Vlll CONTENTS. 



Agricultural Fences and Enclosures, Josiah F. Willard 186 



Culture of Grasses, John Berkley 195 



Culture of Grasses, Thomas P. Turner 199 



The different Breeds of Neat Cattle, Thomas P. Turner 208 



Cattle Breeding, Urial H. Peak 221 



Dairying in Wisconsin, Benjamin F. Adams 228 



Flax Culture, John Galbraith 237 



The Culture of Vegetables as Farm Products, John W. Proctor 252 



On the Blight and Culture of the Potato, John Townley 255 



On tlie Alleged Transmutation of Wheat into Chess, John Townley 281 



Wild Rice, Joseph Bowrou 286 



The Moral Influences of Horticulture, John A. Kennicott, M.D 288 



Seedlings vs. Grafts, or Top Grafts vs. Root Grafts, F. K. Phoenix 294 



Description of Select Apples and Pears, Francis R. Elliott 300 



Well Digging a Science, Alfred Brunson 312 



The Mechanical and Manufacturing Arts, R. E. Ela 321 



Northern Vv^isconsin, its Capacities and its Wants, Albert G. Ellis 326 



Laying out Grounds, Floriculture, &c., Thomas Hislop 435 



Agricultural Education, John H. Lathrop 441 



VIII. 



Fauna and Flora of Wisconsin, I. A. Lapham 337 



Mammals 337 



Birds — Notes on the Ornithology of Wisconsin, Dr. P. R. Hoy 341 



Reptiles 365 



Fishes 366 



Mollusks - 367 



Fossils in the Rocks 370 



Plants 375 



Ifotes on the Woods of Wisconsin, Dr. P, R. Hoy 419 



IX. 

 Climate of Wisconsin 445 



Meteorological Observations made at Beloit College, 1852 446 



Meteorological Observations made at Milwaukee, 1852 449 



Meteorological Observations made at Aztalan, 1852 450 



Meteorological Observations made at Baraboo, 1852 451 



Meteorological Observations made at Kenosha, 1852 452 



Meteorological Observations made at Emerald Grove, Rock County, 1852 453 



Meteorological Observations made at Platteville, 1852 454 



Meteorological Observations made at Summit, Waukesha County, 1852 455 



