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XL. Veterinary College 057 



XLI. Museum of Economic Geology 263 



XLII. Chemical Agricultural Association in Scotland 265 



XLIII. Chemical Agricultural Lectures 267 



XLIV. Employment of Agriculturists 268 



XLV. Guano 270 



FOURTH REPORT. 



XLVI. General Considerations 285 



XLVII. Agriculture as a Commercial Pursuit 294 



XLVIII. Markets. Cattle Markets 297 



XLIX. Falkirk Tryst 299 



L. The Ballinasloe Fair 300 



LI. The Galway Fair 301 



1. Temperance in Ireland 301 



2. The Gahvay Women 302 



LII. Smithfield, London 304 



1. Forms of Business in Smithfield 306 



2. Weights and Measures 307 



3. Weight of Animals, Mode of ascertaining 308 



4. Amount of Business 312 



5. Character and Quality of Stock 314 



6. Smithfield by Night 317 



7. Attempted Removal of the Market from the City 319 



8. Chartered Rights 321 



LIII. Grain Markets 323 



Kinds of Bread. Maize, or Indian Corn 324 



LIV. Grain Markets out of London 325 



1. Forms of Business 326 



2. Advantages and Convenience of such Markets in the 



United States 327 



3. Modes of Selling 328 



4. Multiplication of Markets in England 329 



LV. The Corn Exchange in Mark Lane, London 330 



LVI. Corn Duties 330 



1. Arguments for Protection 332 



2. Arguments against Protection 333 



a Moral Views of the Question 334 



4. Patriotism and Philanthropy 334 



