CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. V. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — page 
Vital Statistics for tlio six moutlis ending December 31, 18G8 i 
Meteovolosy ditto ditto .. iii 
Imports of Corn, c^'c. ditto ditto .. vii 
British Wheat sold, and Average Prices ix-xi 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I.— The Farming of Middlesex. By the Eev. J. C. Clutterbuck. 
Prize Essay 3 
II. — Some of the Agricultural Lessons of 1868. By J, Chalmers 
Morton .. " 27 
III. — Field Experiments on Clover-Seeds and Permanent Pasture. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 73 
IV. — The Influence of Climate and Hereditary Character upon 
Sheep. By Professor Tanner 98 
V. — A Short History of the Pise and Progress of the Devon Breed 
of Cattle. By J. Tanner Davy. Prize Essay 107 
VI. — Chemical Peport. Presented to the Council December 2, 1868. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 130 
VII. — The Best Mode of Providing a Continnous Succession of Green 
Crops, including Poets, &c. By P. L. Everett. Prize 
Essay 137 
VIII. — On the Introduction and Cultivation of the newer Conifera? 
and other Forest Trees, with special reference to the Climate 
of Great Britain and Ireland. By Pobert Hutchison .. 145 
IX. — Variation in the Price and Supply of Wheat. By H. Evershed 153 
APPENDIX. 
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Listof Officersof the Poyal Agi-iculturalSocietyofEngland,1869 .. i 
Standing Committees for 1869 iii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 9, 1868 .. v 
Distribution of Members of the Poyal Agricultural Society of England viii 
Cash Account and Balance-sheet, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1868 .. x 
Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1868 .. .. xii 
Country Meeting Account, Leicester, 1868 xiii 
Memoranda of Meetinp;s, Payment of Subscription, &c xiv 
Schedule of Prizes : Manchester Meeting, 1869 xv 
Essays and Reports. — Awards for 1868 xxix 
Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges .. .. xxx-xxxii 
