8 CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Class Proportion of Land Owners to Population Wages of Laborers 

 How England ijj_Fed Scotland a Wheat Growing Country Ameliora 

 tion of Climate through Agriculture Pedigree Cattle and Sheep France 

 Small Farming and Population Wheat Culture The Late War 

 Holland and the Low Countries A Model for California Deep Tillage 

 Diversity of Crops Use of Machinery Night-soil and Manures 

 Rotation Modern Germany Beet Culture Maize Culture in Austria 

 Russia our Rival in Wheat Conclusion. 38 



CHAPTER V. 



AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



American Independence due to the Farmers The South Atlantic States 

 Want of System Cotton and Tobacco Gov. Hammond on South Caro 

 lina Agriculture Georgia Silk Culture Gov. Collier on the Wants of 

 Alabama The Old Dominion and the Old Commonwealth contrasted 

 Emigration First Agricultural Societies and Journals established in the 

 South How diversified Industry would have secured Emancipation 

 Louisiana Texas 46 



CHAPTER VI. 



AGRICULTURE IN THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES. 



Value of Statistical Reports Highest average Yield of Wheat in Massachu 

 setts A Southern View of New England Value of Hay Crop Vermont 

 and the Wool Interest What the New England States raise and what 

 they eat The Empire State- Genesee Wheat The Weevil Fish and 

 Fur Culture Profits of Cheese and Butter Factories Mr. Arnold on 

 the Future of Dairying Pennsylvania New Jersey a Market Garden 

 Cranberry Culture Peach Culture in Delaware and Maryland 53 



CHAPTER VII. 



FARMING IN THE WESTERN STATES. 



The World s Granary Relative Value of Corn and Wheat Stock Farming 

 vs. Wheat Farming Improved Implements Trial of American Ma 

 chinesMissouri, Tennessee and Kentucky California and Oregon 

 Agriculture of the Catholic Missions John Gilroy and his Neighbors 

 Large Wheat Fields Enormous Crop of 1872 Market for California 

 Wheat Farmers not enriched by this Stream of Wealth Tonnage- 

 Prices California the Centre of Wine and Wool Production Table 

 Showing Yield and Price of Farm Products in each State for 1873: Ex 

 hibiting Value of Farm Property: Number of Persons engaged in Agri 

 culture and other Occupations Gl 



PART SECOND. 



THE FARMERS GREAT AWAKENING. 

 CHAPTER VIII. 



THE FARMERS IN COUNCIL. 



Gathering of the Clubs Mr. Hyatt s telling Report on Shipping Proposal 

 for a Convention Expression of Opinion A Summary of Complaints 



