iv Index. 



Finances of the Society 28 



Hard Timber 21 



Irrigation and Reclamation 25 



Immigration 17 



Incumbrances to the State's Prosperity 14 



Library 27 



Lessons of the Drought of 1863-4 3 



Land Monopolies 15 



Practical Figures 13 



Real Estate and Permanent Improvements 26 



Eelative Property Considerations 19 



Scarcity of Timber 29 



Stock 8 



The Fence Question 19 



The Work of the State Agricultural Society 9 



The Society's Annual Fairs 9 



The Reports of the Society 10 



Compilation of Laws relating to the State Agricultural Society 31 



Constitution of the State Agricultural Society 37 



Claims for the Gold Medals for 1870— 



First Department 140 



Second Department 144 



Third Department 149 



Fourth Department 152 



Fifth Department 155 



Sixth Department 159 



Seventh Department 163 



Claims for the Gold Medals for 1871— 



First Department 262 



Second Department 265 



Third Department 282 



Fourth Department 285 



Fifth Department 293 



Sixth Department 303 



Seventh Department 305 



Census Statistics for 1870, prepared by William Gouverneur Morris, United States 



Marshal 364 



Financial Report of the State Agricultural Society for 1S71 215 



First Meeting of the Board of Directors for 1872 412 



Farmers' Gardens, by I. N. Hoag 328 



Hedge or Live Fences, by I. N. Hoag 350 



Meteorological Report, prepared by Thomas M. Logan, M. D 354 



Officers of the State Board of Agriculture for 1870 44 



Officers of the State Board of Agriculture for 1871 198 



Opening Address, delivered by Charles F. Reed, President, before the State Agricul- 

 tural Society, in 1870 74 



Opening Address, delivered by Charles F. Reed, President, before the State Agricul- 

 tural Society, in 1871 199 



Premiums Awarded in 1870 — 



First Department 110 



Second Department 117 



