CONTENTS OF VOL. XXI. 
Statistics : — 
Meteorolo.^y, for the six months ending June 30, 18G0 ,. ., ji 
PubHc Health ditto ditto vi 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto vi 
Weekly Average of Wheat viii 
Meteorology, for the six months ending December 31, 1860 .. x 
Public Health ditto ditto xiv 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto xv 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — On the Agriculture of Berkshire. By J. B. Spearing .. 1 
n. — The Mechanical Condition of the Soil favourable for the 
Growth of Seed. By Professor Tanner 46 
in. — Essay on Recent Improvements iu Dairy Practice. By 
James Fulton 73 
IV. — Recent Improvements in Dairy Practice. By Joseph Harding 82 
V. — On the Composition of two Varieties of Kohl-Rabi and of 
Cattle-Cabbage. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 93 
VI. — On the Composition and Nutritive Properties of Mangold- 
pulp (the Refuse of Beet- root Distilleries). By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker 97 
VII. — On the Chemical Properties of Soils. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker 105 
VIII.— The Drainage of Whittlesea Mere. By W. Wells .. ..134 
IX. — The Proper OfSce of Straw on a Farm. By Henry Evershed 153 
X. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in 
the Metropolis. By Robert Herbert 173 
XI. — Report of Experiments on the Growth of Red Clover by 
different Manures. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., F.R.S., F.C.S., 
and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., F.C.S. Part 1 178 
XII.— On the Moveable Steam-Engine. By P. H. Frere .. .. 201 
XIII. — Remarks on the Composition of the Blood, and principally 
with Reference to those Diseases of Cattle and Sheep in which 
the Fluid undergoes important Pathological Changes. By 
James Beart Simonds, Professor of Cattle Pathology at the 
Royal Veterinary College, Veterinary Inspector to the Royal 
Agricultural Society, &c 206 
XIV.— On the Feeding of Stock. By P. H. Frere 218 
XV. — On the Modifications of the Four-course Rotation, which 
Modern Improvements have rendered advisable. By P. D. 
Tuckett 258 
XVI. — Report upon the Past and I'resent State of the Agriculture 
of the Danish Monarchy ; its Products, with Comparative 
Tables of Exports. By Harry Rainals 267 
XVII. — On the Application of the Manure of the Farm. By Professor 
Tanner. Prize Essay 329 
XVIII. — On the Chemical Composition and Commercial Value of 
Norwegian Apatite, Spanish Phosphorite, Coi)rolites, and 
other Phosphatic Materials used in England for Agricultural 
Purposes. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 350 
