CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIII. 
LIUKARY 
NBW YORK 
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Statistics : — vkoe 
Meteorology, for the six months ending June 30, 18G2 .. .. n 
Public Health ditto ditto . . . . vi 
rdco of Provisions ditto ditto .. .. vi 
Weekly Average of Wlieat .. .. viii 
. ABTICLE ♦ PAGE 
■ I.— On the 'Ecoiibmical Application of the Liquid Manure of a 
Farm. By James T. Blackburn 1 
'II.— Exlierimfcnts with different Top-Dressings upon Wheat. By 
Dr. Augustus Voeleker 16 
III. — Eeport of Experiments made at Rodmcrsham, Kent, on the 
■ Growth of Wheat by different descriptions of Manure, for 
several years iu succession on the same Land. By J. B. Lawes, 
F.R.S., F.C.S., and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.Ii.S., F.C.S 31 
IV. — Farmyard Manure. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., F.R.S., F.C.S. 45 
v.— Regent Jpiprpyem^nts in Haymaking. By T. Bowick. Prize 
Essay .. 48 
VL-^The Rot in Sheep : its Nature, Cause, Treatment, and Pre- 
vention. By James Beart Simonds, Professor of Cattle 
Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College, Veterinary 
■ Inspector to the Royal Agricultural Society, &c 64 
VII. — The Comparative Advantages of Fixed and Moveable Steam- 
Power, and of Single or Double Dressing Thrashing-Machines. 
By R. Vallentine. ' Prize Essay 160 
VIII. — Cheese Experiments. By Dr. Augustus Voeleker . . , . 170 
IX. — Supplementary Report of Exjieriments on the Feeding of 
Sheep. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., and Dr. J. H. 
Gilbert, F.R.S., F.C.S 191 
X. — On the best mode of getting in the Harvest in a bad Season. 
By Edwin Eddison 210 
XI.' — On Harvesting Corn'. By Peter Love. Prize Essay .. .. 217 
XII. — On the Economy of Carting. By Peter Love 226 
Xlli. — Destructive Insects and the Immense Utility of Birds. 
Extracts from a Pamphlet dedicated to Agricultural Societies 
■> and Schools. By Frederic de Tschudi, President of the Agri- 
cultural Society of . Canton St. Gall, Switzerland. Translated 
- from the Second French Edition, by Henry L. B. Ibbetson.. 231 
~i XIV. — Management of a Home Farm. By T. Bowick. Prize Essay 247 
.."ET XV. — On Portable Manures and their Home Manufacture, By 
Archibald Smith Maxwell 270 
XVI. — Commercial Value of Artificial Manures. By Dr. Voeleker 277 
XVII. — Account of the French Experimental Farm at Vaujours. 
Abridged from its Annals by P. H. Frere. With Plan ..286 
XVIII. — Report on the Employment of Flemish Manure (Night-Soil). 
Drawn up for the Municipality of Paris, by a Committee 
appointed by the Agricultural Society of Lille, in answers to 
questions put to that Committee by M. Huet, Civil Engineer 
of the Department " des Fonts et Chausse'es." Translated 
byP.H. Frere 317 
