CONTENTS. vii 
Practical Papers —Hemp Culture in Wisconsin— continued. 
Harvesting the Crop.260 
Caring the Crop. 261 
Rotting and Preparation for Dressing. 262 
Dressing.262 
The value of the Crop.. 263 
Will there be a Market for Hemp. 264 
Hemp does not Exhaust the Soil... 264 
Why Hemp has been Neglected. 265 
Relation op Labor and Capital. By Rev . A. L. Chapin , D.Zb, LL.D . 267 
Poultry Raising—Different Varieties. By S. H. Seamans . 283 
Quantity of Eggs used in New York. 283 
Poultry House. 285 
Food for the Fowls. 288 
Improvement of the Breeds.,289 
What Breed is most Profitable. 290 
Different Varieties. 291 
Transportation of Eggs for Hatching. 296 
Planting and Management of an Orchard. By G. P . Peffer . 298 
Exposure and Soil. 298 
Shelter ... 299 
Varieties adapted to our Climate.. 299 
Iron Clads.300 
Hardy. 300 
Half Hardy.*. 301 
Selecting Trees. 301 
Setting out Trees. 302 
After Management. 304 
Trimming. 305 
Description of Varieties... 305 
Economical Use of Straw on the Farm. By Lewis Clark . 311 
Pork Raising in Wisconsin. By Hon. M. Anderson . 318 
Twenty Years 1 Lessons in Fruit Growing, by A. G. Tuttle . 322 
Farm Fence, by David Williams . 329 
The Dairy—How to Get and Keep a Good Stock of Cows, by Chester 
Hazen ... 334 
Economy in Pork Raising, by Hon. M. K. Young . 338 
General Farm Management, by Hon. Eli Stilson . 341 
Character of the Soil... 343 
Rotation of Crops.344 
Variety of Seed and Mode of Sowing. 345 
How to Convert Straw into Manure. 345 
Plaster—Sulphate of Lime. 346 
Livestock. 346 
Fruit. 348 
Farm Buildings ..348 
Making Farm Life Attractive. 348 
VIL—COMMUNICATIONS. 350-392 
Beet Sugar Making in Sauk County. 359 
Bee-Keeping—Report of Season, 1871. 355 
Advice to Beginners in Bee-Keeping. 356 
Grape Culture in Wisconsin. 361 
Experiments at the University Farm. 310-387 
Experiments with White Winter Wheat.370 
Experiments with Spring Wheat. 371 
Comparative Value of Drilling and Broadcast Sowing.373 
Comparison of Different Varieties of Oats. 374 
Drilling and Broadcast Seeding Oats. 376 
Experiments with Different Amounts of Seed. 377 
Value of Well Cleaned Seed. 378 
Experiments with Barley. 380 
Comparison of Different Varieties of Corn. 381 
Influence of Time in Saving Seed. 383 
Experiments with Equal Amounts of Seed at Different Distances.383 
Seeds from Middles, Butts and Tips of Ears. . 384 
Experiments with Potatoes.385 
Improvement of Soils by Mechanical Means. 386 
Practical Experience in Orcharding. 388 
VIII—APPENDIX. 393-480 
Geological Survey. 393-477 
Agricultural Societies, etc... 478-479 
Abstract of Return of Stock, etc. 479-480 
