TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Page. 
I. CONSTITUTION. 11-12 
II. BY-LAWS. 12-14 
III. LIFE MEMBERS. 15-21 
IV. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 22 
V. SECRETARY’S ANNUAL REPORT. 23-42 
General Remarks ..».. 23-27 
Farmers reasonably prosperous.. 23 
The compensating system of farming, the true system.. 24 
Never a better time than the present to engage in some 
branch of agriculture. 24 
Young women, do not despise the farm. 24,25 
The prosperity of a state depends upon the success of 
industrial pursuits. 25 
Power and influence which producers should exercise. 26 
The industries not fairly represented in state or nation. 27, 28 
Labor and Capital . 27-28 
How these important elements can be brought upon 
greater equality. 27 
Capital can wait for results, while labor must exchange 
its force for food and other necessities, now and daily 28 
Peace, contentment and quietude can never follow in¬ 
justice . 28 
Interest on money, the underlying principle. 28 
CENTENNfAL EXPOSITION. 28-32 
Wonderful development in the industries, arts and sci¬ 
ences . 29 
The educational advantages to the agriculturist. 29 
The farmer no longer isolated from other leading ac¬ 
tivities . 30 
Leading state exhibits . 30-32 
Patrons op Husbandry . 32-34 
Its object, the education of the farming classes_... 32 
\ Advantages of the cash over the credit system. 32 
Scientific agriculture is simply knowing the principles 
which underlie the business. 32 
Remarks of Prof. S. C. Swallow.. 33, 34 
Exhausted Farms _:... 34,35 
Deserted farms of New England. 34 
Wisconsin farmers should heed the lessons these ex- 
^ hausted fields teach. 34 
The waste of cities and towns should be utilized... 35 
Education . 35, 36 
Is education adding strength to agriculture?. 35 
Do graduates of.colleges engage in farming?. 35 
Silly ideas entertained that physical labor is degrading 36 
