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Returns of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 

 Report of Mr. Phinney on Imported Cattle, .... 



Page v. 



Returns of the Essex Agricultural Society, 



Report on Milch Cows and Heifers, ..... 



Statements respecting particular Cows and Heifers, 

 " " Sheep, ....... 



" " the Dairy, ....... 



" " Subsoil Ploughing, ..... 



Mr. Phinney's letter respecting subsoil ploughing, 

 " " Turning in Green Crops for Manure, 



Statements respecting turning in green crops for manure, 

 " " Grain Crops, ...... 



Statement of a Crop of Indian Corn, . 

 '•' " Root Crops, ...... 



Statements respecting particular crops of Onions, 

 " " " « Carrots, 



" " Cranberries, ...... 



Statement respecting a cranberry bed, . 

 " " Forest Trees, ...... 



R. S. Fay's letter, offering a premium for the best plantation 

 of Oaks, ...... 



Geo. B. Emerson's letter on the cultivation of forest trees, 



Morrill Allen's " " " " 



Essay on the cultivation of the Onion, by J. W. Proctor, 

 " " " « « Cranberry, by David Choate, 



" " " " Forest Trees, by G. B. Perry, . 



" « " « the Apple, by John M. Ives, 



" '•' « « « Pear, by "W. D. Northend, . 



Returns of the Middlesex Agricultural Society, . 

 Report on Farms, &c, ..... 



Statements respecting particular farms, 



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