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Report on Agricultural Products, _ . - 



" " Fruits and Flowers, - - - - - 



« " Ornamental and Forest Trees, . _ - 



" " Heavy Manufactures, - - - - - 



« " Domestic Manufactures, _ - - - 



" " Fat Cattle, Horses and Steers, . - - 



" " Breeding Stock, . - - - - 



" " Sheep and Swine, - - - - - 



" " Poultry, ------ 



" " Ploughing with Oxen, - - - - 



u " " " Horses and Steers, - - - 



« " Working Cattle, . - - - - 



Returns of the Barnstable Agricultural Society, 



Report on Farms, Grain Crops, &c., - - - - 



Statements of different individuals, 

 " " Cranberries, ------ 



L. Hamblin's Statement, - - 



" " Sheep and Swine, - - - - " 



Abstract showing for what objects Premiums were offered and 

 awarded, and the amount of the same, - - - 



Abstract showing the aggregate amount of Premiums offered and 

 awarded by the different Agricultural Societies, 



Agricultural Exhibitions for 1853, - - - " 



Selections from Addresses to Agricultural Societies :~ 



The Fanner must be Educated : Extracts from an Address by Gen. 



H. K. Oliver, at the last Fair of the Essex County Society, 

 Chemisliy in its relations to .Agriculture: Extracts from an Address 

 before the Middlesex County Society, by Hon. L. V. Bell, 

 at its last Exhibition, ----"" 



What has been and is doing for the general advancement of Agricul- 

 ture : Extract from an Address by Prof. J. J. Mapes, Editor of 

 the Working Farmer, before the Worcester County Society, at 

 its last Exhibition, ---""" 

 Fads in relation to the Germination and Growth of Indian Corn : 

 Extracts from an Address at the last Fair of the Hampshire, 

 Franklin and Hampden Society, by John SUnton Gould, of 

 Hudson, N. Y., - - 



An Agricultural Education the great need of the American Agri- 

 culturist : Extracts from an Address delivered at the last Fair of 

 the Norfolk County Society, by W. S. King, Esq., of Rhode 

 Island, ------- 



What Government ought to do for Agncidture : Extracts from an 

 Address delivered before the Bristol County Society, Oct. 15, 

 1852, by Hon. R. C. Winthrop, - - - - 



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