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CONTENTS. 
ARTICLE - PAGE 
XVII. — On a Peculiar Kind of Swedish Whey Cheese, and on Norwegian 
Goats'-Milk Cheese. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S. .. 333 
XVIII. — On Recent Imiirovcnients in the Cultivation and Management 
of Hops. By Charles Whitehead 33G 
XIX, — An Account of an Embankment and Cutting in the Panshes 
of iStandlake, Xorthmoor, Stanton Harcoiut, and Eynsham, 
in the County of Oxford, made to protect the District from 
the Flood Waters of the River Thames. By S. B. L. Druce, 
Barrister-at-Law 367 
XX. — The Agriculture of the Scilly Isles. By Lawrence Scott, 
M.R.A.C., and HaiTy Rivington, F.G.S 374 
XXI. — Field Experiments on Potatoes. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
F.R.S 3D2 
XXII. — On the Composition and Practical Value of Several Samples of 
Native Guano prepared bj' the ABC Sewage Process of tlie 
Native Guano Company. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S. 415 
XXIII. — Quarterly Reports of the Chemical Committee 424 
XXIV. — Report of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College to the 
Council of the Royal Agricultural Society 430 
XXV. — Report on the Trials of Implements at Oxford. By John 
Coleman 433 
XXVI. — Report on Live Stock at Oxford. By D. R. Davies, Senior 
Steward 533 
APPENDIX. 
PAGE 
List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1870-71 i, Ixv 
Standing Committees for 1870 iii, Ixvii 
Reports of the Council to the General Meetings, December 9, 1869, 
and May 23, 1870 v, Ixix 
Distribution of Members and Council x, xi 
Cash Accounts and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1869, 
and from 1st January to 30th June, 1870 xii, Lxxiv 
Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1869 .. xiv 
Country Meeting Account, Manchester, 1869 xv 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c xvi, Ixxiii 
Oxford Meeting, 1870 : Schedule of Prizes xvii 
„ „ List of Judges and Award of Prizes .. Ixxvi, Ixxviii 
Conditions relating to the Educational Examinations, 1870 .. .. xxix 
Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges xxx-xxxii, cxvii-cxix 
Charter and Bye-laws xxxiii 
Agricultural Education. — Examination Papers, 1870 cx 
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