CONTENTS 



Mr. Cabot's Address, - - - - 



Introductory Remarks, ... 



Keport on Fruits, - - . - 



" " Introdution to New Fruits, 

 " " Flowers, . . - - 



*' " Vegetables, - - - - 



" " Cloth and Hosiery, 

 " " Quilts, Rugs and Carpets, 

 " " Leather, and articles therefrom, - 

 " " Fancy Articles, - - - 



" ♦' Dairy, ... - 



Statement of Jonathan Berry, 



" " Charles P. Preston, - 



Report on Ploughing with Double Teams, - 

 " " " " Single Teams, - 



" " " " Horse Teams, 



" " Working Oxen, 

 *' " Steers, - - . - 



" " Fat Cattle, - - - - 



" " Heifers, . - - - 



" " Milch Cows, 



Statement of Samuel Southwick, - 

 " " James Poor, 



" " Moses Newell, - 



" John Alley, 3d, 

 Report on Bulls, . - - . 



" " Stallions, - - - - 



" " Breeding Mares, . - - 



«' '< Draft Horses, 

 " " Colts, .... 



" " Swine, . . - - 



Statement of Frederick Boyden, 

 Report on Sheep, . - . . 



" " Poultry, - - - 



" " Farms, - - - . 



Statement of Josiah Crosby, 

 Report on Reclaimed Meadows, 



Statement of Adino Page, - 



" " Rcval A. Merriam, - 



" " J. F. C. Hayes, 



" " Mark H. Davis, 



" " Stephen Blaney, 



Report on Turning in Crops as a Manure, - 

 " " Improving Pasture Lands, 

 Statement of Joseph How, - 

 " " Jacob Farnum, 



Report on Comparative Value of Crops, 

 " " Grain Crops, ... 



Statement of William F. Porter, 

 " " George Hayes, J 



'•■ " Hermon P. Chandler, 



" " Amos Poor, - 



Report on Root Crops, ... 



Statement of J. Lonofellow, 

 " " Ephraim Brown, 



Report on Forest Trees, - . . 



Essay on Cattle for New England Farms, - 

 Treasurer's Statement, ... 



Officers of the Society, ... 



Members admitted in 18.53, ... 

 List of Premiums and Gratuities, 

 Recapitulation, .... 



Towns to which Premiums were distributed. 

 Society's Property, .... 

 Library, ..... 



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