THE AGRICULTURAL ANNUAL 



AND 



Mark Lane Express Almanac, 1896. 



Contains all that a Country Gentleman's and Farmer's Almanac 

 should contain, besides a 



HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN 1895. 



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 "FARM, FIELD, & FIRESIDE" SERIES, No. 1. 



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Late Superintendent of Royal Agricultural Society's Experimental Farms, Woburn ; 



Professor of Agriculture, Downton College ; 

 Agricultural Superintendent, Royal Dublin Society, &c., &c., &c. 



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A Handbook for Agriculturists, Gardeners, and others concerned in 

 similar pursuits. 



By ALFRED SIBSON, F.C.S., 



CONSULTING AND ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, 



Author of " Agricultural Chemistry," "Every-day Chemistry," "Food, Feeding, and 



Manure," " A Lecture on Superphosphate," &c. 

 Late (for eight years) Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Agricultural 



College, Cirencester, and First Assistant in Dr. Voelcker's Private Laborat ry. 

 Formerly Student ot the Royal College of Chemistry, and the Birkbeck Laboratory of 



University College. 



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