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CONTENTS OF YOL. IX. oauucn 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — page 
Meteorology for the year 1872 i-xil 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices .. xiii-xvn 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
with number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, 1870, 1871, and 1872 xviii-xix 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xx 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current sxi-xxv 
Ar.TICLE PAGE 
I. — On the Characters of Pure and Mixed Linseed-Cakes. By Dr. 
Augustus Voelcker, F.K.S 1 
II. — Keport of the Judsjes on the Trials of Portable Steam-Engines at 
Cardiff. By F^ J. Bramwell, C.E., and W. Menelaus, C.E. 
With an Appendix on the Composition and Calorific Power 
of Llangennech Coal 51 
III. — Eeport of Experiments on the Growth of Barley for Twenty 
Years in succession on the same Land. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., 
F.K.S., F.C.S. ; and J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S. .. 89 
IV. — Record of Rainfall at Rothamsted (Parish of Harpenden) and 
Harpenden Village, near St. Alban's, Herts, in 1872 and the 
19 preceding years 186 
V. — Report on the Trade in Animals, and its Influence on the spread 
of Foot-and Mouth and other Contagious or Infectious Diseases 
which aifect the Live Stock of the Farm. By H. M. Jenkins, 
F.G.S., Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society .. .. 187 
VI. — Further Report by the Judges on the Competition for Prizes for 
Plans of Labourers' Cottages in connection with the Cardiff 
Meeting, 1872 246 
VII. — The Potato Disease. By William Carruthers, F.E.S., Consulting 
Botanist to the Society 248 
VIII. — On Dodder. By W. Carruthers, F.R.S., Consulting Botanist to 
the Society 253 
l ^ IX. — Annual Eeport of the Consulting Chemist for 1871 258 
•• X. — Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, December, 1872 269 
XI. — Quarterly Report of the Principal of the Royal Veterinary 
College 271 
^ XII. — Report of Experiments on the Growth of Barley for Twenty 
Years in succession on the same Land. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., 
Q- F.R.S., F.C.S. ; and J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S. 
«rf (continued from p. 162) 275 
gg XIII. — Report on the Health of Animals of the Farm. By Professor 
J. B. Simonds, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College .. 374 
XIV. — On Climate and the Supply of Labour as affecting Agriculture 
in Ireland. By W. Bence Jones, Lisselan, Co. Cork .. .. 378 
XV. — Illustrations of Irish Farming. By R. 0. Pringle, Editor of 
the ' Irish Farmers' Gazette ' 400 
XVI. — Agricultural Education in Ireland, Py R. 0. Pringle, Editor 
of the ' Irish Farmers' Gazette ' 422 
