CONTENTS OF VOL. VII 
Second Series. 
Statibtios : — page 
Vital Statistics for the last six months of 1870 i-in 
Meteorology ditto ditto iv-vil 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices viu, ix 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
with number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain and 
Ireland, 1868, 1869, and 1870 x, xi 
Importations and Averao;e Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xu-xvi 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current xvn-xx 
Pauperism xx 
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I. — The American Butter Factories and Butter Manufacture. By 
X. A. Willard, A.M., of Herkimer, New York. Lecturer at 
the Maine State Agricultural College, &c., &c 1 
II. — The Origin and Progress of the Factory System of Cheese- 
making in Derbyshire. By Gilbert MuiTay, Elvaston, Derby 42 
III. -^-On Sugar-Beets and Beetroot Distillation. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker, F.R.S 60 
IV. — On the Best Mode of preparing Straw-Chaff for Feeding Pur- 
poses. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S. .. 85 
V. — Effects of the Drought of 1870 on some of the Experimental 
Crops at Rothamsted. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., F.ll.S., F.C.S., 
and J. H. Gilbert, Ph. D„ F.E.S., F.C.S 91 
VI. — Description of Ordinary and Improved Kilns for Burning 
Lime for Agricultural Purposes. By Charles Turner, C.E. 
Prize Essay ..132 
VII. — Report on some Features of Scottish Agriculture. By H. M. 
Jenkins, F.G.S ^ 145 
VIII.— On the Agricultural Capabilities of the New Forest. By W. C. 
Spooner, of Eling, Southampton 220 
IX. — On the Comparative Agriculture of England and Wales. By 
William Topley, F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of England 
and Wales .. .. 268 
X. — Annual Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1870 284 
XI. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee ^88 
XII. — Report of the Farm-Prize Competition, 1871. By John 
Wheatley, Neswick, Driffield 297 
XIII. — The Present Condition of the English Agricultural Labourer, 
1871. By John Dent Dent, M.P 343 
XIV. — Field Experiments on Root Crops. By Dr. A. V6elcker, F.R.S. 365 
XV. — Composition and Nutritive Value of the Prickly Comfrey 
(Symphytum asperrimum). By Dr. A. Voelcker, F.R.S. .. 387 
XVI, — Sewage-Farming. By H. J. Little, Thorpelands, Northampton 389 
XVII.— MarketrGardening. By H. Evershed 420 
XVIII. — On the Possibility of separating Nitrogen from the Atmosphere 
by Percussive Compression, and rendering it available 
for Agricultural Purposes. By James Nasmyth, C.E. 
With an Introduction by James Caird, C.B 43<' 
