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Accounts, how they should be kept, 113, 115, 229, 231, 233 



Advancement, means of, 6, 28, 85, 87, 88 



Agricultural education, need of, 6, 46, 72, 143 



Agricultural labor, results of, . . . . .- . . . . 8, 13, 23, 26, 28 



Agriculture, what should be our aim in ? 32, 33, 45, 57, 59 



Agriculture, encouragement of, 67, 71 



Apples, cultivation of, 106, 149, 150 



Artificial swarming, 222, 224 



Ayrshire cow, characteristics of, . 91, 194, 196 



Ayrshire and Worcester Co., 37, 38 



Barn cellar, convenience of a, 104, 109 



Bam, plan of, 96, 104, 107, 109, 237, 238 



Bee culture, report on, 221, 223, 227 



Blood stock, report on, 183, 185, 187 



Breeding of stock, f . 36,39,40,91,100,134,195,198 



Breeding, principles of, 39, 195, 198, 200 



Butter making, requisites for 39, 42, 107, 217, 219, 220 



Calves, raising of, 202, 204 



Cattle, the breeds of our, 36,58,61,91,100,195,196,199,201 



Cheese, a good market for, 43, 61, 193 



Composts, formation of, 101 



Concord grape, culture of the, 133, 142, 148 



Cotswold sheep, something about, 39, 59, 61 



Country, duty to the, . . . ... . . . 16, 17, 29, 47, 75, 88, 89 



Courage, what it does, 9, 10, 12, 29 



Cranberry, cultivation of the, 108,153,155,157,159 



Crops of the year, 91,96,98,110 



Dairy, reports on the, ^ . . . 217, 220 



Dairying, importance of, . . • 42, 61, 107, 192, 104 



Delaware grape, quality of the, 133,142,148 



Domestic industry, products of, 19, 22, 23 



Drainage, effects of, 62, 63, 109, 113,* 118 



Early lambs, profits of, 207,209,215 



Economy, what is true ? 9,11 



Education, want of agricultural, 2,6,7,72,88 



Energy, culture of, 1, 8, 26, 28, 88 



Expenditure, economy of liberal, 9, 11, 13 



Experiments are needed, 60, 113 



