THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY " OF ENGLAND. VOLUME THE FIFTH. 1845. PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXLV. S3 R8 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 Sona, Stamford Street. CONTENTS OF VOLUME V. PAGE 1 II.—On the Jersey, misnamed Alderney, Cow. By Colonel Le Couteur, of Belle Vue, in the Island of Jersey III. Further Account of the Tussac Grass. In a Despatch from IV.-An Essay on the Comparative Advantages in the Employment of Horses and Oxen in Farm Work. By James Cowie, 112 V.-The Farming of Cheshire. By William Palin. Prize Report 57 VI.-Method of Growing Beans and Cabbages on the same Ground. VII.-On the Improvement of Cold and Heavy Soils by the Appli- VIII-1. On the Influence of Water on the Temperature of Soils. 2. On the Quantity of Rain-Water and its Discharge by XI.-Observations on the Natural History and Economy of the Insects called Wireworms, affecting the Turnips, Corn- Crops, &c.; also of their Parents the Elaters or Beetles, called Skip-jacks, Click-beetles, &c. By John Curtis, XIII.-An Essay on Fat and Muscle. By W. F. Karkeek, Veterinary XIV.-Experiments with Salt and other Manurès upon Oats, Barley, |