CONTENTS. 
V 
Miscellaneous Communications and Notices : — 
I. — On the Prevention of Blight on Apples. By James Ellis . 267 
II.— On Burning Clay. By Eli Turvill 267 
III. — On Burning Clay. By Litchfield Tabrum . . . .268 
IV. — On White Carrots. By George Turner . . . .269 
V. — Experiments on Different Manures for Carrots. By J. M. 
Aynesley 270 
VI.— On the Black Foxtail Grass. By W. P. Taunton . . 270 
VII.— On some Varieties of the Foxtail Grass. By W. P. Taunton . 271 
VIII.— On Pipe-Tiles. By John Read 273 
IX. — Experiment on the Feeding Properties of Swedes and of 
Mangold-Wurzel. ByC. Hilljard . . . .274 
X.— On Nitrate of Soda. By W. Clarke . . . .276 
XI. — Account of the Eifect of a Bituminous Shale at Christian 
Malford, Wilts. By Robert Gowen . . . .276 
Xil. — On Purifying the Air of Stables by a mixture of Gypsum or 
Sawdust with Sulphuric Acid. By Henry Reece . , 278 
XIII. — Additional Remarks on the Failure of Red Clover after 
Harvest. By the Rev. W. Thorp 279 
XIV. — Experiments on Manures. By Francis Clowes . . . 281 
XV. — On the Steeping of Seeds. By J. Campbell . . . 557 
XVI. — Proposed Method of Taming a Savage Bull. By Erasmus 
Galton 559 
XVII.— Practical Opinions on the Effect of Crosskill's Clod-crusher . 560 
XVIII. — On the Improvement of Marsh Land. By John Murton , 580 
XIX. — Reports on Wheats selected for Trial at the Bristol Meeting . 583 
XX. — On the Use of Growing Mustard for Feed, or to Plough in as 
a Prepaialion for a Wheat Crop. By George Jesly . . 587 
XXI. — Successful Industry of a Labourer. By J. Barton . . 587 
APPENDIX. 
Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . i 
Honorary Members ......... ii 
Report of the Council ..... . . iii 
General Meetings of 1843 ....... ix 
Statement of Receipts and Payments ..... x 
Prizes for the Meeting at Derby ...... xi 
General Regulations for Exhibition . . . . . . xv 
Prizes for Essays and Reports . . . . . . . xviii 
Distribution of Journal ........ xxii 
