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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV. 
Second Series. 
Statistics: — 
Meteorology for the year 1878 i-x 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices xi-xv 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
and Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, 1876, 1877, and 1878 xvi, xvu 
Number of Beasts exhibited, and the Prices realised for them 
at the Christmas Markets, since 1843 xviii 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions .x'>^ 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current xx-xxiv 
ARTICLE 
I. — Report on the Farm-Piize Competition of 1878. By Frederic 
Beard, of Horton, near Canterbury 1 
II. — Report on the System of Cheese-making practised on the Four 
Prize Dairy Farms. By Thomas Jackson, of Tattenhall, 
near Chester 37 
III. — Report of the Senior Steward of Live Stock at Bristol. By 
J. Shuttleworth, of Havtsholmc Hall, Lincoln 43 
IV. — Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Bristol. By James 
H. Caird, Esq., of Nonhbrook, Mieheldever, Hants .. .. 45 
V. — Report on the Exhibition of Implements at Bristol. By J. 
Hemsley, of Shelton, Newark, Senior Steward 71 
VI. — Report on the Trials of Sheaf-Binders and Miscellaneous Imple- 
ments at Bristol. By John Coleman, of Hiccall Hall, York . . 73 
VII. — Report on the Trial of Dairy Implements and Machinery at 
Bristol. By Gilbert Murray, of Elvaston, Derby 132 
VIII. — Concluding Report on the Experiments at the Brown Institu- 
tion on Pleuro-Pneumonia. By J. Burdon-Sanderson, M.D., 
LL.D., F.R.S., late Superintendent of the Brown Institu- 
tion. With an Appendix by W. Duguid, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., 
late Veterinary Surgeon at the Institution 157 
IX. — The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. By William 
Macdonald, Editor ' North British Agriculturist, ' and James 
Macdonald, Agricultural Reporter, ' Scotsman ' 174 
X. — Report on the Dairy-Farming of the North-west of France. By 
H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Society, and Editor 
of the ' Journal ' 278 
