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Miscellaneous Articles, 138 



Essays, 143 



Awards to County Societies, 144 



Essay on Thorough Draining, 145 



Essay on Manures, and their Application, 169 



Essay on the Cultivation and the Management of Wheat, 193 



Communications, (fee, 221 



Short Horn Cow " Shaker Lady," Crippen & Freeman, 223 



The Potato, by E. C.Roberts, 227 



The Potato, by Edward Mason, 233 



Annual Address, 25 1 



Executive Meeting, Dec. 17, 1855, 263 



Report of the Secretary, 263 



Award to County Agricultural Societies, 274 



Rules and Regulations, 275 



Report of Finance Committee, _ 276 



Michigan — Historical and Statistical, 283 



.Sketches of Detroit,.. „ 304 



■City Statistics, _. ....304 



The Detroit River, 325 



Climate, ._ 326 



Elevations, 327 



Steamboat Routes, 329 



Railroads, 330 



Distances from Detroit, 346 



Plankroads, 348 



The Saut Ste. Marie Ship Canal, 351 



Geological Survey, 355 



Glossary of Geological Terms, __ 386 



Report of Doct. J. Wright, Botanist of the Geological Survey, 396 



Meteorological Observations for 1855, 425 



Table showing the Rain Fall at Detroit from the year 1840 to 1855, 429 



Reports of County Agricultural Societies for the year 1865, 431 



Report of Allegan County Agricultural Society, 433 



Report of Branch County Agricultural Society, 441 



Report of Calhoun County Agricultural Society, 461 



