CONTENTS OF VOL. IV. oak'-" 
Second Series. ^ 
Statisticb :— • page 
Vital Statistics for the year 1867 I 
Meteoro!o<;y for the six months ending December 31, 1867 .. iii 
Imports of Corn, &c vir, viii 
British Wheat sold, and Averai^c PricriS. Pauperism .. .. ix, x 
Vital Statistics for the six months ending June 30, 1868 .. xi 
Meteorology for the six months ending June 30, 1868 . . . . xm 
Importations of Grain 
Sales of British Wheat — Prices of Corn, &c xxi 
Pauperism xxvii 
ARTICLE PAGE 
I. — Farming of Westmorland. By Crayston Webster, Land 
Agent and Surveyor, Kendal. Prize Essay 1 
II. — On the Temperature of the Sea, and its Influence on the 
Climate and Agriculture of the British Isles. By Nicholas 
Whitley, F.M.S 38 
III. — Town Milk. By John Chalmers Morton 69 
IV. — Ploughing-in Green Crops. By Peter Love 99 
V. — Ploughing-in Green Crops. By G. Murray 103 
VI.— Ploughing-in Green Crops. By W. E. Wright 107 
Vn.— The Food of the People. By Harry Chester 109 
VIII. — On Land Drainage and Improvement by Loans from Govern- 
ment or Public Companies. By 'J. Bailey Denton, Mem. 
Inst. C.E., F.G.S. Prize Essay 123 
IX. — The Farming Customs and Covenants of England. By C. 
Cadle. Prize Essay 144: 
X. — On the Solubility of Phosphatic Materials, with Special Ee- 
ference to the Practical Efficacy of the various Forms in which 
Bones are used in Agriculture. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 176 
XI. — Keport on the Trials of Fixed and Portable Steam-Engines at 
the Bury St. Edmund's Meeting, 1867 196 
Xn. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in 
the Metropolis. By Robert Herbert 199 
XTII. — Prizes to Engine-Drivers. A Letter addressed to the Editor 
by W. WeUs 204 
XIV. — On the Use of Home-grown Timber when prepared with a 
CTi Solution of Lime. A Letter addressed to the Editor by 
Arthur Bailey Denton 208 
J>. XV.— Agricultural Returns of 1866 and 1867. By James Lewis .. 214 
^ XVI. — Farming of Huntingdon. By Gilbert Murray. Prize Essay 251 
XVII. — History of the Rise and Progress of Hereford Cattle. By H. 
^ H. Dixon. Prize Essay 277 
^ XVin. — On Clover Allies as Fodder Plants. By James Buckman, 
F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., Professor of Geology and Rural Economy 290 
XIX. — On the Composition and Nutritive Value of Trifohum striatum, 
a new kind of Clover. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker 300 
XX. — On the Construction and Heating of Dairy and Cheese Rooms. 
By Joseph Harding. Prize Essay 303 
XXI. — Danish Dairy Farming. By John Wilson, Professor Agri- 
culture in the University of Edinburgh 312 
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