VI 
WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
VI—PRACTICAL PAPERS. 
Mixed Husbandry. Prize Essay. By G. De Neveu . 
Market Gardening. Prize Essay. By J . B. Boot . 
Asparagus. 
String Beans and Sweet Corn. 
Beets. 
Cabbages . 
Cauliflowers .... 
Carrots. 
Celery. 
Cucumbers. 
Egg Plants. 
Horse Radish. 
Lettuce... 
Melons..* 
Onions. 
Parsnips.. 
Peas... 
Potatoes. 
Radishes. 
Squashes . 
Early Tomatoes. 
Marketing. 
Practical Management of Sandy Land. Prize Essay. 
Dry Sandy Ridges. 
Low Wet Swamps. 
Intermediate Sandy Lands. 
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Dairy Farming. Prize Essay. By Rev. S. B. Loomis 
The Pasture. 
Mulching Pastures. 
Soiling. 
The Meadow... 
Quantity of Seed per Acre... 
Manuring the Meadow. 
Good and Poor Cows.. 
Food for the Dairy. 
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Cultivation of the Cranberry. Varieties. Prize Essay. By G. N. 
Smith . 186 
Location. 187 
Ditches and Dams. 188 
Cultivation and Planting. 189 
Enemies of the Cranberry.;. 191 
Improved Cranberry Lands. 193 
Prices, Products, etc. 194 
Planting and Management of a Vineyard. Prize Essay. By C. II Green- 
man . 196 
Cultivation of Small Fruit. Prize Essay. By M. DeWolf'.. . 201 
Cultivation of the Currant. 201 
Cultivation of the Gooseberry. 203 
Cultivation of the Strawberry. 204 
Cultivation of the Grape. 205 
Cultivation of the Raspberry. 207 
Cultivation of the Blackberry. 212 
Practical Farm Management. By II. II. Gray . 213 
Practical Management of Sandy Land. By J. W. Wood . 226 
Insects Injurious to Agriculture. By P. R. Hoy , M. D . 234 
Plant Lice. 234 
Aphis Protectors. 236 
Aphis Enemies. 236 
Lady Birds. 237 
Agents for Destroying Plant Lice. 238 
Failure in Wheat Culture. By Prof. Edward Searing . 240 
Cultivation of Indian Corn. By Lewis ClarJc . 250 
Kind of Seed Used. 250 
Saving of the Seed. 251 
Preparation of the Ground. 252 
Manuring. 252 
Planting and Planters. 253 
Tilling the Corn. 054 
Harvesting the Corn...%. 257 
Hemp Culture in Wisconsin. By Hon. J. G. Knapp . 258 
Can Hemp be Grown in Wisconsin. 258 
Preparation of the Soil. 259 
Seeding. 259 
Raising Seed.... ..*.. * ‘ 259 
