Contents 
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Practical Papers— continued. 
Market Gardening. By J. M. Smith . 406 
Every man a Gardener. 407 
Proper soil, Market, etc.. 407 
Location. 408 
Planting and Cultivation. 409 
List of Yegetables. 410 
Care and Labor. 412-413 
Eaith, and Good Cultivation. 414 
Asparagus... 415-416 
Sales. 416-418 
Expenses. 418-420 
Inducements. 420-424 
How can Farming be made Attractive to the Young. By Mrs. Helen Brettel 
Huntley . 424 
Change of Location injurious.•. 425 
No Excellence without Labor. 426 
A Stockholder iu this beautiful Earth. 427 
Nature’s Jewels should be set around the Simplest Cottage. 428 
Seeing Ourselves as Others See us. 429 
Useful and Beautiful Adornments of Nature.430 
Help on the Farm. By Mrs. H. P. Tucker . 430 
Labor a Blessing.i. 430 
Money settles most of life’s Questions. 431 
Help a necessity of the Life and Happiness of the Household. 432 
The Farm nearest like Paradise. 433 
Sunlight in the House. By S. L. Boardman . 433 
Its Healthful Benefits. 433-434 
Disease cured by. 434-435 
Tenements unsuited to Live in. 435-436 
Let the Sunlight in. 436 
Co-operation among Farmers. By Hon. M. Anderson . 437 
Combinations for Robbing the People. 437-439 
Double Track Railroad. 439 
Railroad Commissioners.,. 440 
Farmers Aroused. 441 
Special and Local Agents. 441 442 
Patrons of Husbandry. 442 
Measures for Relief. 442-443 
Education for the Farmer. By T. H. Eaton . 443 
A Practical Lesson. 443-444 
Education the Foundation upon which to build.. 444 
Lucrative Callings. 445 
Library. 445 
The Western Farmer. 446 
Intelligent Farmers a Power. 446 
Home Education.'. 447 
IX.—UNIVERSITY FARM— Report bt Prof. W. W. Daniells . 448 
Characteristics of the Season. 448 
Ram Fall—Milwaukee and Madison. 449 
Experiments. 450 
Winter Wheat. 450 452' 
Spring Wheat. 452 456 
Barley. 456 457 
Oats. 457 460 
Corn. 460 462 
Sugar Beet. 462 463 
Silver Hull Buckwheat. 463 
Potatoes. 463 464 
Improvement of Soils by Mechanical Means. 464 
Seed donations. 465 
Meteorology. 466 
Summary of Observations. 467 468 
X.—APPENDIX— Geological Survey of the Mineral Regions. By Prof John 
Murrish . 469 
History of Mining has established certain Facts. 469 
Mineral Belt. 490 
Practical Value of Work already Done. 477 
