;.1BRARY 
,>uW YORK 
WFANICAL 
CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIV. 
Statistics : — page 
Meteorology, for the six months ending December 31, 1SG2 .. ii 
Public Health ditto ditto .. .. ' vi 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto .. .. vi 
Weekly Averago Price of Wheat viii 
Meteorology, for the six mouths ending June 30, 1863 .. .. x 
Public Health ditto ditto .. .. xiv 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto .. xv 
ABTICLE PAGE 
I— Laud Valuing. By Philip D. Tuckett, F.G.S., Prize Essay .. 1 
II.— The Prize Fanns of France. By P. H. Frere 8 
III. — Absorption of Soluble Phosphate of Lime by different Soils 
of known composition ; and Kemarks on the Application 
of Superphosphate and other Phosphatic Manures to Koot- 
crops. By Dr. AugTistus Vcelcker 37 
IV. — Utilisation of Town Sewage. By J. B. Lawes, F.E.S., F.C.S. Go 
V. — Supply of Horses xVdapted to the Piequirements of the English 
•Army ; with Notes on the Eemount System in the French 
Army. By J. Wilkinson 91 
VI. — ^Experiments with different Top-Dressings upon Wheat. By 
Dr. Augustus Voelcker 100 
VII.— Earth versus Water for the Removal and Utilisation of 
Excrementitious Matter. By the Eev. Henry Moule .. .. Ill 
VIII. — The Money-Value of Night-Soil and other Manures. By P. 
H. Frere 124 
IX. — Effects of different Manures on the Mixed Herbage of Grass- 
land. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., and J. H. Gilbert, 
i Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S 131 
."^ . .X. — Co-operative Fai-ms at Assington, Suffolk 1G5 
•"^ XI.' — Review of ' Italian Irrigation, by E. Baird Smith, Captain of 
fN^ . Engineers, Bengal Presidency, F.G.S.' By P. H. Frere .. 173 
• — f XII,— Statistics of Live-Stock for Consumption in the Metropolis. 
, By Robert Herbert 20G 
3r XIII. — Some Account of Brittany Cows. Taken from Notices by 
: M. Jamet, of Rennes. By P. H. Frere 213 
XIV. — Cultivation of Carrots •and Cabbages for the Feeding of Stock. 
By C. Lawrence 21G 
XV. — Experiments on Transplanting ilangokl. By W. Gurdon . . 221 
XVI. — Growth of Barley after a Grass-layer. By P. H. Frere .. 225 
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