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CONTENTS. 
ARTICLE PAGE 
XXVI. — On the Farming of the North Riding of Yorkshire. By 
M. M. Milburn. Prize Report 496 
XXVII. — On a Drill for distributing Superphosphate in a Liquid 
State. By Thorny Chandler . . . . .521 
XXVIII.— On the Putrefaction of Bones. By Ph. Puscy, M.P. .530 
XXIX. — On the Best Mode of managing Hops in its various 
branches. By Samuel Rutley. Prize Essay. . . 53'2 
APPENDIX. 
Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
1848-9 xxxvii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 9, 1848 . xxxviii 
Dates of General Meetings of 1848-9 xlii 
Statement of Half-yearly Account ending June 30, 1848 . . , xliii 
Statement of Special Country Meeting Account, York, 1848 . . xliv 
Essays and Reports — Awards for 1848 . . . . . . xlv 
— Prizes for 1849 ...... xlv 
Norwich Meeting, 1849 — Schedule of Implement Prizes . . . xlvi 
Live-Stock Prizes ..... xlvii 
