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CONTENTS. 
AETICLE PAGE 
XIV. Eeport on the Field and Feeding Experiments at Woburn, 
conducted on behalf of the Koyal Agricultui-al Society of 
England during the year 1887. By Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, 
B.A., B.Sc, Consulting Chemist to the Society , . , 275 
XV. Annual Report for 1887 of the Consulting Entomologist. By 
Eleanor A. Ormerod, F.R.Met.Soc, Torrington House, St. 
Albans 289 
XVI. Annual Report for 1887 of the Consulting Botanist.- By "W. 
Carruthers, F.R.S., RL.S., 44 Central Hill, Norwood, S.E. . 296 
XVII. Annual Report for 1887 of the Consulting Chemist. By Dr. J. 
Augustus Voelcker, B.A., B.Sc, 12 Hanover Square, W, . 299 
XVIII. Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee, 1887 . . 306 
APPENDIX, 
List of Officers of the Royal AgTicultural Society of England, 1888 . i 
Standing Committees for 1888 iii 
Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 8th, 1887 . v 
Distribution of Members and Council xii 
Half-yearly Cash Account, from 1st July to 31st December, 1887 . xiv 
Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to 31st December, 1887 . xvi 
Country Meeting Account : Newcastle, 1887 xviii 
Agricultural Education : Examination Papers for Junior Examina- 
tions, November 1887 . xx 
Agricultural Education : New Regulations for Junior Examinations xxv 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscriptions, &c. . . . xxix 
Governors' and Members' Chemical Privileges xxx 
Guide to the Purchase of Artificial Manures and Feeding Stufi's . xxxi 
Instructions for Selecting and Sending Samples for Analysis . . xxxii 
Members' Veterinary Privileges xxxiii 
Members' Botanical Privileges xxxv 
Members' Entomological Privileges , xxxvi 
Members' General Privileges xxxvi 
DIEECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 
The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Eomau numeral folios , 
and place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Sta- 
tistics (fee, which are in all cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume ; the lettering at 
the back to include a statement of the veai' as well as the rolume ; the first volume belonging to 
1839-10, the second to 1841, the third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 
In Eeprints of the Journal all Appendix matter and, in one instance, an Article in the body 
of the Journal (which at the time had become obsolete), were omitted ; the Boman numeral 
folios, however (for convenience of reference), were reprinted without alteration in the 
Appendix matter retained. 
ERRATUM. 
In the Report on the " Experiments on Ensilage" in the last issue of the 
'Journal' (Vol. XXIII., Tart II., 1887), in the tabic given at the bottom of 
page 409,/w " 4(;-95 " read " 41-'J5." 
