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CONTENTS  OF  VOL.  XI. 
ARTICLE  PAGE 
XVIII. — Farm  Buildings.  By  Thomas  Sturgess  ....  288 
XIX. — On  the  Construction  of  Farm-Buildings.  By  C.  P.  Tebbutt  300 
XX. — On  the  Mischief  arising  from  Draining  certain  Clay  Soils  too 
deeply.  From  W.  B.  Webster  . . . . .311 
XXI.  — On  the  Power  of  Soils  to  absorb  Manure.  By  J.  Thomas 
Way,  Consulting  Chemist  to  the  Society  . . . 313 
XXII.  — On  the  Progress  of  Agricultural  Knowledge  during  the  last 
Eight  Years.  By  Ph.  Pusey,  M.P.  ....  381 
XXIII. — Observations  on  the  Injuries  sustained  by  certain  Plants  from 
the  Attacks  of  Parasitic  Fungi ; with  particular  reference 
to  the  cause  of  the  Potato  Disease.  By  F.  J.  Graham, 
B.A.,  F.L.S 443 
XXIV.— Report  on  the  Exhibition  and  Trial  of  Implements  at  the 
Exeter  Meeting,  1850.  By  Colonel  Challoner  . . 452 
XXV. — On  the  Kohl-Rabi.  By  J.  Towers  ....  495 
XXVI. — Fourth  Report  on  the  Analysis  of  the  Ashes  of  Plants.  By 
J.  Thomas  Way  and  G.  H.  Ogston  ....  497 
XXVII. — Diseases  of  Cattle  and  Sheep  occasioned  by  Mismanagement. 
By  W.  Floyd  Karkeek.  Prize  Essay  ....  541 
XXVIII. — On  the  Cost  of  Agricultural  Buildings.  By  George  Dean  558 
XXIX. — On  the  Breeding  and  Management  of  Pigs.  By  Thomas 
Rowlandson.  Prize  Essay  . . . . .574 
XXX. — On  Irrigation  as  practised  in  Switzerland.  From  Henry  T. 
J.  Jenkinson  ........  607 
XXXI. — On  the  Advantages  of  using  a proportion  of  Rape-cake  as 
Food  for  Stock.  By  J.  H.  Charnock  ....  612 
XXXII. — Climate  of  the  British  Islands  in  its  Effect  on  Cultivation. 
By  B.  Simpson  .......  617 
XXXIII. — On  the  Farming  of  Somersetshire.  By  Thomas  Dyke  Acland, 
jun.  Prize  Report  .......  666 
XXXIV. — Miscellaneous  Results  from  the  Laboratory.  By  J.  Thomas 
Way,  Consulting  Chemist  to  the  Society  . . . 764 
APPENDIX. 
Council  and  Officers  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England, 
1849-1850  
Honorary  Members  ......... 
Report  of  the  Council  to  the  General  Meeting,  December  15,  1849  . i 
Statement  of  Half-yearly  Account  ending  June  30,  1849  . . . x 
