r CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE PAGE 



XXI. — Horse Labour in France. By F. E. de laTrehonnais .. 489 



XXII. — Statistics of Live Stock for Consumption in tlie Metropolis. 



By Kobert Herbert 496 



XXIII. — An Essay on the Management of a Herd of Breeding Cattle, 

 witli especial reference to tlie kind of Diet, the Treatment 

 and Condition best calculated to ensure regular Fecundity 

 and successful Gestation, and the Causes -which operate 

 adversely in particular Seasons. By William Wright ., 500 



XXIY. — On Liquid Manure. By Augustus Voelcker 519 



XXV. — Report of Experiments with different Manures on Per- 

 manent Meadow Land. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., 

 and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.C.S 552 



XXVI. — Mode of Cultivation and kind of Manure employed for the 

 Turnips' and Carrots which received Prizes at the Birming- 

 ham Show, Dec. 1858 574 



APPENDIX. 



PAGE 



List of Oflficers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1858-9 .. i 



Memoranda of Meetings, Privileges, Payment of Subscription, &c. .. ii 



Report of the Council to the General Meeting, May 22, 1858 .. .. iii 



Half-yearly Balance-sheet, ending December 31, 1857 vi 



Schedule of Prizes for Essays and Reports vii 



Members' Privileges of Chemical Analysis xi 



Members' Veterinary Privileges xii 



List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1858-9 .. xiii 



Memoranda of ]\Ieetings, Privileges, Payment of Subscription, &c. .. xiv 



Report of the Council to the General Meeting, Dec. 10, 1858 .. .. xv 



Half-j'early Balance-sheet, ending June 30, 1858 .. xix 



List of Stewards of the Yard, Honorary Director, Judges, &c., at the 



Chester Meeting xx 



Prize- Awards of the Judges of Live-Stock : Chester Meeting . . . . xxi 



Special Prizes given by the Chester Local Committee xxx 



Commendations of the Judges of Live-Stock : Chester Meeting .. .. xxxv 



Prize-Awards of tlie Judges of Implements : Chester Meeting .. .. xlv 



Commendations of the Judges of Implements : ChesterMeeting . . . . xlvii 



Prize-Awards of the Judges of Cheese : ChesterMeeting xlviii 



Commendations of tlie Judges of Cheese : ChesterMeeting xlix 



DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 



The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Roman numeral folios, and 

 place it at the enl of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Statistics, 

 &c., which are in all cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume : the lettering at the back to 

 include a statement of the year as well as the volume ; the first volume belonging to 1S39-40, 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 instance an Article in the body of 

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

 however (for convenience of reference), being reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter 

 retained. 



*:^* In hiniling the Volume omit the duplicate of the Prizes for Assays, aiid Memha-&' Chemical 

 and Veterinary Privileges (b*, pp. vii-xii) given in this Part. 



