CONTENTS. 
ARTICLE PAGE 
XXII. — The Improvernont of Waste Lands. By D. Macrae .. .. 321 
I XXIII. — Annual Chemical Eeport. Preseuted to the Council by Dr. 
Augustus Voclcker o34 
XXIV. — Rise and Progress of the Leicester Breed of Sheep. By Henry 
H. Dixon. Prize Essay 340 
XXV, — Oa tlie Home Produce, imports, and Consumption of Wheat. 
By John Bennet Lawes, F.U.S., F.C.S., and Joseph Henry 
Gilbert, Ph. D., F.P.S., F.C.S 359 
XXVI. — On the Causes of the Benefits of Clover as a Preparatory Crop 
for Wheat. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 397 
XXVII. — Cultivation of Waste Lands on Mountain-sides. By J. A. 
Slater 423 
XXVIII. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in 
the Metropolis. By Pobert Herbert ,. 429 
XXIX. — Eeport on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Leicester. Bj' 
Edward Bowly, Senior Steward 435 
XXX. — General Eeport on the Exhibition of Implements at the 
Leicester Meeting. By William Sanday, Senior Steward 448 
APPENDIX. 
PAGE 
List of Officers of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1867, 1868 i, xxix 
Standing Committees for 1867, 1868 iii, xxxi 
Reports of the Council to the General Meetings, December 11, 1867 ; 
and May 22, 1868 v, xxxiii 
Yearly Cash Account, from 1st January to December 31, 1867 .. ix 
Cash Accounts and Balance-sheets, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1867, 
and from Jan. 1st to June 30, 186S x, xxxviii 
Country Meeting Account, Bury St. Edmund's, 1867 xii 
Schedule of Prizes : Leicester Meeting, 1868 xiii 
Essays and Reports. — Awards for 1867 and 1868 xxv, Ixix 
Leicester Meeting — Award of Prizes ; xl 
Committee of Education — Examination Papers Ixx 
Members' Chemical Analysis and Veterinary Privileges 
xxvi, xxvii, Ixxvii, Ixxviii 
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c xxviii, Ixxvi 
List oi>' Members. 
DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. 
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Maps of Westmorland 1 
Rainfall at Kendal to face page 10 
Temperature of the Sea in .January ,, 40 
Isothermals of the British Isles „ 55 
Map of Huntingdonshire ,, 250 
Table .showing proportion of Butter in Milk, &c „ 316 
Table of Particulars of the Produce of Wheat, &c „ 362 
The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Koman numeral folios, and 
place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Stjitistics, 
&c., which are in all cases to be placed at the biginiiinij of the Volume: the lettering at the baclv to 
include a statement of the year as well as tlie volume ; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the 
second to 1841, the third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on. 
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