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VII.—STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION—Continued. 
Pago. 
Agriculture—Glance at its Past, etc.—C ontinued. 
Farmers to be better educated in the future. 218 
The profession of farming to be elevated financially, socially, mor¬ 
ally, and intellectually, and the farmer take the front rank of in¬ 
fluence among his fellow men—Discussion.218-230 
Interest on Money—A High Rate Ruinous to Productive In¬ 
dustry. By Secretary W. W. Field .230-247 
The beauties and benefits of money. 230 
By high rate of interest, power of money increased. 231 
Interest to be paid by labor, and if too high, labor receives nothing 
but a bare subsistence. 232 
What is justice and for the general welfare. 233 
The accumulative power of money shown.233-237 
The effect of paying 10 per cent—Teachings in our schools.237, 238 
Governor Randall on interest—Annual message, 1859. 238 
Interest on money should be regulated by the power that creates it 239 
Clo-operative banks in Germany.239, 240 
Interest should be as low as the net profits from the productive in¬ 
dustries—Extract from Kellogg.240, 241 
Speedy resumption would cripple the labor and industry of the 
country—True functions of money. 242 
The true currency—greenbacks. 243 
The contest between labor and capital. 244 
. Senator Windham’s report relative to a Department of Industry .244, 245 
Summary conclusions—Discussion.245-274 
The Future Outlook of the Dairy-Interest in Wisconsin. 
By Stephen Favill .275-277 
Wheat-raising unprofitable. 275 
The dairy a success in the older states. 275 
Drouths a drawback to Wisconsin dairying. 276 
Natural advantage we have over the East. 276 
Profitable dairying in Wisconsin has already been settled. 276 
No danger that cheese and butter manufacture will be overdone. .276-277 
Discussion.277-280 
Horses. By lion. John L. Mitchell . 280-288 
What is the most profitable kind. 280 
The thoroughbred and trotting-horse. 281 
The draft-horse—The carriage-horse...282, 283 
Authorities relative to breeding as recommended.283, 284 
Horses a subject of great practical importance. 285 
Discussion.285-288 
Apiculture, or “ Light in the Bee-Hive.” By G. W. Maryatt. 288, 299 
The honey-bee the only domesticated insect. 288 
What a colony consists of. 289 
Economy in extracting the honey and saving the comb to be re¬ 
filled—Laws relating to the management of bees.290, 291 
Peculiarities of queens.291, 292 
Bees aid in the impregnation of plants. 293 
Forced swarming—conditions.293, 294 
Produce queens, workers, or drones at pleasure. 294 
Bee-keeping one of the economies of the farm. 295 
Italian bees—a superior breed. 296 
Hints to beginners—Discussion.296, 299 
Natures Method of Soil-Formation and the Process of 
Culture which these Methods Suggest. By Professor John 
Murrish .299, 309 
The work of organiza tion—Forces of disintegration.299, 300 
Facts in connection with the formation and disintegration of rocks 301 
Absorptive power of the soil—matter of which plants are com¬ 
posed . 
302 
