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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XII. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — page 
Meteorolog}'' for the year 1875 i-viii 
Imports of Com, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices ix-xiv 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xv 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
with number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, 1873, 1874, and 1875 xvi, xvii 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current .. .. xviii-xxiv 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — On the relative Profits to the Farmer from Horse, Cattle, 
and Sheep Breeding, Rearing and Feeding, in the United 
Kingdom. By W. Macdonald, Editor of the ' North British 
Agriculturist' 1 
II. — The Paris Sewage Irrigation at Gennevilliers. By F. R. de la 
Trehonnais. With a Map 109 
HI.— The Agricultural Holdings (England) Act, 1875. By Frederick 
Clifiord, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law 129 
IV. — Note on the Interpretation of Clause 6 of the Agricultural 
Holdings (England) Act, 1875, By Sir T. Dyke Acland, ' 
Bart., M.P 196 
V. — Farm Agreements in reference to the Agricultural Holdings 
• Z-O Act. By C. Randell, of Chadbury, Evesham 198 
0-) VI. — On the Theoretical and Practical Value of Purchased Food, 
and of its Residue as Manure. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
1.;^ F.R.S 203 
' — < VII. — Notes on Inoculation of Grass Land as practised at Kimbolton. 
f-y- By Morgan Evans 230 
■<3r Vrn. — Note on the Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. By W. J. 
Edmonds, of Southrop House, Lechlade 237 
IX. — Researches into the Nature of the Potato-fungus — Phytoj)hthora 
infestans. By Professor A. de Bary, of the University of 
Strasbourg 239 
X. — Report on the Health of the Animals of the Farm. By 
James B. Simonds, Principal of the Eoyal Veterinary College 209 
