LIBRARY 
NEW YORK 
BOTANICAL, 
CONTENTS OF PART L, VOL. YI. 
Second Series. 
I. — Eeport on the Agriculture of Eelgium : the Hesult of a Journey 
made at the request of the Council by Dr. Augustus Yoelckcr, 
and H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. {Reporter) 1 
II. — Farm Labourers, their Friendly Societies, and the Poor Law. 
By the Ilev. J. Y. Stratton, Rector of Ditton, Kent .. .. 87 
III. — On Straw Chaff. By Samuel Jonas. Letter to H. M. Jenkins, 
Esq 119 
IV. — Reports on Steam Cultivation by Machinery let by the Landlord, 
as practised on the Korthumbcrland Estate of His Grace the 
Duke of Northumberland. By Jos. Snowball, Chief Agent .. 121 
V. — The Potato in Jersey. By C. P. Le Cornu. Prize Essay .. 127 
VI. — Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1869 140 
VII. — Field Experiments on Mangolds. By Dr. Augustus Vuclcker .. 150 
VIII. — On Beet-root-Pulp. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 155 
IX. — Eeport on Cheshire Dairy-farming. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. 163 
X. — Report on the American Cheese-factory System, and its ada])ta- 
bility to English Dairy Districts. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. 173 
XL — On the Treatment of the Reclaimed Bog-land of Whittlesea 
tn Mere. By W. Wells, M.P 203 
Oy XII. — Village Sanitary Economy. By J. Bailey De nton, M. Inst. C.E., 
Agricultural and Sanitary Engineer .. 208 
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<C APPENDIX. 
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List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1870 . . i 
Standing Committees for 1870 iii 
Reports of the Council to the General Meeting, December 9, 1869 .. v 
Distribution of Members and Council 
Cash Account and Balance-sheet, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1869 .. xii 
"Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1869 .. xiv 
Country Meeting Account, Manchester, 1869 xv 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscrijition, &c xvi 
Schedule of Prizes : O.xford Meeting, 1870 xvii 
Couditions relating to the Educational Examinations, 1870 .. .. xxix 
Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges .. .. xxx-xxxii 
Charter and Byu-laws xxxiii 
