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Returns of the Massachusetts Society for promoting Ag- 

 riculture, ...... Page 1 



Report on Imported Cattle, 



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Returns of the Essex Agricultural Society, 

 Report on the Dairy, 



Statements respecting particular Dairies, 

 " " Ploughing, 

 " " Farms, .... 



Statements respecting particular Farms, 

 " " Grain Crops, 



Statements respecting particular Grain Crops 

 " " Root Crops, .... 



Statements respecting particular Root Crops, 



Experiment on the cultivation of Potatoes, 

 " " Experiments on Manures, 

 " " Comparative value of Crops as food for cattle, 

 •' " Fruit Trees, 



Statement respecting an Apple Orchard, 

 " " Fruits, .... 

 " " Flowers, .... 

 " " Domestic Manufactures, 

 " " Milch Cows, 



Statement respecting particular Cows, 

 " " Heifers, .... 

 " " Bulls, .... 



Statement respecting Henry Poor's Bull, 

 " " State Society's Bull, 

 " " Fattening Cattle and Swine, 



Lewis Allen's experiment of keeping Swine, 



" " Poultry, ..... 



" " Essays, ..... 

 Essay on the History and Importance of Indian Corn, as an ag 



ricultural product, by Charles Louis Flint, . 

 Essay on the Cultivation of Indian Corn, 



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