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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
VIII. — CONVENTIONS — continued. Page. 
Condition of the Dairy Interest in Wisconsin — 
By Hiram Smith. 135-139 
Outlook thirty years ago.135,136 
Conditions for success. 136,137 
Importance to the state. 137 
Centennial premiums... 138 
Improved methods ot manufacture required. 138,139 
Discussion. 139,140 
Chinch Bugs— How to Exterminate them. 140-144 
Treat them as enemies, not as friends. 140 
f Do not raise the kind of food upon which they live.... 141 
Facts and experiments. Kind of crops to raise.141-143 
Principles of Stock Feeding. By W. W. Daniells, 
M. S.....•.. 144-154 
The cow as aunachine. 144 
Functions of food consumed by a full grown animal... 145 
Milk is the product sought. 145 
Like the miller, the cow creates nothing. 146 
Experiments in economy. 146-148 
Substances contained in cattle food. 149 
Experiments in feeding.. 149,150 
A machine is valuable in proportion to the cheapness 
of the energy it exerts. . 151 
Valuable experiments with clover and straw. 152 
Saving of food by a proper protection of the animal... 153,154 
Quantity of milk largely affected by kind of food, while 
, quality is not appreciably changed.. ‘ 154 
Discussion. 154,155 
What I would Like to Do. By J. S. Stickney.155-163 
) Dreams of things not easy of realization. 156 
Varieties of apples for an orchard . 156,157 
Pears, plums, grapes, etc. 158,159 
The garden lawn, with trees, shrubs, plants and flowers 159,160 
Pleasant paths for the youth. 161 
Prose and poetry blend in agriculture and horticulture. 161 
Remarks of Presideut Steele. 162 
Resolution AND Discussion. 162,163 
Are Fairs Humbugs ? By Geo. J. Kellogg. 164-167 
The object sought should be the dissemination of prac¬ 
tical knowledge. 164 
Difficulties in the selection of judges. 164 
Some reasons why fairs are regarded as humbugs. 165 
Thoughts for the improvement of fairs. 166 
Discussion. 166,167 
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Clover — Its Value to the Farmer. By. O. M. Rich¬ 
ards . 167-170 
Value of clover to the farmer. 167 
Valuable and interesting experiments. 168-170 
Value of stock feeding. 168 
If you want to make rich farmers and make money, 
grow clover, corn and ha}'-. Discussion.170,171 
Better and Happier Homes for Our Farmers. By 
J. M. Smith. 172-182 
I will never marry a farmer. 172 
What constiiutes a home. 173 
Life pictures of two classes of homes drawm. 173-176 
Reasons why husband and wife do not grow alike in 
mental strength... 175,176 
