CONTENTS  OF  PART  I.,  VOL.  XL 
ARTICLE  PACE 
I. — On  the  Climate  of  the  British  Islands  in  its  Effect  on  Cultiva- 
tion. By  Nicholas  Whitley,  Surveyor,  Truro.  Prize  Essay  1 
I r. — On  the  Purik  Sheep  of  Thibet.  Communicated  by  Com- 
mand of  II.  R.  H.  The  Prince  Albert  . . . .63 
III.  — On  the  Absorbent  Power  of  Soils.  By  H.  S.  Thompson  . 68 
IV.  — On  the  Farming  of  Sussex.  By  John  Farncombe.  Prize 
Report  . . . . . . . . .75 
V. — On  Winter  Feeding  of  Sheep.  By  Captain  the  Hon.  Dudley 
Pelham,  R.N.,  M.P 88 
VI. — The  Improvement  of  Land  by  Warping,  chemically  considered. 
By  Thornton  J.  Ilerapath  ......  93 
VII. — On  the  Accurate  Levelling  of  Drains.  By  Colonel  Challoner  114 
VIII. — Farming  of  Gloucestershire.  By  John  Bravender.  Prize 
Report  . . . . . . . . .116 
IX. — On  the  Cheapest  and  most  Effectual  Mode  of  Repairing  the 
Banks  of  Tidal  Rivers  flowing  through  Alluvial  Soils. 
From  G.  S.  Poole  . . . . . . .178 
X. — On  Diy  Warping  at  Hatfield  Chase.  By  Wm.  Edwards  . 180 
XI. — Destruction  of  the  Wire-worm.  From  J.  M.  II.  Charnoek  . 183 
XII. — On  the  proper  Quantity  of  Seed  for  Wheat.  By  R.  Birch 
Wolfe ' . .184 
XIII.  — Farm-Buildings.  From  II.  S.  Thompson  ....  186 
XIV.  — Essay  on  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings.  By  Sir  Thomas 
Tancred,  Bart.  Prize  Essay  . . . . .192 
XV. — On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings.  By  John  Ewart  . 215 
XVI. — On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings.  By  W.  C.  Spooner 
and  John  Elliott  ........  270 
