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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — pace 
Meteorology for the year 1876 i-is 
Iinjjorts of Corn, &c, British Wheat sold, and Average Prices x-xv 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
with number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, 1874, 1875, and 1876 xvi, xvn 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xvm 
Quantity and Value of Dead Meat Imported in the 5 years, 
1871-5 xvm 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current .. .. xix-xxiv 
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I. — Report on the Agricultural Implements at the Philadelphia 
Centennial Exhibition. By J. Coleman, of Riccall Hall, 
York, British Juror and Chairman of Group 28, " Agricul- 
tural Machinery" 1 
II.— Fruit-growing in Kent. By Charles Whitehead, F.L.S., F.G.S., 
of Banning House, Maidstone 92 
III. — Straw as Food for Stock. By .Joseph Darby 121 
IV. — On the Composition and Nutritive Properties of Swedes, and 
Experiments on the Keeping Qualities of Roots. By Dr. 
Augustus Voelcker, F.E.S., Consulting Chemist to the Society 157 
V. — The Advantages offered by Cavendish College, Cambridge, as 
bearing on the Education of Agriculturists. By the Rev. 
Canon Brereton, M.A., &c 177 
^ YI. — Extracts from Copy of " a Report made to the Board of Inland 
Revenue by the Principal of the Chemical Laboratory, 
Somerset House, on Experiments conducted by him for the 
Analysis of Butter." By J. Bell 181 
VII. — Annual Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1876. By Dr. 
Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S 188 
VIII. — Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee, December, 1876 201 
IX. — Report on the Progress of the Investigations into the Nature of 
Pleuro-Pneumonia and Foot-and-Mouth Disease now being 
conducted at the Brown Institution. By Dr. Burdon- 
Sanderson, F.R.S., Professor-Superintendent of the Insti- 
tution 204 
