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THE

JOURNAL

OF THE

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

OF ENGLAND.

VOLUME 63.

(BEING THE SIXTY-THIRD VOLUME ISSUED SINCE THE
FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE JOURNAL IN 1839.)

PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE.

LONDON :

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1902.

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EXTRACT FROM THE SOCIETY'S BYE-LAWS
(Dating from the Foundation of the Society):—

The Society will not be responsible for the accuracy

of the statements or conclusions contained in the several

papers in the Journal, the authors themselves being solely responsible."

By transfer from
Pat. Once Lib.
April 1914.

[Reproduced from an Engraving by F. BARTOLOZZI, R.A., after J. R. SMITH.]

William Cobbett

Special Articles.

By ALBERT JULIAN PELL.

The Continuous Growth of Mangels for Twenty-seven years on the

same Land, Barn Field, Rothamsted

(With Nine Illustrations)

By A. D. HALL, M.A., Director of the Rothamsted

Experimental Station.

Agricultural Co-operation in Italy.

By BOLTON KING.

The Valuation of Unexhausted Manures obtained by the Consump-

tion of Foods by Stock (With Three Diagrams)

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By J. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER, M.A., B.SC., PH.D., and

A. D., HALL, M.A.

Orchard and Bush-Fruit Pests and How to Combat Them

. 115

(With Twelve Illustrations)

By CECIL WARBURTON, M.A., F.Z.S.

Experiments at Rothamsted on the Changes in the Composition

of Mangels during Storage. II.

By N. H. J. MILLER, PH.D.

. 135

The Manuring of Garden and Allotment Crops

142

By PHILIPPE L. DE VILMORIN.

The Carlisle Meeting, 1902 (With a Plan and Ten Plates)

164

By THE ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Carlisle

204

(With Twenty-three Illustrations)

By WALTER L. BOURKE.

Official Reports.

Report of the Council to the Anniversary General Meeting of

Governors and Members, May 22, 1902

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Report of the Council to the Half-Yearly General Meeting of

Governors and Members, December 11, 1902

Annual Report for 1901 of the Principal of the Royal Veterinary

College

By PROFESSOR J. MCFADYEAN, M.B., B.SC., C.M.

Annual Report for 1902 of the Consulting Chemist

By J. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER, M.Å., B.Sc., PÍ D.

Annual Report for 1902 of the Consulting Botanist

(With Ten Illustrations)

By WILLIAM CARRUTHERS, F.R.S.

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Annual Report for 1902 of the Zoologist (With Two Illustrations) . 296

By CECIL WARBURTON, M.A., F.Z.S.

The Woburn Experimental Station of the Royal Agricultural

Society of England (With Seren Illustrations).

I.-Field Experiments, 1901 .

II.-Feeding Experiments, 1901-1902

III. Pot-Culture Experiments, 1901

By J. AUGUSTUS VOELCKER, M.A., B.SC., PH.D.

Report to the National Agricultural Examination Board on the

Results of the Third Examination for the National Diploma

in Agriculture

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Report of the National Agricultural Examination Board on the

Results of the Seventh Examination for the National Diploma

in Dairying

367

Recent Evidence as to the Identity of Human and Bovine

Tuberculosis .

Wool Prices in Great Britain (With a Diagram)

. 387

. 395

By R. J. THOMPSON.

The Production of British Wool (With Three Illustrations)

By JONAS M. WEBB.

A Case under Section 6 of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875.

By S. B. L. DRUCE.