INDEX. 



ftir Gage's Address, ..... 



Importance of Agriculture as a pursuit, 



Worthy the attention of the enlightened and patriotic, 



Peculiar advantages of American Farmers, 



Contrasted with those of ancient Greece, 



Public benefits resulting from Agriculture, 



Highly favorable moral influence, 



Improvements already made, ... 



Irrigation, its advantages, ... 



Methods of improving the soil, 



Chaptal's rules for rotation of crops, S^c. 



Conclusions drawn from them, ... 



Woman's attention asked to the subject. 



Experiment the soul of improvement, ■* 



Farmers should be educated as such. 

 Report on Farms, - - ^ - 



Joseph Howe's Statement, ... 



Erastus Ware's Statement, ... 



Report on Improvement of Wet Meadows, 



Orin Dalrymple's Statement, ... 



Moses French's Statement, ... 

 Letter from Hon. Caleb Gushing, - " " " 



Varieties of Indian Corn, .... 



Letter from Thomas N. Baden, Esq. 



Report on the Dairy, . . . - 



Report on Milch Cows and Heifers, 



Ebenezer G. Berry's Statement, 



Daniel Putnam's Statement, 



R. A. Merriam's Statement, 

 Report on Domestic Manufactures, - - - - 



•' on Cider, . . . - - 



" on Ploughing with double teams, 

 '' on " vvith single teams, . . - 



" on Fat Cattle, . . - . - 



" on Bulls, . . - - - 



•' on Working Oxen, . . . - - 



" on Steers and Calves, . . - - 



" on Horses, .-.--- 



" on Wheat and Oats, . . - - 



Frederic Knight's Statement, 

 Reed P. Clark's Statement of Dairy, 



Report on Fruits and Flowers, - - ■ ' 



Ebenezer King's Statement of Dairy. 



El iphalet Emery's " « . . - - 



Isaac Carruth's « " - - - 



Jacob Osgood's " « . . - - 



Daniel Putnam's " " " " " 



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