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CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE PAGE 



XIX, — On the Composition of the Parsnip and White Belgian Carrot, 

 By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, Professor of Chernistrj^ in 

 the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester . . . 385 

 XX. — Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at the Lewes Meeting 



of the Society. By Samuel Jonas . .... 397 

 XXL — On a Trial between the Water-drill and Dust-drill in growing 



Turnips, By Ph, Pusey 408 



XXII. — On the Neglect of Chemistry by Practical Farmers ; its Causes 



and Remedies. By Edward T. Hemming, Prize Essay . 409 

 Tabulated Results of Analyses in Agricultural Chemistry . 449 

 XXIII, — Cultivation of a Farm in Silesia by Artificial Manure alone for 



fourteen years. By Mr. Rutschke ..... 564 



APPENDIX. 



Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . i 



Report of the Council to the General Meating, May 22, 1852 . . ii 



Prizes for Guano ........ v 



Statement of Half-yearly Account ending DcCi 31, 1851 . . vi 



Special Country Meeting Account, Windsor, 1851 . . . vii 

 Country Meeting at Lewes, July 13-16, 1852 :— 



List of Judges ........ viii 



Award of Prizes for Live Stock ...... ix 



Commendations for Live Stock ...... xvi 



Award of Prizes for Implements . . . , . xx 



Commendations for Implements ...... xxii 



Memoranda of Meetings, Privileges, and Prizes .... xxiii 



Prizes for Implements at Country Meeting of 1853 at Gloucester . xxiv 



General Meetings in 1852-3 ....... xxvi 



Election, &c., of Members ....... xxvi 



Prizes for Essays and Reports, 1853 and 1854 . . . . . xxviii 



Rules of Competition for Prize Essays . . . . , xxxi 



Awards for Essays and Reports, 1851-2 ..... xxxi 



Official Docuinents to be obtained of the Secretary . . . xxxiii 



Summary Statement of Chemical and Veterinary Privileges . . xxxiv 



DIRECTIONS TO BINDER. 



The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with 

 Ptoman numeral folios, and place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, 

 excepting Titles and Contents, which are in all cases to be placed at the be- 

 ginning of the Volume : the lettering at the back to include a statement 

 of the year as well as the volume; the first volume belonging to 1839 40, the 

 second to 1841, the third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 



In reprints of the Journal, all Appendix matter (and in one instance an 

 Article in the body of the Journal), which at the time had become obsolete, 

 were omitted ; the Roman numeral folios, however (for convenience of refer- 

 ence), being reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter retained. 



