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CONTENTS OF VOLUME L 
THIRD SERIES. 
1890. 
« A SCENE AT WISETON " (see page 147) . . Frontispiece 
Special articles. 
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The Foundation of the Royal Agricultural Society .... 1 
By Ernest Clarke, Secretary of the Society and Editor of the 
Journal. 
Fifty Years' Progress of British Agriculture 20 
By the Right Hon. Sir James Caied, K.C.B., F.R.S. 
Notes on Agricultural Education at Home and Abroad . , .37 
By John Dent Dent. 
The Early Fattening of Cattle and Sheep ...... 47 
By Henry Evershed. 
The Food of our Agricultural Crops 69 
By Sir J. B. Lawes, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S. 
The Disposal of Sewage by Small Towns and Villages . . , ,83 
By Clare Seavell Read, 
Observations and Experiments on some English Pastures . . ,95 
By William Carrethers, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
The Evolution of the Horse {Illustrated) 110 
By Prof. W. H. Flower, C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. 
Basic Cinder as Manure 129 
By Prof. E. Kinch. 
Agricultural Worthies : I. The Third Earl Spencer {Illustrated) . . 138 
With an Appended Note by the Right Hon. Sir Harry 
Verney, Bart. 
