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Farms, capital in, 44, 45, 78, 111 



Farms, reports on, . . ' . 91, 101, 110, 112, 117, 120 



Farming, business of, 45, 46, 49, 51 



Farming, elements of success in, !> 5) 8, 42, 70, 108 



Farming of New England, character of the, ... 31, 33, 58, 61, 73, 84, 91, 115 



Farmer, life of the, 48,76,78,82,85 



Farmer, relations of the, 66,77 



Farmers, classes of, 77, 79, 81 



Farmers, intellectual condition of, 82, 83, 85, 88 



Farm buildings, what these should be, 95, 96, 183, 186, 220, 237 



Farm accounts, importance of keeping, 113, 115, 229 



Feeding, effect of, 40, 58, 98, 106 



Flax, statements on, . 177, 179, 182 



Flax, the raising of, 177, 178, 179, 181 



Fertility, means of increasing, ' . • • .62, 63, 74 



Fruits, reports on, 133, 141, 147, 148 



Gentleman, what constitutes the ? 80, 82 



Grafting the grape, . . . • • • 137 



Grape, cultivation of the, 133,137,140,143,145 



Grape, varieties of the, 134, 136 



Grain crops, statements on, 159, 161, 162 



Grasses for pasturage, 58, 63, 106 



Grasses, time to cut for hay, 97, 98, 99 



Grazing the characteristic of our farming, .... 33, 35, 40, 42, 57, 100 



Hay crop, how to make the most of the, 97, 99, 100, 102, 166 



Head work, results of, • .... 5, 7 



Herefords, statement on, 189, 191 



Horse, the Morgan, 205 



Horses, report on, ... . 204, 208 



Implements, value of improved, 92, 94, 105 



Indian corn, statement on, 96, 117, 119, 126, 159, 161, 164 



Industry, the results of our, . 20,22,26,29,33,74,193 



Irrigation, lands suitable for, 62, 64 



Kerry cattle, characteristics of, 188 



Knowledge, what is it? 2,4,6,72 



Labor of the State, what it produces, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 33, 51 



Leicester sheep, something about, 40, 60 



Liquid manures, how to save, • 241 



Machinery, economy of, 23, 25, 92, 94, 105 



Mangel wurzel, cultivation of, . . 165, 167 



Manures, management of, 41,101,104,109,121,160,241 



Manures, application of, 41,121,125,128,130,132,170,171,172 



Manures, experiments on, . 121, 123, 125, 130, 182 



Manures for the grape, 137, 145 



Merinos, characteristics of, ^^ 



Milch cows, report on, 191, 194, 197, 198 



Model productive State, > . . 18, 21, 25, 68 



