I^DEX TO ABSTRACT. 



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Adams, John Quincy, address by, 50, 57 



Adams, P. D., statement of, 80 



Advantage of near markets, 4 



Amount of capital needed for success in farming, 1, 6, 9 



Ayrshires as dairy stock, • . 94, 95, 96 



Bone dust and its value as a fertilizer, 27, 28 



Books, value of, 35, 36 



Boston, increase of population of, 51 



Bradford, A. S., report by, 63, 66, 67, 69 



Capital in farming, necessity for, . . . 1, 6, 9 



Care should be exercised in selecting pear-trees, 70, 71 



Coming farmer, address on the, 50, 57 



Commercial fertilizers and their value 27, 28, 29, 30 



Dairy farming and its importance, 6, 55 



Dairy stock, statements on, 92, 94, 96, 98 



Dewey, Orville, address by, 31,35,38 



Dutch cattle, 97, 99, 100 



Dwarf pear-trees and their value, 70, 73 



Economy in farming essential, 1 J 2, 22, 23 



English hay and its value, 67 



Farmer's club, importance and value of, 35 



Farm improvements, reports on, . 58, 61, 65, 69 



Farming in the East and West compared, 2 



Farming interests, how affected by the currency, 10, 15, 21 



Farms which are most profitable 4, 40, 41, 53 



Fearing, Albert, statement of, 85 



Fertilizers, value of different, 4,6,27,29,53,66,67 



French, J. D. W., statement of, 94 



Gold and silver as reliable representatives of value, 12,15,21 



.Goodman, Richard, address by, 39, 46, 49 



Grade stock, report on, '. 103, 105 



Harden, B., statement of, . 91 



Henrick, H. G., statement of, 96, 97 



Hill, Mark F., statement of, 89 



Horse-trotting at agrieultm-al fairs, 25, 26 



How farming pays, address on, 39, 42, 46, 49 



How our lands should be worked, 2, 4, 7, 8, 22, 53, 57, 65, 66 



Hurd, Y. G., statement of, 79 



Importance of good roads, 23, 24 



Improvement of pastures, 61 



Improvement of sand plain, 60,61 



Improving wet meadow and swamp lands, 58 



Indian corn, statements on, 88 r 89, 90, 91 



Jerseys as dairy stock 92, 93 



Jerseys, statements on, , 92, 94 



