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m ■ C...V., - - - Page 484 



Evening session, - - - ° 



Remarks of Lieutenant Governor Cushman, - - - " 484 



« " Mr. Clark, ...--- 485 



« " Mr. Daggett, ..---- 485 



«' « Mr. Sprague, ------ 486 



Remarks of Dr. Gardner, ------ 486 



« « Rev. Dr. Choules, 486 



« " Mr. Bird, .-.--- 487 



" " Professor Fowler, ----- 487 



" " Mr. Putnam, ------ 488 



Memorial presented to the Legislature, - - - - 489 



Report on Ploughing, by J. W. Proctor, - - - - 492 



« " Milch Cows and Dairy Products, by Allen W. Dodge, - 497 



« " Neat Cattle, by Paoli Lathrop, - - - - 506 



" " Farms and Improvement of Lands, by John Daggett, - 510 



" " Cultivation and Measurement of Crops, by John W. Lincoln, 516 



Average cost of Grain and Root Crops in Hampden County, by Fran- 

 cis Brewer, ------- 521 



Report on Agricultural Implements, by Simon Brown, - - 522 



" " Manufactures, by Charles C. Sewall, - - - 531 



Self.ctions from Addresses to Agricultural Societies, - 537 



Extract from an Address by Rev. Milton P. Braman, at the last Fair 

 of the Essex Agricultural Society, - - - - 537 



Agricultural Economy and Agricultural Ethics : Extract from an Ad- 

 dress by J. S. C. Knowlton, Esq., at the last Fair of the Worcester 

 Agricultural Society, .___-- 553 



TVie Advantages of Science in its Application to Agriculture : Extract 

 from an Address delivered at the last Fair of the Hampden County 

 Agricultural Society, by John P. Norton, Professor of Agricultural 

 Chemistry, Yale College, ------ 562 



TVie Importance of Agriculture and the Means and Motives for its 

 Promotion : Extract from an Address by Marshall P. Wilder, 

 before the Hampshire Agricultural Society, ... 580 



Agricultural Education : Extract from an Address by Marshall P. 



Wilder, before the Berkshire Society, - - - - 589 



The Progress of Agricidture, and the necessity for its furtfier Progress : 

 Extract from an Address by Geo. R. Russell, LL.D., before tlie 

 Norfolk Agiicultural Society, ----- 597 



77t€ M€cha7ucnl Properties of the Soil, and the Consolidation and Pro- 

 tection of Manures : Extract from an Address by J. E. Teschemach- 

 cr, before the Plymouth Agricultural Society, - - - 606 



Stnopsis of the several Communications on the Cause and 

 Cure of the Potato Rot, - _ - _ - 629 



