CONTENTS. 
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Practical Papers—C ounty Koads—continued. 
Koad Gutters. 289 
Oornty Koad Engineering. 290 
Width'between Fences. 291 
Shade for Roads. .... 291 
Existing and Proposed Road Laws... 291 
Cost of Roads and Repairs. 293 
Bridges, Material and Construction. 293 
The Horse. By Hon. N. J. Coleman, of Missouri. 295 
Breeds. 295 
Breeding. 296 
F'arming. 298 
Culture and Products op the Vine. By Marshall P. Wilder 
and others. 302 
The Exhibition at Paris. 302 
American and Foreign Vineyards. 304 
Soil and Exposure.•. 305 
Preparing the Soil and Planting. 306 
Wine Trellis . 307 
Working up. 309 
The Fermentation. 311 
Supplemental Report on Cultivation, Varieties of Wine, etc.... 316 
Pasteboard FOR THE Covering OP Houses. By Col. Jas. H. Bowen.. 322 
Manufacturers. 322 
The Rock River Company’s Manufacture. 323 
Cheap Fire-Proop Walls and Floors. By Col. Jas. H. Bowen.... 325 
Improved Machinery. By President Barnard cf Columbia College.. 327 
Strong’s Dovetailing Machine. 327 
Perin’s'Band-Saw.'. 328 
Barrel-Making Machinery. 330 
Brick-Making Machines. 331 
Shoe-Making Machines. 334 
Pooley’s Automatic Grain Weigher. 336 
Endless Band Saw for Iron. 338 
The Production op Iron. By Abram S. Hewitt of Ohio. 339 
The Product in Foreign Countries. 339 
The Product in the United States. 346 
Timber-Growing. By O. B. Galusha of Illinois.. . . 348 
Rapid Destruction of Timber. 348 
Injurious Results. 350 
Ease with which Timber may be Producea. 352 
Timber Belts for Protection of Crops. 355 
Root Crops, By Jonathan Perian of Illinois. 359 
Value of Root Crops. 359 
How to Cultivate. 360 
Artificial Stone. By Dr. F. A. P. Barnard. 367 
The Variety of its Uses and its Positive Value. 367 
Process of Manufacture. 369 
Late Farm Experiments. 374 
On the State University Farm, with various crops .... ^ . 374 
With Clover as preparatory to Wheat, by Dr. Voelcker. 378 
In Root and Grass Culture, Stock-feeding, etc., in various parts 
of ihe United States. 381 
With Oats, Wheat, Barley, etc., by the President of the Penn¬ 
sylvania State Agricultural College. 385 
Agricultural Schools in all Countries. By Dr. J. W. Hoyt. 390 
First Agricultural Schools founded. 3f0 
Austrian Schools. 391 
Prussian Schools. 393 
The Schools of Saxony. 394 
The Schools of Wurtemberg. 395 
Agricultural Schools connected with "Universities. 400 
The Schools of Bavaria. 401 
The Schools of Ireland. 401 
The Schools of Russia. 402 
The Great School at Petrovskoi. 404 
The Schools of Great Britain .. 406 
The Schools of Belgium, Baden, Central Germany and other 
parts of Europe.•. 407 
Agricultural Education in America. 407 
Agricultural College of Michigan. 408 
The True Policy to be observed in Establishing Colleges of Agri¬ 
culture and the Mechanic Arts. 410 
VIIL—ABSTRACT OF RETURNS OP COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES 416 
IX.—WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S REPORT. 417-520 
Annual Meeting. 420 
General Exhibition.. 498 
Address of Dr, John A. Warder. 498 
New Western Fruits. By O. S. Willey. 505 
Local Societies. 516 
Meteorological Observations. 520 
