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Reports of committees : farms, farm accounts, reclaimed swamps, im- 

 provement of waste lands, orchards, manures, wire fences, Indian corn, 

 wheat, rye, barley, oats, broom-corn, Chinese sugar cane, root crops, 

 farm implements, neat stock, horses, sheep, poultry, bee culture, the 

 dairy, fruits and flowers, vegetables, maple sugar. 



Inquiries in relation to experimental farming, by Wilson Flagg. 



Artificial planting of trees : its importance and benefits, by Rev. John L. 

 Russell. 



Index. 



Sixth Report, 1858. 639 pages. 

 Part I., 283 pages. 



Roster Board of Agriculture. 



Introduction by Secretary Flint ; operations of Board upon State Farm at 

 AVestborough. 



Reports of committees : on continuation of contract with State Farm ; the 

 potato rot ; collecting and publishing information in agriculture ; uni- 

 formity of action in awarding premiums ; institute meetings. 



Resolutions on death of Hon. Moses Newell ; statistical and other informa- 

 tion on Indian corn ; the State cabinet. 



Reports of delegates appointed to visit exhibitions of societies : Essex, 

 Middlesex, Middlesex North, Middlesex South, "Worcester, AVorcester 

 County West, Worcester North, Worcester South, Hampshire, Franklin 

 and Hampden, Hampshire, Eastern Hampden, Berkshire, Housatonic, 

 Norfolk County, Bristol County, Barnstable County, Nantucket, 

 National Horse Show at Springfield. 



Appendix : agricultural museum, catalogue of stratified and unstratified 

 rocks, birds, shells, insects, animals, fishes ; inventory of stock, crops, 

 tools, etc., State Farm at AVestborough ; account of treasurer of State 

 fair ; returns of societies, finances, analysis of premiums and gratuities. 



Index. 



Part II., 356 pages. 



Preface. Officers of societies. Exhibitions for 1859. 



Addresses to the societies : the duties and opportunities of an agricultural 

 society, by Dr. George B. Loring ; the farmer and his aids, by Ralph 

 AValdo Emerson ; the farmer and the man, by Frederic Hinckley ; taste 

 and common sense in farming, by Emory Washburn ; profits of farm- 

 ing, by John C. Barflett; New England farming, by Dr. George B. 

 Loring ; agriculture and its relations to American industry, by N. P. 

 Banks ; the laws of vegetation, by Oliver Marcy ; the social and civil 

 position of the farmer, by Dr. George B. Loring ; national industry, the 

 true source of national greatness, by John S. Eldridge. 



Reports of committees: farms, reclaimed meadows, improvement of pas- 

 ture lands, under-draining land, orchards, ploughing, manures, Indian 

 corn, wheat, rye, barle}% oats, broom-corn, cranberries, beans, root 

 crops, farm implements, neat stock, feeding stock, horses, sheep, swine, 

 poultry, products of the dairy, fruits and flowers. 



Essays : on the mangold wurzel, by John Tynan : on fairs, by A. \Y. Dodge. 



Index. 



