 



Meteorology, for the six months ending December 31 x 



Public Health ditto ditto xiv 



Price of Provisions ditto ditto xv 



ARTICLE PAGE 



I. — Tlie Agriculture of Shropshire. By Henry Tanner. Prize 



Keport 1 



II. — The' Potato: its Culture, Production, and Disease. By 



J. Lang, M.D. Prize Essay 65 



III, — Observations on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Mam- 

 mary Gland of the Cow, with the Causes influencing the 

 amount of its Secretion. By James Peart Simonds, Pro- 

 fessor of Cattle Pathology at the Poyal Veterinary College .. 81 

 IV. — On the Transformation of ^Egilops into Wheat. By Pro- 

 fessor Henfrey ■ 103 



V. — Farm Accounts. By John Coleman, Professor of Agricul- 

 ture, Eoyal Agricultural College, Cirencester .. -. .. 122 

 VI.— On the Management of Breeding Cattle. By Edward Bowly. 



Prize Essay ' 143 



VII. — Experiments upon Swedes, Avith Eemarks on the Manures 



employed. By Augustus Voelcker 153 



VIII. — Notes on the Wealden Clay of Sussex and on its Cultivation. 



BySidayHawes 182 



' IX. — Observations on the recently-introduced Manufactured Foods 



for Agricultural Stock. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S 199 



X.— Manuring Grass Lands. By J. Dixon. Prize Essay.. .. 204 

 XL— On the Mammug of Grass Land. By the Rev. W. Pt. 



Bowditch ^ 219 



XII. — On laying down Land to Grass, and its subsequent manage- 

 ment. By H. S. Thompson .. .. 250 



XIII. — Eecent Improvements in Norfolk Farming. By Clare 



Sewell Read ■ 265 



XIV. — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements and 

 Machinery at the Chester Meeting. By Sir A. K. Mac- 



donald, Bart., Senior Steward 311 



XV. — Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Chester, By 



Robert Smith 352 



XVI. — Report on the Exhibition of Cheese at Chester, in July, 

 1858. By Henry AYhite, Steward of Cheese at the Chester 



Meeting 400 



^12' XVII. — On the Composition and Xutritive Value of Cotton-Cake. 



m By Augustus Voelcker 420 



XVIII.' — Directions for Working Portable Steam-Engines, and keeping 



them in Proper Order. By Messrs. Ransome and Sims .. 430 



XIX. — On the Cost of Horse-power. By J. C. Morton 437 



.; XX.— On the Structure of Roots. By Professor Henfrey, F.R.S.,&c. 467 



