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XI. — rtesults of the Exjieriments carried out on Manor Farm, near 
Eochester, to ascertain the relative Vakie of Soluble and 
Insoluble Phosphates 110 
XII. — Keport on the Field and Feeding Experiments conducted at 
Woburn on behalf of the Royal An;ricultural Society of 
England during the year 1880. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
F.R.S 112 
XIII. — The Principles of Horse-Shoeing. By G. Fleming, F.E.C.V.S., 
Army Veterinnr}^ Inspector 1313 
XIV. — Report on Liver-Rot. By Finlay Dun, 2, Portland Place, 
London 141 
XV. — Pigs; and Experience in their Breeding and Management. 
By James Howard, M.P 205 
XVI. — Jersey Cattle and their Management. By John Thornton . . 220 
XVII. — On the Amount and Composition of the Rain and Drainage- 
Waters collected at Rothamsted. Parts I. and 11. (incom- 
plete). By J. B. Lawes, LL.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., J. H. 
Gilbert, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.C.S., and R. Warington, F.C.S. 241 
XVIII. — Mineral Manures and Manuring. By H. von Liebig. Trans- 
lated and abridged by F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S 279 
XIX. — Annual Report of the Consulting Botanist for 1880. By W. 
Carruthers, F.R.S 288 
XX.— Annual Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1880 ,. ..291 
XXI. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee 300 
Additions to the Library in 1880 307 
XXII. — On the Amount and Composition of the Rain and Drainage- 
Waters collected at Rothamsted. Part II. By J. B. 
Lawes, LL.D., F.R.S,, F.C.S., J. H. Gilbert, Ph.D., F.R.S., 
F.C.S., and R. Warington, F.C.S 311 
XXIII. — Polled Aberdeen and Angus Cattle. By James Macdonald, 
Editor ' Irish Farmers' Gazette,' Dublin 351 
XXIV. - — Secondary or Narrow Gauge Railways for Agricultural Pur- 
ix)ses. By W. H. Delano, Assoc. Inst. C.E 385 
XXV. — On the Modes of Culture and Preparation of Flax, as prac- 
tised in Ireland and on the Continent. By Michael 
Andrews, Secretary of the Flax Supply Association for the 
Improvement of the Culture of Flax in Ireland .. .. 408 
XXVI. — Flax-Farming in the Netherlands. By H. M. Jenkins, 
F.G;S., Secretary of the Society, and Editor of the 
'Journal' 430 
XXVII. — The Manufacture of Artificial Butter in the Netherlands. 
By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Society, and 
Editor of the ' Journal ' 434 
XXVIII. — On the Reclamation of Peat-land in the Netherlands. By 
H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Society, and 
Editor of the ' Journal ' 440 
XXIX. — Report of the Judges on the Derby Prize-Farm Competition, 
1881 456 
XXX. — Report on Cheese-making in Derbyshire. By George Gibbons, 
of Tuuley Farm, near Bath 533 
