THESE EXPERIMENTS, IT IS TRUE, ARE NOT EASY; STILL THEY ARE IN THE POWER OF EVERY THINKING HUSBANDMAN, HE WHO ACCOMPLISHES BUT ONE, OF HOWEVER LIMITED APPLICATION, AND TAKES CARE TO REPORT IT FAITHFULLY, ADVANCES THE SCIENCE, AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE PRACTICE OF AGRICULTURE, AND ACQUIRES THEREBY A RIGHT TO THE GRATITUDE OF HIS FELLOWS, AND OF THOSE WHO COME AFTER. TO MAKE MANY SUCH IS BEYOND THE POWER OF MOST INDIVIDUALS, AND CANNOT BE EXPECTED. THE FIRST CARE OF ALL SOCIETIES FORMED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCIENCE SHOULD BE TO PREPARE THE FORMS OF SUCH EXPERIMENTS, AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE EXECUTION OF THESE AMONG THEIR MEMBERS.

VAN THAER, Principles of Agriculture.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET

AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XV.

SECOND SERIES.

STATISTICS :

Meteorology for the year 1878

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Imports of Corn, &c., British Wheat sold, and Average Prices
Acreage under each description of Crop, Fallow, and Grass;
and Number of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs in Great Britain
and Ireland, 1876, 1877, and 1878
Number of Beasts exhibited, and the Prices realised for them
at the Christmas Markets, since 1843 ..
Importations and Average Prices of certain Foreign and
Colonial Productions
Statistics of Dairy Produce, and Prices Current

PAGE

I-X

XI-XV

XVI, XVII

ARTICLE

L-Report on the Farm-Prize Competition of 1878. By Frederic
Beard, of Horton, near Canterbury ..

II.-Report on the System of Cheese-making practised on the Four
Prize Dairy Farms. By Thomas Jackson, of Tattenhall,
near Chester
III.-Report of the Senior Steward of Live Stock at Bristol. By
J. Shuttleworth, of Hartsholme Hall, Lincoln
IV.-Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Bristol. By James
H. Caird, Esq., of Northbrook, Micheldever, Hants

V.-Report on the Exhibition of Implements at Bristol. By J.
Hemsley, of Shelton, Newark, Senior Steward

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VI.-Report on the Trials of Sheaf-Binders and Miscellaneous Imple-
ments at Bristol. By John Coleman, of Riccall Hall, York ..
VII.-Report on the Trial of Dairy Implements and Machinery at
Bristol. By Gilbert Murray, of Elvaston, Derby..

VIII. Concluding Report on the Experiments at the Brown Institution on Pleuro-Pneumonia. By J. Burdon-Sanderson, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., late Superintendent of the Brown Institution. With an Appendix by W. Duguid, Esq., M.R.C.V.S., late Veterinary Surgeon at the Institution

IX.-The Agricultural Features of the Paris Exhibition. By William
Macdonald, Editor North British Agriculturist,' and James
Macdonald, Agricultural Reporter, 'Scotsman'

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132

157

X.-Report on the Dairy-Farming of the North-west of France. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., Secretary of the Society, and Editor of the Journal'

278

ARTICLE

PAGE

322

By H. Chandos-Pole

XL.-The late Sir William Miles, Bart., M.P., Vice-President, and Ex-President of the Society. By J. D. Dent and Sir B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, Vice-President of the Society XII. The late Mr. T. C. Booth, of Warlaby. Gell, of Hopton Hall, Derbyshire .. XIII.-Report on the Field and Feeding Experiments conducted at Woburn, on behalf of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, during the Year 1878. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S., Consulting Chemist to the Society

XIV.-Annual Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1878. By Dr.
Augustus Voelcker, F.R.S.

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XV.-Annual Report of the Consulting Botanist for 1878. By W.
Carruthers, F.R.S.

Additions to the Library in 1878
Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets in the Library, Dec. 31st,
1877
XVI.—Sutherland Reclamation. By Charles Gay Roberts, of Hasle-
mere, Surrey
XVII.-The Advantage of converting Cold Arable Clay Land into
Permanent Pasture, and the best Method of doing it. By
W. T. Carrington, of Croxden Abbey, Uttoxeter
XVIII.-Waste Hill Lands: How they may be Utilised by Pony
Breeding. By J. Nevill Fitt

XIX.-Cow-Keeping by Farm Labourers. By Henry Evershed
XX.-Notes on a Report of Victor Drummond, Esquire, on the
Foreign Commerce of the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1878. Washington, January 18, 1879. By
J. D. Dent, of Ribston Hall, Weatherby

XXI.-Report of the Senior Steward of Live Stock on the Inter-
national Exhibition at Kilburn, 1879. By W. Wells,
Senior Steward

XXII.-Report on the Exhibition of Horses at Kilburn. By the Hon.

XXIII.-Report on the British and Foreign Cattle exhibited at Kilburn.
By Thomas Bowstead, Edenhall, Cumberland

XXIV.-Report on the Exhibition of British and Foreign Sheep, Goats,
and Pigs, at Kilburn. By William Housman
XXV.-Report on Butter, Cheese, Provisions, &c., at Kilburn. By
Professor Baldwin, of Glasnevin, Dublin

XXVI.-Report on the Bees, Hives, Honey, and Manipulations with
Bees, at the Kilburn Show, 1879

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346

352

354

357

397

487

497

511

543

555

565

601

640

668

679

By Charles

XXVII.-Report upon the Exhibition of Hops at Kilburn.
Whitehead, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., of Barming House, Maid-
stone, Steward..

XXVIII.-Report on the Exhibition of Implements at Kilburn. By G.
H. Sanday, of Wensley House, Bedale, Senior Steward
XXIX.-Report on the Exhibition of Implements; Award of Medals,
&c., at the International Meeting at Kilburn. By John
Coleman, of Riccall Hall, York

688

ARTICLE.

XXX.-Report on the Trial of Railway Waggons intended for the Conveyance of Fresh Provisions. By John Coleman, of

Riccall Hall, York

XXXI.-Report of the Judges of Farm Plans sent in for Competition at the London International Exhibition, 1879. By J. Bailey Denton

XXXII.-Report upon the Market-Garden and Market Garden Farm
Competition. 1879. By Charles Whitehead, Barming
House, Maidstone

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759

774

832

APPENDIX.

PAGE

List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1879
Standing Committees for 1879

Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 12, 1878,

i, xlix

iii, li

v, liii

Half-yearly Cash Account from 1st July to 31st December, 1878,
and from 1st January to 24th June, 1879 ..

Yearly Cash Account from 1st January to 31st December, 1878
Country Meeting Account: Bristol, 1878

London Meeting, 1879: Schedule of Prizes, &c.
Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscriptions, &c.
Members' Veterinary Privileges

Guide to the Purchase of Artificial Manures and Feeding Stuffs
Members' Botanical and Entomological Privileges
List of Stewards and Judges, and award of Prizes at Kilburn
Agricultural Education: Examination Papers, 1879
Members' Chemical Privileges

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List of Members.

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

List of Members at the end.

The Binder is desired to collect together all the Appendix matter, with Roman numeral folios, and place it at the end of each volume of the Journal, excepting Titles and Contents, and Statistics, &c., which are in all cases to be placed at the beginning of the Volume; the lettering at the back to include a statement of the year as well as the volume; the first volume belonging to 1839-40, the second to 1841, the third to 1842, the fourth to 1843, and so on.

In Reprints of the Journal all Appendix matter and, in one instance, an Article in the body of the Journal (which at the time had become obsolete), were omitted; the Roman numeral folios, however (for convenience of reference), were reprinted without alteration in the Appendix matter retained.

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