CONTENTS OP VOL. XV. 
ARTICLE PAGE 
XIX. — On the Cultivation of Beans and Peas. By K. Vallcntine, of 
Burcott Lodge, Leigliton Buzzard. Prize Essay .. .. 478 
XX. — On Diminishing the Quantity of Roots used in Fattening 
Cattle. By Charles Lawrence 488 
XXL — On the Influence of I^iine on the " Absorptive Properties " of 
Soils. By John Thomas Way 491 
XXII. — Communication from the President upon the subject of Foreign 
Nitrates ,514 
APPENDIX. 
List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1853-1854 i 
Memoranda of Meetings, Privileges, and Payment of Subscription.. .. ii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, May 22, 1854 iii 
Balance-sheet of Half-yearly Account, ending 31st December, 1853 .. viii 
Prizes for Essays and Reports in 1855 . . . . viii* 
List of Members of the Society, June, 1854 ix 
List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1854-1855 Ivii 
Memoranda of Meetings, Privileges, P'lyment of Subscription, &c Iviii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, Dec. 9, 1854 lix 
Balance-sheet of Half-yearly Account, ending 30th June, 1854 .. .. Ixiii 
Balance-sheet of Country-Meeting Account : Gloucester, 1853 .. .. Ixiv 
Balance-sheet of Country-Meeting Account : Lincoln, 1854 Ixv 
List of Stevrards of the Yard, Honorary Director, Judges, &c Ixvi 
Prize-Awards of the Judges of Live-Stock : Lincoln Meeting Ixvii 
Commendations of the Judges of Live-Stock : Lincoln Meeting .. ..Ixxv 
Prize-Awards of the Judges of Implements : Lincoln Meeting .. Ixxxiii 
Commendations of the Judges of Implements : Lincoln Meeting .. Ixxxv 
Schedule of Prizes for Essays and Rejiorts : 1855 Ixxxviii 
PLATES. 
Map of the River Nene 
Sectional Sketch of Ujiper Valley of River Nene . . 
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The Binder is desired to collect together all the Aiipcmlix matter, with Roman numeral folios, and 
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cases to he placed at the bcr/ijiriiny of the Volume : the leltcring at the hack to include a statement 
of the year as well as the rolume ; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the second to 1841, the 
third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 
In Reprints of the Journal all Appendix matter (and in one instance an Article in the body of 
the Journal), which at the time had become ohsolcte, wore omitted ; the Roman numeral folios, 
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