8 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY . 
IX.—PRACTICAL PAPERS—continued. 
Pish Culture— ooDtinued. 
Experiments to be made. 402-403 
A few hints to those making it a business. 405^108 
White Fish. 408^415 
Methods by which the lakes may be restocked to their former capacity... 410-412 
Curious fact about this fish. 414-415 
Salmon trout. 415-420 
A bit of personal experience... .... 416 
May be easily grown in ponds. 418-419 
X— MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES. 421-449 
Recreation in Horticulture. By Hon. Ed. Searing . 421-429 
The farmer is a slave because of his ignorance. 422 
True success in agriculture and horticulture is the result only of intelligence 
and skill. 423 
Agricultural and Horticultural Press doing much good. 424 
No recreation more satisfying than association with nature. 425-426 
Better things are coming. 428 
The Farmers Movement. By Geo. E. Morrow . 429-435 
The greatest danger. 429-430 
The farmers complaint—its causes. 430-431 
Reliance on political action. 431 
Special legislation. 431 
Distrust of courts. 432 
The railroad question. 432-433 
Patent laws, Ihe tariff, etc. 433 
♦ The agricultural implement question. 433 
Farmers associations. 434 
More knowledge, better farming. 435 
The Importance op Agriculture and its Relation to other Industries. 
By Secretary Field . 435-445 
Whatever else is done, humanity must eat. 436 
Agriculture, the great moving power. 437 
The labor required in agriculture makes men self reliant and strong. 438 
Farmers must investigate the underlying principles of their business. 439 
Must bring to their aid the observation ana experience of the best minds of 
the country. .440 
Should educate their children so that they may be competent to fill positions 
of trust in state and nation. 441 
Agriculture should be represented by men whose sympathies Tare with, and 
who know the wants of, this branch of industry. 442 
The relations which corporate interests bear to other industries should be 
carefully considered. 443 
High salaries and aristocracy not to be encouraged in this country. 444 
What we want is republican simplicity and frugality. 445 
Practical Suggestions. By John H. Carswell . 446-449 
Agriculturists prone to shirk labor. 447 
We must have a generation with more elements of character.447 
The work of reform is the renovation of public sentiment.. 448 
Equalized Assessed Valuation op the Property op the State for 1874... 450 
XI— APPENDIX A—Production and Consumption. By S.£>. Carpenter . 1-47 
Public interest is suggestive of public duty. 1 
Events are hinged upon their own philosophy. 2 
The free and open paths of the sea have proved to be paths of knowledge.... 4 
To sustain animal life, animal appetites and wants must be supplied. 6 
Canals—cheap and easy transportation. 7 
Where the center of trade and commerce is, there will also be the center of 
dollars. 9 
The locomotive the good commercial steed, and the canal the god that saves 
quantity and cost. 10 
Prosperity produces harmony among the toiling masses. 12 
Only one practical market—New York. 13-16 
As the centers of production recede from the gravity of markets, the means 
of transportation shonld be increased, and the pro rata cost reduced. 17 
Cost of freight per ton per mile. 19-21 
Railway tariffs a subtle branch of the fine art business. 24 
The people are interested in knowing the actual cost per ton per mile for 
moving freights. 27 
Great wheat center of the country moving westward.... 31 
Carrying capacity of the vessels on the great lakes, and of the railways lead¬ 
ing from the west. 32-35 
Shipments of cereals by rail too expensive. 36 
Financial view of the situation. 40-41 
Valuation and taxation. 41-42 
Railway progress. 4:3-44 
National greatness consists in the means of being powerful and great. 46 
Statement of taxation, property, population, etc... 47 
