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THE

JOURNAL

OF THE

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

OF ENGLAND.

VOLUME THE SIXTH.

PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

HARVARD
IVERSITY
RARY

THESE EXPERIMENTS, IT IS TRUE, ARE NOT EASY; STILL THEY ARE IN THE POWER OF EVERY HINKING 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.

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London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Sons, Stamford Street.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.

ARTICLE

I.-Agriculture of Nottinghamshire. By R. W. Corringham.

PAGE

II. On the Tenant's Right in Unexhausted Improvements, ac-

cording to the Custom of North Lincolnshire. By G. M.

Williams, Agent of the Earl of Yarborough

III.-On Securing to the Outgoing Tenant a Claim in Unexhausted

Improvements. From the Loughborough Agricultural

IV. An Experimental Inquiry into the Theory of the Action, and

the Practical Application, of Bones as a Manure for the

Turnip Crop. By John Hannam, Hon. Mem. of the New

York State Agricul. Soc., Author of the Economy of

Waste Manures,' &c. &c. &c. Prize Essay

V. Bones and Sulphuric Acid. By W. C. Spooner

VI.-On Fattening Cattle. By George Dobito. Prize Essay 74

VII.-On Reclaiming Heath Land. By John Watson, jun., Land

Agent, Kendal, Westmoreland. Prize Essay

VIII. A detailed Account of the making of Cheshire Cheese. By

Henry White, Land Agent and Surveyor, Warrington.

IX.-On the Cost of Drainage. By Josiah Parkes, Consulting

Engineer to the Society

X.-Letter on Deep Draining. By the Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot

XI. Observations on the Natural History and Economy of various

Insects affecting the Corn-Crops, including a Saw-Fly,

the Hessian Fly, the Wheat-Midge, and the Barley-

Midge. By John Curtis, F.L.S., Corresponding Member

of the Imperial and Royal Georgofili Society of Florence,

of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, &c. 131

By E. Bowly. Prize Essay

XII.-On One-Horse Carts.

XIII. On the Prevention of Curl and Dry-Rot in Potatoes. By

XIV.-Comparison of Guano with other Manures.

XV.—On the St. John's-day Rye. By Ph. Pusey, M.P.

XVI.-On a variety of Rye as Green Fodder. By Robert Baker . 179

XVII.-An Account of Improvement of a Shaking Bog at Meare in

Somersetshire. By Erasmus Galton

XVIII. On the Advantage of very Shallow Cultivation upon a

light Moory Farm in Gloucestershire. By Henry Parker 187

XIX.-On the Advantage of Thick Sowing. By David Barclay,

XX.-On Fences. By James Grigor. Prize Essay

XXI.-Report to the Honourable Robert Henry Clive of his

Poles Farm Improvements, effected by Thorough

Draining. Continued from Journal, vol. iv.,

XXII. On the Farming of Kent. By George Buckland, Land-

Agent. Prize Report

XXIII.-Report on the Exhibition of Implements at the Shrews-

bury Meeting in 1845. By Josiah Parkes, Consulting

Engineer to the Society

XXIV.-On Superphosphate of Lime. By Ph. Pusey, M.P.

XXV.--On the Use of the Spanish Phosphorite as a Manure.

XXVI. On the Spanish Phosphorite and other Manures. By Sir

Harry Verney, Bart.

XXVII. On the Advantage of Reducing the Size and Number of

Hedges. By William Cambridge

XXVIII.-On_the Disease in Potatoes. By the President, Lord

XXIX.-On the Cultivation of the Potato. By Henry Cox.

XXX.-Experiment in raising a Crop of Swedes upon barren

Land with artificial Manure. By the Rev. A.

XXXI. On the Breeding, Feeding, and General Management of

Sheep. By T. E. Pawlett

XXXII. On the Advantages of One-Horse Carts. By Jesse French 375

XXXIII.-An Essay on Gorser By Owen Owen Roberts, of Bangor.

To which Lord Kenyon's Prize was awarded

XXXIV. On the Advantages derived from the Use of One-Horse

Carts. By E. Loomes

XXXV. On the Farming of Cornwall. By W. F. Karkeek. Prize

XXXVI.-On the cheapest and best method of establishing a Tile-

Yard. By Frederick William Etheredge. Prize Es-

XXXVII.-Effect of burnt Clay on a crop of Wheat growing upon

very heavy Clay land. By Ph. Pusey, M.P.

XXXVIII. On the Necessity for the Reduction or Abolition of

Hedges. By J. H. Turner

XXXIX.-On Drilling Maiden Earth for Turnips. By R. S.

XL. On the Theory of Deep Draining. By the Rev. J. C.

XLI.-Observations on the Natural History and Economy of

yarious Insects, &c., affecting the Corn-crops, includ-

ing the parasitic Enemies of the Wheat-midge, the

Thrips, Wheat-louse, Wheat-bug, and also of the little

worm called Vibrio. By John Curtis, F.L.S.

XLII.-On converting a Moory Hill-side into Catch Meadow. By

John Roals, of Brendon Farm, Somersetshire.

XLIII. On the Cultivation and Preparation of Gorse as Food for

Cattle. By Sandham Elly

XLIV.-Experiment on the Action of Dung and of some Arti-

ficial Manures upon Beet-root. By Ph. Pusey, M.P.. 528

XLV. Two Lectures on the Nature and Causes of the Decay

in Potatoes. By Dr. Lyon Playfair, Consulting Chemist

MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTICES

I.-Stall-Feeding.-Some Experiments carried on in the Farm-

Yard at Belmont, in Cheshire, in the Winter 1844-1845.

By James H. Leigh.

II.-Experiments on the Shed-feeding of Sheep. By the Rev.

III.-On the Use of Sulphuric Acid with Bones as Compost. By

IV.-Trials of Sulphuric Acid and Bones for Turnips. By R. W.

V.-Addition to Paper on Hedges, in the last Number. By John

Grant, Surveyor and Land Agent

VI.-Drain Level. By S. H. Payne.

VII.-On an Improvement in the Mode of Attaching Horses to

Waggons. By J. H. Grieve

VIII.-Report on the Wheat selected for Trial at Southampton, and

on other Wheats. By W. Miles, M.P.

IX.-Report of Prize White Wheat, selected at Southampton, and

on two other sorts. By Earl Spencer

X.-On Deep Draining. By the Right Hon. C. Arbuthnot

XI.-Analysis of a Marl which, having been used for Manure,

rendered the subsequent Application of Bones inope-

rative. By Dr. Lyon Playfair

XII. On the application of Liquid Manure to a new variety of

Italian Rye Grass. By W. Dickinson

XIII.-Analysis of the Soil and Subsoil of a very Productive Field

near Sutton, in Norfolk. By Dr. Lyon Playfair

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