JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 
OF ENGLAND. 
1, — Report on the Agriculture of Belgium : the Result oj a 
Journey made at the request of the Council by Dr. AUGUSTUS 
VoELCKEK, and H. M. Jenkins, f.g.s. (Reporter.) 
Contents : 
I. Soil and Climate. 
II. The Sandy District of Northern Belgium. 
III. A Farm of Ten Acres. 
IV. The Loamy District of Central Belgium.- 
V. The Polders and River-valleys. 
VI. The Plateau-Region of Southern Belgium 
VII. Rdsum^. 
"VIII. Rural Economy. 
The agriculture of Belgium already possesses a considerable 
literature. So often has it formed the subject-matter of a book 
or an essay, that a tolerably accurate report might be produced 
from those sources by an industrious compiler. But the follow- 
ing pages contain only descriptions of what we actually saw, 
information which we gathered, and conclusions to which we 
"were led. We have rarely quoted previous works, except 
where an old book might be called forth as a witness to the 
antiquity of a practice, or where a simple reference on points 
of detail answered our purpose as well as pages of description, 
or, lastly, in cases where our views are at variance with those 
advanced by some previous Avriters. 
The agriculture of a whole kingdom necessarily involves so 
many questions that we are conscious of having omitted some of 
them, in the endeavour to keep our Report within readable limits ; 
but we have tried to give a tolerably complete picture of the 
essential points in Belgian farming, and especially to bring into 
relief those features which are now of most interest. We hope 
that this consideration will be held to justify our having given to 
la petite culture more space than its practical importance would 
seem to require. 
VOL. VI. — S. S. B 
— " La Petite Culture." 
-" La Grande Culture." 
