CONTENTS OF VOL. XX. 
Statistics : — page 
Meteorolog}'-, for the six months ending Juno 30, 1859 .. .. ii 
]\iblic Health ditto ditto vi 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto vi 
Weelily Average of Wheat vni 
Meteorolog}', for the six months ending December 31 . . . . x 
Public Health ditto ditto xiv 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto xv 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — Reiiort on the Preservation of Timber. By Thomas Richard- 
son, F.P.S.E., Professor of Chemistry in the University of 
Durham 1 
n. — On tlie best Means of Applying Manure to the Land in a 
Liquid State. By Peter Love 22 
III. — On the Commercial and Agricultural Value of certain Phos- 
]jhatic Pocks of the Anguilla Isles in the Leeward Islands. 
By Sir Poderick Impey Murchison, V.P.R.S., Director- 
General of the Geological Survej^, aud Honorary Member of 
the Poyal Agricultural Society 31 
lY. — The Asjriculture of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsej', Alderne}', 
aud Sark. By C. P. Le Cornu, Beaumont, Jersey .. .. 32 
v.— Beet-root Distillery. By F. P. de la Trelionnais .. .. 68 
A?"!.— The Allotment System. By Jolm C. Morton 92 
VII. — Anbury ; and the Analysis of Diseased Turnips. By Dr. 
Augustus Voelcker 101 
VIII. — On the Cultivation of the Lupine as Food for Sheep. By 
Thomas Crisp lOG 
IX. — American Implements and Methods of Economizinc; Labour. 
By C. W. Eddy, M.A. Oxford, late Padcliife Travelling 
Fellow 109 
X. — On the Composition of a Mangold-Wurzel kept for Two 
Ypars. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 131 
XI. — On the Changes which Liquid Manure undergoes in contact 
Avith different Soils of known composition. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker 134 
XII. — On the Influence of Climate on Cultivation. By E. Eussell, 
F.R.S.E. Parti 158 
XIII. — Account of the Application of Steam Power to the Cultiva- 
tion of the Land. By John Algernon Clarke 174 
XIV. — Report of Experiments with difl'erent Manures on Permanent 
Meadow Land. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., and Dr. 
J. H. Gilbert, F.C.S. Parts II. and III 228 
XV. — Hinxworth Drainage. Monthly Records of the Daily Rain- 
fall, Discharge of Water from the Drains, Height of Baro- 
meter and Thermometer, and of the Temperatui'e of the Soil 
at 18 and 42 inches, respectively, below the Surface. By 
J. Bailey Denton, Agricultural Engineer 273 
XVI.— On Cross Breeding. By W. C. Spooner, M.R.C.V.S 294 
XVIL — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements at the 
Warwick Meeting. By Charles Barnett, Senior Steward .. 313 
