THE

QUARTERLY

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

VOL. XII.

JUNE 1841-MARCH 1842.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH,

AND 22 PALL MALL, LONDON.

MDCCCXLII.

CONTENTS.

I. Sketches of Normandy,

Page 1

II. Agricultural Researches, No. I.-On Reaping Wheat. By Mr

John Hannam, North Deighton, Yorkshire,

III. On Shelter. By Mr D. Bain, Edinburgh,

IV. On the Utility and Importance of Science to Agriculture. By

Mr Towers,

V. The early English Agricultural Writers-Thomas Tusser and

Sir Hugh Platt. By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding Mem-

ber of the Maryland Horticultural Society,

VI. Organic Chemistry.-No. I.,

Organic Chemistry in its applications to Agriculture and Physio-

logy. By Justice Liebig.

VII. On Insects most injurious to Vegetables and Animals, and the

means best calculated to counteract their Ravages.-No. IX.-Cheese

Maggot and Fly-Leaf-Mining Flies-Saw-flies. By James Duncan,

M.W.S.,

VIII. On the manner of procuring Peat-Fuel in the Highlands of

Scotland, with Illustrations of an Improved Method, founded on prac-

tical experience. By Mr John Sherar, Edinburgh,

IX. The Agriculturist's Note-Book.-No. XV.,

Horticultural Meetings, 151.-Brank or Buckwheat; by Mr Main,

Chelsea, 157.-The Scots Fir; by Mr Main, Chelsea,

X. Quarterly Agricultural Report:-The Weather-Crops-Alte-

ration of the Corn Laws,

XI. Tables of the Prices of Grain, Butcher-Meat, Wool, the Reve-

nue, &c.,

120

138

151

159

161

164

XII. Fiar Prices of Grain in Scotland for Crop and Year 1840,
XIII. On Liebig's Organic Chemistry.-No. II.,

167

169

XIV. The Agricultural Writers of the End of the Sixteenth, and the

Early Part of the Seventeenth Centuries. By Cuthbert W. Johnson,

Esq., Corresponding Member of the Maryland Horticultural Society,

XVI. On Hill-Shelter. By Mr D. Bain, Edinburgh,

XVII. On Insects most injurious to Vegetables and Animals, and

the means best calculated to counteract their Ravages.-No. X.-The

Hawthorn, the Gooseberry, and Osier Saw-Flies. By James Dun-

M.W.S.,

can,

XVIII. Agriculturist's Note-Book.-No. XVI.,

Naturalization of the Alpaca, 266.-Nitrate of Soda; by Mr

Towers, 277.- Horses, 282.- Canvass Sheds as Shelter for

Sheep; by Mr Colin Monro, Dingwall, 290.-Drill-Dibbling

Machine for Turnips; by Mr James Sidey, Smith and Farrier,

Pitcairn Green, near Perth, 293; A Register for Farm Ser-

vants, 296; Impropriety of Shewing Over-fed Hill Sheep; by Mr

William Hogg, Shepherd, Peeblesshire, 299.—Comparative Trial

of Sheep Salves,

XIX. Quarterly Agricultural Report:- The Weather - Crops-

Corn-Law Agitation,

XX. Table of the Revenue, Prices of Grain, Butcher-Meat, and

Wool,

XXI. Statistical Observations on the Health of the Labouring Popu-

lation of the District of Kelso, in two Decennial Periods, from 1777 to

1788, and from 1829 to 1839. By Charles Wilson, M.D., Correspond-

ing Member of the Medical Society of London, &c., Surgeon to the

Kelso Dispensary,

197

218

231

252

266

302

306

314

. 317

XXII. On Insects most injurious to Vegetables and Animals, and

the means best calculated to counteract their ravages.-No. XI.-Up-

holsterer Bee-Ants-Wasps and Hornets-Gall-flies-Cabbage and
Garden Caterpillars. By James Duncan, M.W.S.,

XXIII. Account of the Great Meeting of the Highland and Agri-

cultural Society of Scotland at Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1841,

355

XXIV. Quarterly Agricultural Report:-The Weather-Crops,
XXV. Table of the Revenue, Prices of Grain, Butcher-Meat, and

Wool,

424

427

XXVI. On Home-Brewing and the Theory of Fermentation. By

Mr Towers, C.M.H.S.,

XXVII. The Agricultural Writers of the Middle and End of the

Seventeenth Century-Gabriel Plattes-Samuel Hartlib-John Wor-

lidge. By Cuthbert W. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding Member of

the Maryland Horticultural Society,

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