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CONTENTS. 
XVI. — Statement of the Various Systems of Cropping in the 
South of Scotland, on diffeient Kinds of Land. By 
Thomas Balmer . . . . . . .194 
XVII. — Agricultural Tour in Denmark. Sweden, and Russia. 
By James F. W. Johnston, F.R.S 196 
XVIII. — Account of some Experiments with Guano, and other 
Manures, on Turnips. By John Grey . . . '211 
XIX. — Lecture on the Appl'cations of Physiology to the Rearing 
and Feeding o( Cattle. No. 1 . By Lyon Play fair, Ph. D., 
F.G.S. Delivered to the Society, December, 1842 . 215 
XX. — Second Lecture on the Rearing and Feeding of Cattle. 
By Lyon Playfair. Delivered to the Society, Decem- 
ber, 1842 . . . . ' . . . .233 
XXI. — On the Agricultural Improvements of Lincolnshire. By 
Ph. Pusey, M.P 287 
XXIL — Report on Mr. Newberry's Dibbling-Machine ; from 
J. H. Langston, M.P. , and other Referees . . 316 
XXIII. — On the Drainage of Land. — Prize Essay. By Thomas 
Arkell 318 
XXIV. — Account of Improvements on Linslade Farm. By W. G. 
Hayier, M.P 340 
XXV. — On the Agriculture of Spain. By Capt. Widdrington, 
R.N 344 
XXVI. — On the Construction of Cottages. — Prize Essay. By the 
Rev. Copinger Hill 356 
XXVII. — Report on Drain-Tiles and Drainage. By Josiah Parkes, 
Consulting Engineer to the Society . . . 369 
XXVIII. — On the Cultivation of Orchards, and the making of Cider 
and Perry. By Frederick Falkner . . . 380 
XXIX. — On the Solution of Bones in Sulphuric Acid for the pur- 
poses of Manure. By the Duke of Richmond . . 408 
XXX. — Statement of a new and successful Rotation of Crops for 
Heavy Clays. By J. S. Nowlson . . . .409 
XXXI. — On the proper Materials for filling up Drains, and the 
Mode in which Water enters them. By Robert Beart. 411 
XXXII. — On a Disease in Potatoes. By Sir Charles Lemon, 
Bart., M.P 431 
XXXIII. — Crown Estate at King William's Town, in the Counties 
of Cork and Kerry. By J. French Burke . . 435 
XXXIV. — Past and Present State of Agriculture in Ireland. By 
William Blacker 437 
XXXV. — Report on the Exhibition of Implements at the Derby 
Meeting in 1843 453 
XXXVI.— On the Food of Plants. — Prize Essay. By Dr. Fownes . 498 
