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Contents of Volume I. 
PAG* 
The Development of Agricultural Machinery 257 
By Dak. Pidgeon, Assoc.Inst.C.E. 
The Agricultural Lessons of " The Eighties " 275 
By Prof. Wrightsox. 
The Report of the Royal Commission ou Horse Breeding . . .289 
By Lord Ribblesdale. 
Tuberculosis in Animals, and its Relation to Consumption in Man . 305 
By W. Dtjgxjid. 
Fifty Years of Hop Farming {Illustrated) ...... 321 
By Charles "Whitehead, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
The Bpst Means of Increasing the Home Production of Beef . . 349 
By Gilbert Murray. 
The Herbage of Pastures (icith a Map) 359 
By W. Fream, LL.D. 
Covered Cattle Yards (Illustrated) 473 
By W. J. Moscrop. 
The Seed and its Germination (Illustrated) ...... 490 
By Prof. J. R. Green, M.A., B.Sc, F.L.S. 
Farming in Devon and Cornwall (Illustrated) . . . . 511 
By F. Punchard. 
The Plymouth Meeting (with a Plan) 537 
The Trials of Light Portable Motors at Plymouth (Illustrated) . . 580 
By Prof. W. C. Unwin, F.R.S. 
The Trials of Grist Mills and Disintegrators at Plymouth (Illustrated) . 604 
By Dan. Pidgeon, Assoc.Inst.C.E. 
Miscellaneous Implements at Plymouth (Illustrated) .... 624 
By James Edwards. 
Agricultural Administration in Austria-Hungary (with a Map) . , 073 
By Ernest Clarke. 
Crops for Picliling and Preserving 710 
By W. J. Malden. 
Foot-rot in Sheep (Illustrated) 732 
By Various Writers. 
The Composition of some of the Famous Ancient Pastures of England . 751 
By William Carruthers, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
The Trials of Cider-making Plant at Glastonbury (Illustrated) . . 764 
By Dan Pidgeon, Assoc.Inst.C.E. 
The Farm Prize Competition of 1890 (Illustrated) . . . .776 
By F. Punchard. 
