THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. SECOND SERIES. VOLUME THE SIXTH. PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 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. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET ARTICLE CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. VI. SECOND SERIES. PAGE 1.-Report on the Agriculture of Belgium: the Result of a Journey made at the request of the Council by Dr. Augustus Voelcker, and H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. (Reporter) II.-Farm Labourers, their Friendly Societies, and the Poor Law. By the Rev. J. Y. Stratton, Rector of Ditton, Kent III.-On Straw Chaff. By Samuel Jonas. Letter to H. M. Jenkins, .. 1 87 119 . 127 140 Esq. IV.-Reports on Steam Cultivation by Machinery let by the Landlord, as practised on the Northumberland Estate of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. By Jos. Snowball, Chief Agent.. 121 V.-The Potato in Jersey. By C. P. Le Cornu. Prize Essay VI.-Report of the Consulting Chemist for 1869 VII.-Field Experiments on Mangolds. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker.. 150 VIII.-On Beet-root-Pulp. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker IX.-Report on Cheshire Dairy-farming. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. 163 X.-Report on the American Cheese-factory System, and its adaptability to English Dairy Districts. By H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S. 173 XI.-On the Treatment of the Reclaimed Bog-land of Whittlesea Mere. By W. Wells, M.P. XII.-Village Sanitary Economy. By J. Bailey Denton, M. Inst. C.E., Agricultural and Sanitary Engineer .. 155 203 208 APPENDIX. List of Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1870 Reports of the Council to the General Meeting, December 9, 1869 Cash Account and Balance-sheet, from 1st July to Dec. 31, 1869 Memoranda of Meetings, Payment of Subscription, &c. |