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CONTENTS OF VOL. V. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — page 
Vital Statistics for the six moiitlis endinEi; December 31, 18G8 ; 
ami fur the six iiioutlis eiuling June 30, 1869 .. i, xiii 
Meteorology ditto ditto .. iii, xv 
Imports ot Corn, &c. ditto ditto vii, xxi, xxiii 
British Wheat sold, and Average Prices ix-xi, xxii 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Production imported in 
1S6G-8 XXV 
Acreage under each Description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass; 
and Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland in the Years 186G-8 .. .. xxvi 
Pauperism xxviit 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — The Farming of Middlesex. By the Rev. J. C. Clutterbuck. 
Prize Essay S 
II. — Some of the Agricultural Lessons of 1868. By J. Chalmers 
Morton L'7 
III. — Field Experiments on Clover-Seeds and Permanent Pasture. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 73- 
IV. — The Influence of Climate and Hereditary Character ujion 
Sheep. By Professor Tanner 98 
V. — A Short History of the Rise and Progress of the Devon Breed 
of Cattle. By J. Tanner Davy. Prize Essay 107' 
VI. — Chemical Report. Presented to the Council December 2, 1868. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 130' 
l-O VII. — The Best Mode of Providing a Continuous Succession of Green 
Crops, including Roots, &c. By R. L. Everett. Prize 
— Essay 137 
£^ VIII. — On the Introduction and Cultivation of the newer Coniferfe 
_^ and other Forest Trees, with special reference to the Climate 
^ of Great Britain and Ireland. By Robert Hutchison .. M5 
■<C IX. — Variation in the Price and Supply of Wheat. By H. Evershed 153- 
X.— The Agriculture of Staflbrdshire. By H. Evershed .. ..263 
XI. — The Improvement of Grass Lands. By Clement Cadle. Prize 
Essay 317 
XII. — The Retention of Moisture in the Soil of Arable Lands in Dry 
Climates. By Robert Vallentine. Prize Essay .. 336 
( XIII. — On the Chemistry of Silesian Sugar-Bects. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker 347 
