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WISCONSIN STATE AORIGULTUIiAL SOCIETY. 
VIII. — CONVENTIOKS — continued. Page. 
Contrast in the crops produced at that early period and 
now. Cause of famines. 206 
Manufactures and commerce, as distinct branches of 
trade, hardly existed. 207 
The dairy then, as now, an important branch of in¬ 
dustry. Meagerness of the objects of cultivation. 208, 209 
Systems of culture and rotation of crops. 210, 211 
The two great obstacles to agricultural progress_... 213 
Condition of the peasantry of Europe. 214 
Comparison ot the condition of people at widely distant 
f periods of time. 215,216 
Utilization of the Wastes of the Fabm. By N. E. 
Allen. 216-224 
Waste one of the causes of hard times. 217 
Utilization of straw and other food, and how to convert 
the refuse into manure. Personal experience.218,219 
Hold what you have, and add to it all you can. 226 
Plan to make manure. . 220,221 
Loss of animal vitality a great waste. Seed to clover.. 222, 223 
How to fatten land and when to plow clover sod. 224 
Discussion. 225 
Hybridizing to Improve Varieties. By George P. 
Peffer. 225-227 
How nature produces. 226 
Influence the male and female have upon the plant, seed 
or animal. 226 
Jacob comprehended this subject. 226 
H 3 ^bridization of wheat. 226, 227 
War and Food. By Charles Seymour. 227-231 
Subject of interest to the farmer and business man. 227,228 
Importation of breadstutts to Great Britain. 22& 
Cheap food one of the most important sinews of war... 229 
Protection our manufacturers have. 229 
Acreage ot wheat in the United Kingdom, and price in 
England in 1875 and 1876 . 230 
Prospective good foreign markets for our wheat. 230,231 
Exhausting process of wheat culture. Discussion. 231,232 
Root Crops for the Farm. By J. W. Wood. 232-240 
Personal experience. 233 
Pigs fed on uncooked roots. 233 
Drawbacks in storing and handling roots. 233,234 
Cultivation of roots. 234,235 
Experience with varieties. Harvesting. 236-239 
Comparative cost of raising corn and roots . 239 
General outlook for farmers. 240 
The man is always the nearest to market who has the 
most to sell. Discussion. 240-243 
Remarks of President Smith and Secretary Field. 242, 243 
IX. — COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.. 244, 245 
X. —EXPERIMENTAL FARM. 246-253 
XI. —FISH COMMISSIONERS’REPORT. 254-260 
XII. — STATE BOARD OP HEALTH. 261-328 
Report of the Board. 261-269 
Address of Dr. Griffin. 269-273 
Circular of Important Inquiries and Extracts frilm 
Correspondents. 273-27B 
