INDEX. 



Agricult^ire, application of science to, 

 as a business, 

 Conservative influence of. 

 Dependence of other interests on. 

 Importance of, 

 Improvements in, 

 Present condition, in Maine, 

 Legislation relative to. 

 Wants of, 

 Agricultural Societies useful and necessary, 

 when organized, 

 power and duties of, 

 Implements, 



Statements on. 

 Analysis of soils, 

 Apples, list of best varieties, 



for Stock, 

 Ayrshire Cattle, 



Bounties to encourage production, 

 Breadstuffs, supply of. 

 Carrots, value of, 

 Cherrif s, list of best sorts. 

 Circular, copy of. 

 Cranberries, 

 Dairy Cows, Points of, 

 Devons, North, 



Scale of Points for, 

 Draining, soils improved by, 



a security against drought. 

 Tile, 



Report of Bangor Horticultural Society on, 

 Letter of B. F. Nourse on. 

 Diffusion of knowledge among Farmers, 

 Durham, or Improved Short Horn Cattle, 



Scale of Points for. 

 Emigration, 

 Farmers' Clubs, 

 Farm accounts necessary. 

 Forests, influence of, on climate. 

 Frost, action of, on drained land. 

 Fruit culture, 



Fruit trees of western growth. 

 Geological survey, 



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