CONTENTS. yn 
Constitution amended . gg 
Financial Exhibits. g^ 
VI. 
County Agricultural Societies. 87 
Columbia.. 
Dodge.. 88 
Dodge—Hon. Samuel L. Rose, Address of. 89* 
Fond du Lac. 95 
Green. 97 
Jefferson . 97 
Kenosha. 97 
Racine... 98 
Racine—Gen. Champion S. Chase, Address of... 100 
Rock .. Ill 
Rock—Hon. Josiah F. Willard, Address of. 114 
Sheboygan. 4 , . 123 
Walworth. 123 
Washington. 123 
Waukesha . 124 
VII. 
Communications. 124 
Wisconsin Farming—Its Character and Economy—D. J. Powers, Madison.. 124 
Opening a new Farm—Benjamin F. Adams, Fitchburg. 134 
Manures—S. H. Carpenter Madison. 155 
Drainage—John Berkley, Burke. 171 
The Nature and Analysis of Soils—P. R. Hoy, M. D., Racine. 183 
Wheat Culture—E. A. Calkins, Madison. 195 
Horticulture in Wisconsin—Alfred L. Castleman, Delafield. 221 
Moral Influence of Horticulture—Rev. John J. Miter, Milwaukee.240 
Floriculture—Mrs. Laura A. Smith, Plymouth. 252 
Wild Rice—0. H. Kelley, Northwood, M. T. 264 
The Potato—Its History and Theories of Disease—R. W. Wright, Waukesha.266 
Remarks on Varieties of the Domestic Ox—Sanford Howard, Boston, Mass.295 
Remarks on the Horse—C. Loftus Martin, Beloit. 317 
Rearing Sheep and Growing Wool—T. C. Peters, Darien, N. Y. 323 
Vegetable Physiology as applied to Farm Plants—John Townley, Moundville_336 
VIII. 
The Grasses of Wisconsin—I. A. Lapham, Milwaukee 
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