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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXV. 
Statistics : — page 
Meteorology, for the six months ending December 31, 1863 .. n 
Public Health ditto ditto .. .. VI 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto .. .. vi 
Weekly Average Price of Wheat viii 
Meteorology, for the six months ending March 31, 1864 .. .. x 
Public Health ditto ditto .. .. xiv 
Price of Provisions ditto ditto .. xv 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — Agricultural Progress and the Royal Agricultural Society. 
By H. S. Thompson, M.P 1 
II.— Hop Cultivation. By John P. Smith. Prize Essay .. .. 52 
III. — On Education as connected with Agriculture. By the Rev. 
J. L. Brereton, Rector of West Buckland, Devon, and Pre- 
bendary of Exeter Cathedral 59 
rV. — Essay upon the Manufacture and Preservation of Cider and 
Perry. By Clement Cadle. Prize Essay 76 
V.— Report of Experiments on the Growth of Wheat for 20 Years 
in succession on the same Land. By J. B. Lawes, F.R.S., 
P.C.S., and J. H. Gilbert, Ph. D., F.R.S., F.C.S 93 
VI. — On Peruvian Guano and the Means of Increasing its Efficacy 
as a Manure. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 186 
VII. — Report on International Agricultural Meeting at Lille .. .. 209 
VIII.— Report on International Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg. 
By Iohn Wilson, Professor of Agriculture in the University 
O of Edinburgh, &c 216 
IX.— Professor Voelcker's Annual Report. 1. Adulteration of 
Oilcake ; 2. Of Artificial Manures ; 3. Analysis of Egyptian 
Guano ; 4. Of Nile-water ; 5. Causes of Barrenness in Soils ; 
6. Subjects recently under Investigation 234 
X. -Salt Experiments and Mangolds. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 240 
XL— Statistics of Live-Stock for Consumption in the Metropolis. 
^ By Robert Herbert 243 
XII.— Agriculture of Hertfordshire. By H. Evershed. Prize 
Essay 269 
XIIL— Agricultural Notes on Hertfordshire. By Rev. J. Clutterbuck 302 
XIV. — Agricultural Notes on the Census of 1861. By J. D. Dent.M.P. 318 
XV. — The Management of a Suburban Farm. By J. Bligh Monck. 
Prize Essay 327 
XVI— On the Absorption of Potash by Soils of known Composition. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 333 
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