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CONTENTS OF PART I., VOLUME XYIII. 
Second Series. 
ABTKLE PAGE 
I. — On the Amount and Comjx)sition of the Eain and Drainaj^e- 
Waters collected at Rothamsted. Part III. By J. B. 
Lawes, LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., 
F.R.S., F.C.S., and E. Warington, F.C.S 1 
II. — Hints on Vegetable and Fruit Farming. Bj- Charles White- 
head, F.L.S., F.G.S., of Barming House, Maidstone .. 71 
III.— The Poultry of the Farm. By the Rev. W. J. Pope, God- 
ruanstone Rectory, Dorsetshire 104 
lY. — On Green or Fodder Crops not commonly Grown, which have 
been found serviceable for Stock- Feeding. By Joseph 
Darby 114 
V. — Friendly Societies, State Action, and the Poor-law. By the 
Rev. J. Y. Stratton, Rector of Ditton, Kent 153 
VI. — A Joint-Stock Fai'm in the Netherlands. By H. M. Jen- 
kins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Society, and Editor of the 
Journal 187 
VII. — On Permanent and Temporary Meadows and Pastures, and 
their functions in the economy of Agricultural Practice. 
By Monsieur H. Joulie. Translated by W. Smith, of Pen 
Park, Filton, Gloucestershire 195 
VIII.— On Lard Cheese. By X. A. WiUard, of Little Falls, Herkimer 
Count}-, New York State 222 
IX. — On Laying down Land to Permanent Grass. By C. De 
Laune Faunce-De Laune 229 
X. — Report on the Exhibition and Trials of String Binders at 
Derby. By J. Coleman, Riccall Hall, York 264 
XI. — Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments conducted at 
AVoburn on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England during the year 1881. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Royal Agricultural 
Society _ 301 
Xir. — Field Experiments on Swedish Turnij)s with Soluble and 
finely ground Phosphatic Fertilisers. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker, F.R.S 320 
XIII. — Experiments in Warren Field, Crawley-Mill Farm, Woburn, 
on the Manurial Value of various Phosphatic Fertilisers. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S 328 
XIV. — Annual Report of the Consul tmg Chemist for 1881 .. .. 333 
XV. — On Purples or Ear-cockle in Wheat. By William Car- 
ruthers, F.R.S., Consulting Botanist to the Society .. 346 
