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Wisconsin iState Agricultural Society. 
yUl.—STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION-Continued. 
Interconvertible-Note Scheme, Etc.—C ontinued. p a g e . 
Hardships resumption ivill inflict. 228 
English finances. 231 
No time-bond with a fixed rate of interest can be stable in value.. 232 
Something cannot be had for nothing... 233 
Discussion on the three finance papers. 234-249 
Dollars aND Sense. By S. D. Carpenter . 250-265 
Dollars have a history and a science. 250 
Specie currency, none of us or our forefathers have ever seen.... 251 
Specie basis likened to the Egyptian pyramid standing on a lady’s 
thimble. 252 
Basis of banking—confidence 99, coin 1. 253 
A national evil, longer to continue the national banks. 254 
Greenbacks can always be at par. 255 
Practical history of England and France.258, 259 
Business of the country does not require specie resumption. 260 
Receive store-pay for our bonds. 261 
Folly of our financial system.262, 263 
Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Drew’s statements. 264 
Discussion.265-281 
Butter-Making and Care of Cows. By F. C. Curtis .283-290 
Butter statistics. 283 
Test of the quality of milk. 284 
Nutritious food important—Roots valuable.285,286 
Proper temperature of milk-room necessary.287, 288 
Characteristics of cream in churning. 288 
Whipple’s rectangular churn. 288 
Churning, salting, packing, etc.289,290 
Discussion.290-304 
Renovation of Soils by Rotation of Crops. By A . A . Boyce .. 305-311 
Wheat most exhaustive of all the cereals. 305 
Rotation of plants—Rotation of manures—Summer-fallowing— 
Corn—Pasture.306-307 
Root-crops—Wheat—Wild-oats—Mixed-farming. 308, 309 
Red-clover the renovating crop of this country. 309 
Dr. Voelcker’s statement. 310-311 
Discussion. 311-319 
Relation of the Soil to Water. By Prof. John Murrish... 320-324 
Water a universal solvent in the mineral kingdom. 320 
Plants cannot live upon solid matter. 320 
Relation of soil to water one of the first questions in agriculture .. 321 
Power of the soil to absorb water. 322 
Porous cellular particles of which the soil is made up. 323 
Crops sutler from too much water as much as from too little. 324 
Water and air should have free circulation in the soil. 324 
Discussion. 324-327 
A Practical Application of some of the Lessons of the 
Year. By C. E. Warner . 328-331 
The last year a peculiar one for Wisconsin farmers. 328-329 
The Deacons experience. 329-330 
Exclusive wheat culture is ruin. 330 
Expenses must not exceed our income—Discussion. 331-335 
What kind of Wheat shall We Raise ? By J. W. Wood .336-343 
Wheat-growing the overshadowing interest of the State. 336 
New departure—Patent flour. 336 
Letter of Wm. P. McLaren.338, 339 
Communication from W. J. Langson, Esq., secretary Milwaukee 
Chamber of Commerce.340-341 
Lime in the soil conducive to the growth of hard, flinty wheat. 342 
Discussion. 343-348 
