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BRITISH
FARMER'S MAGAZINE.
NEW SERIES.
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.-DR. JOHNSON.
VOL. VI.
LONDON:
J. RIDGWAY & SONS, 169, PICCADILLY.
1842.
LIVERPOOL:
PRINTED BY J. F. CANNELL, 18, CASTLE-STREET.
On the Great Antiquity of many of the Practices of Modern Agriculture..
On the Destruction of Snails and Slugs
New variety of Rice
Mr. C. W. Johnson on the Effects of Temperature upon Plants..
Markethill Agricultural Dinner
On the Economy of Small Farms
Agricultural Publications as Prizes for Superior Cultivation, &c.
On the Habits of Moles, Hedgehogs, Rooks, &c....
Mr. Gray on the State of the Country; or the Statistic History of 1841..
Mr. C. Williams on Harvesting and Dressing Corn in Wet Weather..
Swedish Method of Securing Corn in Sheaves..
Gapes in Chickens
On the Effects of Hoar Frost
Test for White Clover and Trefoil Seeds..
Notices of New Publications-A Popular Treatise on Agricultural Chemistry;
The Quarterly Journal of Agriculture; The Sporting Magazine; The Ve-
terinarian; The Farmer's Encyclopædia; Vindication of a Fixed Duty on
Corn; Condition of the Agricultural Classes of Great Britain and Ireland;
and, The Book of the Farm.
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On the Chemical Principles involved in Vegetation, and the Agency of Manures.
By R. H. Brett, Ph.D., F.L.S., &c.
Second Annual Report of the Stoke Ferry Farmer's Club
Mr. James Magee on the Use of Lime in Agriculture
Quick Method of Raising Whitethorn Plants..
Spring Show of the Kerry Farming Society
Report of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
Folding Sheep....
How to form a Bowling-green
Mr. Cadogan Williams on the Application of Steam to Agriculture
Experiments with Manures....
Utility of Science to Agriculture..
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The National and the Local Agricultural Societies
Mr. C. W. Johnson on some of the Influences of Light, &c., on Vegetation
On Cottage Economy and Cookery. Compiled by French Burke, Esq., from
Essays submitted to the Royal English Agricultural Society..
Notices of New Publications.
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Liebig's Organic Chemistry applied to Agriculture, Reviewed by Dr. Schleiden..
Artificial Guano....
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On the Comparative Advantages of Raw and Boiled Grain as Food for Farm