CONTENTS OF VOL. XII. 



ARTICLE PAGE 



I. — On Agricultural Chemistry — especially in Relation to the 

 Mineral Theory of Baron Liebig, By J. B. Lawes, of 

 Rothamsted, and Dr. J. H. Gilbert . . . . 1 



II. — On Draining, under certain Conditions of Soil and Climate. 



By Lord Wharncliffe ....... 41 



III. — On Abortion in Cows. By J. Barlow, V. S. Edinburgh Vete- 



rinary College. Prize Essay . . . , .62 



IV. — Some Observations on the Chemical Composition and Agricul- 



tural Value of the Fossil Bones and Pseudo-Coprolites of 



the Crag. By Thornton J. Herapath . . . .91 



V. — Essay on the Cultivation of Oats. By John Haxton. Prize 



Essay 105 



VI. — Experiment and Experience in the Growth of Wheat, year 

 after year, on 'the same acre of land. By the Rev. 

 S. Smith 133 



VII. — Some Account of the Formation of Hill-side Catch-Meadows 



on Exmoor. By Robert Smith, late of Burley . .139 



VIII.— Drainage of Hethel Wood Farm. By Hamilton H. Fulton, C.E. 149 



IX. — On Agricultural Buildings. By Lord Kinnaird . . . 151 



X.— OnMr. M'Cormick'sReaping-Machine. By Ph. Pusey, M.P. 160 



XL — Essay on the Rearing and Management of Poultry. By 



William Trotter. Prize Essay ..... 161 



XII.— On Nitrate of Soda as a Top-Dressing of Wheat. By Ph. 



Pusey, M.P., Member of Royal Academy of Agriculture at 

 Stockholm ......... 202 



XIII. — On Superphosphate of Lime : its Composition, and the Me- 



thods of Making and Using it. By J. Thomas Way, Consult- 

 ing Chemist to the Society 204 



XIV. — On Claussen's Flax-Cotton. By Edward M'Dermott . . 235 

 XV. — On American Phosphate of Lime. By the Secretary . . 249 



XVI. — On Jatropha Manure. By Thornton J. Herapath , . 256 



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