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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XYI. 
Second Series. 
Statistics : — tagb 
Meteorology for the year 1879 i-x 
Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices xi-xv 
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass ; 
and Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain 
and Ireland, 1877, 1878, and 1879 .. .. ' xvi, xvii 
Number of Beasts exhibited, and the Prices realised for them 
at the Christmas Markets, since 1843 xviii 
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and 
Colonial Productions xix 
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices CuiTent xx-xxvii 
ARTICLE 
I. — Report of the Judges appointed by the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England to adjudicate the Prizes in the Sewage 
Farm Competition, 1879 1 
II. — Notes on Market-Gardening and Vine-Culture in the North- 
west of France. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of the 
Society, and Editor of the ' Journal ' 80 
III. — The Supply of Milk to Labourers. By Henry Evershed .. 103 
IV. — Underwood : the Planting, Growth, Conversion, and Sale 
thereof. By Francis Tallant, of Easebourne 114 
v.— Abstract Report on Rot in Sheep. By J. B. Simonds, Principal 
of the Royal Veterinary College, and Consulting Veterinary 
Surgeon to the Society 121 
VI. — Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments conducted at 
Woburn, on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, during the Year 1879. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, 
F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Society 130 
VII. — An Experiment on the Comparative Value of Linseed-cake and 
a mixture of Decorticated Cotton-cake and Maize-meal for 
fattening Bullocks. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S. .. 149 
VIII. — On the Comparative Value of Soluble and Insoluble Phosphates. 
By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S 152 
IX. — On the Composition of Cream and Skim-milk obtained by De 
Laval's Centrifugal Cream-separator. By Dr. Augustus 
Voelcker, F.R.S 160 
X, — Notes on a Report presented to the ' Societe des Agriculteurs 
de France' by their Deputation to the Kilburn Exhibition. 
. By J. D. Dent, of Ribston, Wetherby 162 
