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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — ^■^o" 
Meteorology for the year 1881 i-x 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices xi-xv 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
and Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, ]879, 1880, and 1881 xvi, xvii 
Number of Beasts exhibited, and the Prices realised for them 
at the Christmas Markets, since 1843 xvni 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xviii, xix 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current xx-xxvi 
AKIIfLE I'AGE 
I. — On the Amount and Composition of the Pain and Drainage- 
Waters collected at Kothamsted. Part 111. By J. B. 
Lawes, LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., 
F.R.S., F.C.S., and P. Warington, F.C.S 1 
II. — Hints on Vegetable and Fruit Farming. By Charles White- 
head, F.L.S., F.G.S., of Barming House, Maidstone .. 71 
III. — The Poultry of the Farm. By the Eev. W. J. Pope, God- 
manstone Rectory, Dorsetshire 104 
IV. — 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 Farm 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 AV. Smith, of Pen 
Park, Filton, Gloucestershire 195 
VIII.— On Lard Cheese. By X. A. Willard, of Little Falls, Herkimer 
County, 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 2(34 
XI. — Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments conducted at 
Woburn on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England during the year 1881. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Eoyal Agricultural 
Society 301 
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