CONTENTS OF VOL. XIII. 



ARTICLE PAGE 



I. — The Relations of Geoloory to Aorricukure in North-Eastcrn 

 America. By James F. W. Johnston, F.R.S.L. & E. ; 

 Honorary Member of the Royal Agi icultiiral Society . . 1 



II. — On the Production of Butter. By Tliomas Rowlandson, C.E., 



F.G.S. Prize Essay 23 



III, — On the Farming of Northamptonshire. By William Bearn, Land 



Valuer. Prize Report . . . . . .44 



IV. — Experiments in Fattening Cattle on different descriptions of Food. 



By Colonel McDouall, of Logan, Scotland . . .113 

 |V. — On the Power of Soils to absorb Manure. By J. Thomas Way, 



Consulting Chemist to the Society. (Second Pajjer.) . 123 



VI. — On the Manufacture of Sugar from Beet-Root. By John W^ilson, 

 F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c. (late Prol'essor of Agriculture in the 

 Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester) . , . 144 



VII. — On an Improved System of Irrigation. By John Bickford, 



Crediton, Devon . . . . . .162 



VIII. — On an Improved and Cheaper System of Laying-out Catch- 

 Meadows. By Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart. ' . .172 

 Note by Mr. Pusey on the same ..... 177 



IX. — Report of Experiments on the Comparative Fattening Qualities 

 of different Breeds of Sheep. By J. B. Lawes, Rothamsted, 



Herts 179 



X. — On the Mode of extracting Manure from Sewage-Water, 

 practised at Cardiff Gaol. By Thornton J. Ilerapath, Assist- 

 ant-Lecturer on Practical Chemistry in the Bristol School of 

 Medicine, &c. . . . . . , . 197 



XL — On the Use of Nitrate of Soda as a Top-dressing for Wheat, at 



Holkham. By H. W. Keary 200 



XII.— On a New Method of Hoeing Turnips. By Philip Fusey . 202 



XIII. — On the Farming of Cumberland. By William Dickinson. 



Prize Report . . . . . . .207 



XIV. — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements at the Lewes 



Meeting, 1852. By H. S. Thompson . . . .301 

 XV. — Experiments on Top-dressing Grass-land in Windsor Great 



Park. Communicated by order of H.R.LI, tbe Prince Albert 347 

 XVI. — On the Source and Supply of Cubic Saltpetre, Salitre, or Nitrate 

 of Soda, and its Use in Small Quantities as a Restorative 

 to Corn Crops. By Ph. Pusey ..... 349 



XVII. — On the Improvement to be made in Land by amending the 



Channels of Rivers and other Watercourses. By W. Biyan 

 Wood, Land-Surveyor, Barnbridge, Chippenham . . 367 



XVIII. — Report on Inoculation for Pleuro-Pneumonia in Ciittle. By 



Professor Simonds, of the Royal Veterinary Colle.ue . . 373 



