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Farmers can improve their condition, address on, 68, 74 



Farm implements, capital invested in, 33 



Farm lands, value of in the United States, 26 



Farmers in New England need not be discouraged, 11 



Farm accounts should be strictly kept, 35 



Farming, does it pay ? addi-ess on, 24, 30, 36 



Farms, statements on, 110,113,114 



Fay, Peter, statement of, 115,116 



Fearing, Albert, statement of, 147 



Fertilizers, modes of applying;, 106, 107, 110, 111 



Fertilizers, value of, 82 



Fertilizing agents must be returned to the soil, 21 



Food of Ijirds, 194, 200, 209 



Food of birds, tabular view of, 207, 208 



Forests, essay on, 90, 96 



Forests, functions of, 90, 91, 92 



Forests, importance of growth of, 73, 90, 96 



French, J. D. W., statement of, 139 



Fruits, reports on, 148, 150, 156 



Goodrich, H. G., essay by 75, 79 



Grade stock, report on, 171, 173 



Grass seed, time of sowing, 129 



Grass, time for cutting, 130 



Graves, M. C, statement of, 168, 169 



Gregory J. J. H., statement of, 141, 142, 143 



Harvesting hay, time for, 130 



Hay crop, how it may be increased, 2, 14, 70, 116, 117 



Hay crop, statements on, 127, 133 



Hay versus roots, 131 



Hill, John, report by, 179, 182 



Howe, Joseph S., report by 120, 125 



How to protect burds, 202, 203 



Importance of forest gi-owing, 73, 90, 96 



Income from farming operations in the United States, 33 



Indian com, cost of raising, 136 



Indian corn, statements on, 133, 137, 139 



Insect-eating birds, essay on, 194, 200, 209 



Insects, increase of, 201 



Interests of labor, 48 



Jerseys, characteristics of, 157, 160, 161 



Jerseys, report on, 157 



Jones, George H., report by, 157, 162 



Labor, interests of, 



Land, preparation of for grass, 131 



Loring, George B., address by, 10, 12, 16 



Macy, Alexander, Jr., report by, 171, 173 



McMahan, P., statement of, 133 



Mangolds, statements on, 139, 145 



Manhood and agriculture, address on, 16, 20, 24 



Manures, report on, 106 



Milch cows, statements on, 155, 157, 162, 168 



Mining in South Carolina phosphates, 103, 104 



