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Address, by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, ----.. 3 

 Reports, — 



On Sub-soil Ploughing and Manures, by President Hitchcock, - 23 



Statement of Samuel Powers, ..--.- 23 



of David Rice, M. D., 29 



On Reclaimed Meadow Lands, by Professor Fowler, - - 27 



Statement of John Shipman, . - - _ - - 32 



" of Leonard Barrett, - _ _ . . 3,5 



On Agricultural and Mechanical Implements, by Professor Snell, 38 



On Plowing, by Rev. J. A. Nash, Principal of Mt. Pleasant School, 38 



On Farms, by Rev. John Sanford, - - - - - - 43 



Statement of E. P. Cutler's Farm, - ... - 44 



" of Linus Green's Farm, ----- 45 



On Fruit Trees, by Paoli Lathrop, Esq., - - - - 45 



Statement of Alfred Baker, ------ 46 



of E. P. Cutler, 47 



" of Samuel Harrington, - - - - - 47 



" of E. Montague, 48 



On Milch Cows, by T. P. Huntington, 49 



Statements of S. Church and John Sanford, - - - 50 



" of J. P. Dexter, H. L. Burnham and A. Barnard, - 51 



On Steers, by Giles F. Montague, _ . . - - 51 



On Sheep, by Zebina C. Montague, A. B. - - - - 52 



On Smne by John M. Emerson, A. M. - - - - - 55 



On Fat Cattle, by Levi Stockbridge, ------ 58 



On Bread, by Samuel C. Carter, ------ 59 



Statements of Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Haskell and Mrs. Clark, - 59 



" of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Baker, in Poetry, - 60 



On Butter, Cheese, and Honey, by J. W. Boyden, - - - 61 



Statements of Mrs. Merrick and Mrs. Williams, - - 62 



Report to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, - - - - 64 



List of Premiums awarded, at the Annual Exhibition, - - - 66 



Treasurer's Report, - - - - - - - - - 70 



Officers of the Society, --------- 71 



Names of Life Members, ------- --72 



Hon. M. P. Wilder' s Report to the Massachusetts Board of Agric\ilturc, 81 



