CONTENTS. 
ARTICLE PAGE 
XVIII. — On the Advantage of very Shallow Cultivation upon a light 
Mooiy Farm in Gloucestershire. By Henry Parker , 187 
XIX. — On the Advantage of Thick Sowing. By David Barclay, M.P. 192 
XX. — On Fences. By James Grigor. Prize Essay . . . 194 
XXI. — Report to the Hon'ourable Robert Henry Clive of his Poles 
Farm Improvements, effected by Thorough Draining. 
Continued from Journal, vol. iv., p. 1 77 . . . 229 
Miscellaneous Communications and Notices : — 
I. — Stall- Feeding. — Some Experiments carried on in the Farm- 
Yard at Belmont, in Cheshire, in the Wmter 1844-1845. 
By James H. Leigh 237 
II. — Experiments on the Shed-feeding of Sheep. By the Rev. 
A. Huxtable 242 
III. — On the Use of Sulphuric Acid with Bones as Compost. By 
P. Davis 244 
IV. — Trials of Sulphuric Acid and Bones for Turnips. By R. W. 
Purchas. 1845 244 
V. — Addition to Paper on Hedges, in the last Number. By John 
Grant, Surveyor and Land Agent .... 246 
VI.— Drain Level. By S. H. Payne 247 
VII. — On an Improvement in the Mode of Attaching Horses to 
Waggons. By J. H. Grieve 248 
APPENDIX. 
Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . i 
Honorary Members ......... ii 
Report of the Council (General Meeting, May 22, 1846) . . iii 
General Meetings of 1845-6 . . ..... ix 
Statement of Receipts and Payments . ..... x 
Prizes for Essays and Reports ....... xi 
PLATE. 
Plate M, Insects affecting the Corn-Crops, to face page 155. 
DIRECTIONS TO BINDER. 
The Binder is desired to place all the Appendix matter, with Roman 
numeral folios, at the end oi the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents — 
which are in all cases to be placed at the beginniiuj of the Part or Volume. 
