JOURNAL

OF THE

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

OF ENGLAND,

VOLUME THE TWENTY-FIRST.

PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1860.

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.

VON THAER, Principles of Agriculture.

STATISTICS:-

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CONTENTS OF VOL. XXI..

Meteorology, for the six months ending June 30, 1860

Weekly Average of Wheat

Meteorology, for the six months ending December 31, 1860

ARTICLE

I.-On the Agriculture of Berkshire. By J. B. Spearing

II. The Mechanical Condition of the Soil favourable for the

Growth of Seed. By Professor Tanner

III.-Essay on Recent Improvements in Dairy Practice. By

James Fulton ..

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IV.-Recent Improvements in Dairy Practice. By Joseph Harding 82

V.-On the Composition of two Varieties of Kohl-Rabi and of

Cattle-Cabbage. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker

VI.-On the Composition and Nutritive Properties of Mangold-

pulp (the Refuse of Beet-root Distilleries). By Dr. Augustus

Voelcker

VII. On the Chemical Properties of Soils. By Dr. Augustus

Voelcker

VIII. The Drainage of Whittlesea Mere. By W. Wells

IX.-The Proper Office of Straw on a Farm. By Henry Evershed 153

X.-Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption in

the Metropolis. By Robert Herbert

XI.-Report of Experiments on the Growth of Red Clover by

different Manures. By J. B. Lawes, Esq., F.R.S., F.C.S.,

and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, F.R.S., F.C.S. Part I.

XII.-On the Moveable Steam-Engine. By P. H. Frere

XIII.-Remarks on the Composition of the Blood, and principally

with Reference to those Diseases of Cattle and Sheep in which

the Fluid undergoes 'important Pathological Changes. By

James Beart Simonds, Professor of Cattle Pathology at the

Royal Veterinary College, Veterinary Inspector to the Royal

Agricultural Society, &c.

XV. On the Modifications of the Four-course Rotation, which

Modern Improvements have rendered advisable. By P. D.

Tuckett

XVI.-Report upon the Past and Present State of the Agriculture

of the Danish Monarchy; its Products, with Comparative

Tables of Exports. By Harry Rainals

XVII. On the Application of the Manure of the Farm. By Professor

Tanner. Prize Essay

XVIII. On the Chemical Composition and Commercial Value of

Norwegian Apatite, Spanish Phosphorite, Coprolites, and

other Phosphatic Materials used in England for Agricultural

Purposes. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker ..

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