24 Mr. Murray s Recent Publications. 



^COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW SERIES:\ 



Journal of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society of England. 



VOL. /., Fart I. April 1S90. To he Published Quarterly. Zvo. y. da. 



CONTENTS: 



Frontispiece:—'' K SCENE AT WISETON." rhotogravure liy Baurand after the 

 Picture by RiCHARD Ansdell. 



SPECIAL ARTICLES. 



THE FOUNDATION OF THE ROVAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETV. By 



Ernest Clarke, .Secretary of the Society and Editor of the jourral. 

 FIFTY YEARS' PROGRESS OF BRITISPI AGRICULTURE. By the Right 



Hon. Sir James Caird, K.C.B., F.R.S. 

 NOTES ON AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AT HOME AND ABROAD. By 



John Dent Dent. 

 THE EARLY FLATTENING OF CATTLE AND SHEEP. By Henry Evershed. 

 THE FOOD OF OUR AGRICULTURAL CROPS. By .Sir T. B. Lawes, Bart., 



LL.D., F.R.S. 

 THE DISPOSAL OF SENYAGE BY SMALL TO\VNS AND MLLAGES. By 



Clare Sewell Ri:ai). 

 OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON SOME ENGLISH PASTURES. 



By William Carrutiiers, F.R.S., P.L.S. 

 THE EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE {Illustrated). By Prof. W. H. Flower, 



C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. 

 BASIC CINDER AS MANURE. ]5y Prof. E. KiNCii. 

 AGRICULTURAL ^VORTHIES : I. The Third Earl Spencer {Illustrated). 



With an Appended Note by the Right Hon. Sir Harry Verney, Bart. 



OFFICIAL REPORTS — 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL, ANNUAL REPORTS for 1889 of Con- 

 sulting Botanist, Consulting Entomologist {Illustrated), and Royal 

 Veterinary College (Illustrated), &c. 



NOTES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND REVIEWS:— 

 FRUIT FARMING FOR PROFIT. (Charles Whitehead.) 

 INFLUENZA IN HORSES. (Prof. G. T. Brown, C.B.) 

 ARTHUR YOUNG'S TRAVELS IN FRANCE. (Albert Pfll.) 

 THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT, 1883. (S. B. L. Druce.) 

 SHETLAND PONIES. (B. Brydon.) 



FRUIT EVAPORATION IN AMERICA. (Dan. Pidgeon.) 

 THE IMPROVEMENT OF HORSE-SHOEING. (Charles Cl.^v.) 

 HEREDITY. (W. Fream, LL.D.) 



MARKET GARDENING IN THE SCILLY ISLAND.S. (E. Brewer. 

 THE HARVEST OF 18S9 AT HOME AND ABROAD. (W. E. Bear, 

 day on HORSE-BREEDING. (Alfred Ashworth.) 

 THE SHOW OF THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS. 

 WOOD SHAVINGS FOR LITTER. (J. W. Leather, Ph.D.) 

 THE WEATHER OF 1S89. 



HOME PRODUCE AND FOREIGN IMPORTS IN 1889. 

 THE PRICE OF WHEAT IN 1889. 

 RECENT AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS. 

 OBITUARY NOTICES OF DECEASED MEMBERS. 

 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL, and other Official Information. 



