CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. XX. 
Statistics : — pace 
Meteorology, for the six months ending June 30, 1859 .. .. ii 
Public Health ditto ditto vi 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto vi 
Weekly Average of Wheat vm 
ARTICLE PACK 
I. — Report on the Preservation of Timber. By Thomas Richard- 
son, F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemistry in the University of 
Durham 1 
n. — On the best Means of Applying Manure to the Land in a 
Liquid State. By Peter Love 22 
in. — On the Commercial and Agricultural Value of certain Phos- 
phatic Rocks of the Anguilla Isles in the Leeward Islands. 
By Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, V.P.R.S., Director- 
General of the Geological Survey, and Honorary Member of 
the Royal Agricultural Society 31 
IV. — The Agriculture of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Aldemey, 
and Sark. By C. P. Le Cornu, Beaumont, Jersey .. .. 32 
V. — Beet-root Distillery. By F. R. de la Trehoimais . . . . 68 
VI.— The Allotment System. By John C. Morton 92 
Vn. — Anbury ; and the Analysis of Diseased Turnips. By Dr. 
Augustus Voelcker 102 
VIII. — On the Cultivation of the Lupine as Food for Sheep. By 
Thomas Crisp 106 
IX. — American Implements and Methods of Economizing Labour. 
By C. W. Eddy, M.A., Oxford, late RadcUfie Travelling 
Fellow 109 
X. — On the Composition of 'a Mangold- Wurtzel kept for Two 
Years. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 131 
XI. — On the Changes which Liquid Manure undergoes in contact 
with different Soils of known composition. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker 134 
XII. — On the Influence of Climate on Cultivation. By R. Russell, 
F.R.S.E 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 different Manures on Permanent 
Meadow Land. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., F.C.S., and Dr. 
J. H. Gilbert, F.C.S 228 
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