xiv CONTENTS. 



Importance of ./Igricullure : Extracts from an Address delivered 

 before the Plymouth County Society at its last Fair, by Hon. J. 

 H. W.Page, of New Bedford, - - - Page 641 



Inklligent .Agriculture : Extracts from an Address delivered at the 

 last Exhibition of the Barnstable County Society, by Simon 



Brown, Esq., Editor of the New England Farmer, - - 650 



Proceedings of the State Board of Agriculture for the 



Year 1852, 661 



First Annual Report of the Board of Agriculture, - - 663 



Reports of Delegates, ..-_-_ 673 



Dr. Hitchcock's Report on the Essex Society, - - - 674 



Mr. Walker's Report on the Middlesex Society, - - - 677 



Mr. Brewer's Report on the Worcester West Society, - - 679 



Gov. Boutwell's Report on the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden 



Society, ------- 681 



Mr. Nash's Report on the Hampden Society, _ - - 682 



Mr. Page's Report on the Franklin Society, - - . 683 



Dr. Reed's Report on the Hampshire Society, - - - 686 



Mr. Proctor's Report on the Berkshire Society, - - - 690 



Mr. Lawton's Report on the Housatonic Society, - - 696 



Mr. Walker's Report on the Norfolk Society, - - - 698 



Mr. Page's Report on the Franklin Society, - - - 702 



Mr. Sprague's Report on the Bristol Society, - - - 704 



Mr. Sprague's Report on the Barnstable Society, - - 707 



Essays on Jlgricullural Subjects, - - - - - 711 



On Orchards, by John C. Gray, ----- 711 



" Neat Cattle, by Seth Sprague, . . - - 726 



" Culture of Vegetables as Farm Products, by J. W. Proctor, - 732 



" Subsoil Ploughing and Thorough Draining, by B. V. French, 740 



" Cows for Dairy Purposes, &c., by William Parkhurst, - 743 



" Indian Corn, the Value of the Crop, &c., by J. R. Lawton, - 753 



" Education of the Young Farmer, by Simon Brown, - - 758 



" Best method of laying down land to Grass, and continuing the 



product, by Francis Brewer, - _ _ . 769 



" Farmers' Clubs, by Stephen Reed, - - - - 772 



Appendix : — 



Laws of Massachusetts in relation to Agricultural Societies, - 775 



Act to Establish the State Board, - - - - 781 



