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CONTENTS. 
XX. — Experiments on the Feeding Qualities of different Breeds 
of Sheep on the Earl of Radnor's Farm at Coleshill. 
By E. W. Moore o 294 
XXI. — Experiments made upon the Growing of Turnips with 
different Manures, on the Farm of Gordon Castle, in 
the year 1845. From the Duke of Richmond . . 297 
XXII.— On Burning Clay. By J. J. Mechi . . . .29 7 
XXIII. — On the Nature and Cause of the Potato Disease. By 
George Phillips. Prize Essay .... 300 
XXIV. — On the St. John's-Day Rye. By W. P. Taunton, Bar- 
rister-at-Law. Prize Essay ..... 334 
XXV.— On the Potato Disease. By F. J. Graham, B.A., F.L.S. 
Prize Essay 357 
XXVI. — A Report on the Feeding of Stock with Prepared Food, 
and a description of the Apparatus employed. By 
Joseph Marshall . . . . ' . .391 
XXVII. — Observations on the Natural History and Economy of 
the Insects affecting the Peas and Beans, including 
Weevils, Maggots, Bees, Plant-lice, Grain-beetles, 
Moths, and the Mule-cricket. By John Curtis. F.L.S. 
Corresponding Member of the Imperial and Royal 
Georgofili Society of Florence ; of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, &c. Paper XII. . 404 
XXVIII. — On the Geology of Norfolk as illustrating the Laws of 
the Distribution of Soils. By Joshua Trimmer, F.G.S. 444 
XXIX.— On the Potato Disease. By H. Cox. Prize Essay . 486 
XXX. — Experiment on the Potato Disease. By Lord Portman 498 
XXXI. — On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Breaking up 
Grass Land. By John Clarke, of Long Sutton, Lin- 
colnshire ........ 500 
XXXII.-On Cheapness of Draining. By Ph. Pusey, M.P. .520 
XXXIII. — Some Account of Spring Park Farm. By Hewitt Davis 524 
. XXXIV.— On Thick and Thin Sowing. From Sir W. Healhcote, 
Bart. 535 
XXXV. — Experiments in Thin Sowing. By J. J. Mechi, Tiptree 
Hall, near Kelvedon, Essex .... 537 
XXXVI. — On Peat Charcoal, as a Manure for Turnips and other 
Crops. By Hugh Raynbird of Hengrave. Prize Essay 539 
XXXVII. — On the Fairy-Rings of Pastures, as illustrating the Use 
of Inorganic Manures. By John Thomas Way, Pro- 
fessor of Chemistry at the Cirencester College of .Agri- 
culture . . . . . . . .54 9 
XXXVIII.— Agriculture of North Wales. By Thomas Rowlandson. 
Prize Report . . . . . . .553 
XXXIX.- On the Double Culture of Turnips between Peas. By 
Charles Hannam ...... 589 
