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CONTENTS. 
AkTICLE PAGB 
XVJI. — On Australian Concentrated Mutton-soup as a Food for Pigs. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S 42S 
XYIII. — On Fiiot-auil-Mouth Complaint of Cattle and other Animals ; 
with licmarks on the general characters of the disease and 
the causes which led to its recent extensive prevalence in 
this kingdom. By G. T. Brown, Chief Inspector in the 
Veteriuary Department of the Privy Council, and Professor 
of I'hysiology and Therapeutics in the Eoyal Veterinary 
College 43T 
XIX. — Pieport on the Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Animals 
referred to in the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1869, 
especially with respect to their degree of prevalence in 1872. 
By Professor G. T. Brown, Chief Inspector of the Veterinary 
Department 482 
XX. — Report on the Exhihitiou of Live Stock at Hull. By Richard 
Milward (tSenior Steward) 502 
XXI. — Report on the Exhibition and Trials of Implements at Hull. 
By W. J, Edmonds, of Southrope, Lechlade (Senior Steward) 522 
XXII. — Report on the Trials of Ploughs, Harrows, &c., at Hull. By 
John Coleman, of Escrick, York 524 
XXIII. — Report on the Trials of Combined Stacking- Machines and 
Miscellaneous Implements at Hull. By Charles Gay Roberts, 
of Shottermill, Haslemere, Surrey 606 
APPENDIX. 
PAGB 
List of Officers of the Roj-al Agricultural Society of England, 1873-4 i, xxxix 
Standing Committees for 1873 iii, xli 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 12, 1872, 
and May 22, 1873 v, xliit 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c xiii, xciv 
Distribution of Members and Council xiv 
Half-yearly Cash Account from 1st July to 31st December, 1872, and 
from 1st January to 30th June, 1873 xvi, xlviii 
Yearly Cash Account from 1st January to 31st December, 1872 .. xviii 
Country Meeting Account : Cardiff, 1872 xx 
Hull Meeting, 1873 : Schedule of Prizes, &c xxl 
List of Stewards and Judges, and Award of Prizes at Hull .... 1 
Agricultural Education : Examination Papers, 1873 Ixxxvi 
Members' Veterinary and Chemical Privileges xxxv, xcv 
Members' Botanical Privileges xxxviii, xcviii 
DIRECTIONS S TO THE BINDER. 
List of Governors and Members at the end. parb 
Table XXIV. Experiments on the Growth of Barley to face 276- 
„ XXXIX. Quantity of Animoniii in Manure, &c ,. 
„ J. & II. Kesults of Trials of J'lotiglis, &c., at Hull 53S 
„ IV. & VII. Results of Trials of Horse Harrows, Cultivators, &c., at Hull 588 
„ V. & VI. Results of Tri.ils of Horse Hollers, Clod-Crushers, &c., at Hull .. „ 590 
„ I. & II. Results of Trials of Combined Stacking-Machincs at Hull „ 612 
The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Roman numeral folios, and 
place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Statisties, 
&c., which are in all cisfs to be placed .-it the he'jiiiving of the Volume; the lettering at the back to 
include a statement of the tfar as well as the volume ; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the 
second to 1841, the third to 1^42, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 
In Reprints of the Journal all Appendi.-c matter and, in one instance, an Article in the body of 
the Journal (which at the lime had become oljsolete), were omitted ; the Roman numeral fohos, 
however (for convenience of reference), were reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter 
retained. 
