THE

JOURNAL

OF THE

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

OF ENGLAND.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

1840.

PART IV.

NEW EDITION.

PRACTICE WITH SCIENCE.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

MDCCCXLIII.

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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, Stamford Street.

CONTENTS OF PART I., VOL. I.

ARTICLE

I.-Some Introductory Remarks on the present State of Agricul-

ture as a Science in England. By Ph. Pusey, Esq., M.P..

II. On the Selection of Male Animals in the Breeding of Cattle

and Sheep. By the Right Hon. Earl Spencer, President

of the Society

III.-On Deanstonizing, as distinguished from and compared with

the Furrow-Draining and Deep-Ploughing of the Mid-

land Counties of England. By the Right Hon. Sir James

Graham, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., &c.

IV.—Report of several Operations in Deanstonizing at Oakley Park,

Shropshire. From the Hon. R. H. Clive, M.P.

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V.-Account of Subsoil-Ploughing on a Dry Soil at Heckfield,

Hants. By C. S. Lefevre, Esq., M.P.

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VI.-Account of an Experiment on the relative Values of several

Varieties of Wheat. By John Morton, Esq.

VII-On Gas-Water as a Manure. By John Paynter, Esq.

VIII.-An Essay on the Analysis of Soils. By the Rev. W. L.

Rham, A.M.

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IX. On the Progress of Agriculture in Scotland since the forma-
tion of the Highland Society. By Mr. John Dudgeon

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