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YIII.—STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION—Continued. 
Self-Culture—C ontinued. Page. 
Capacity worthless without application. 418 
By discussion we arrive at just conclusions. 419 
Country Gentlemen and Discussion.420-424 
Farm Banks, or Little Things on the Farm, and why Some 
Sell Out and go West. By Geo. P. Peffer .424-425 
Care and economy in small matters, make farmers well-to-do.... 424 
Manure-pile, the farmers bank. 425 
Farmers must think and investigate the principles which underlie 
their business—Discussion.425-435 
Success, vs. Failure in Wisconsin Orcharding. By J. C. 
Plumb . ; .436-439 
Proper location—Varieties.436, 437 
Examples of success.437, 438 
Recommendation—Discussion.439-449 
Remarks of Secretary Field.449-451 
IX.—COTNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.452,453 
X.—UNIVERSITY-FARM EXPERIMENTS.454-461 
Potatoe-Culture. By II. II. Iloivlett .462,463 
Table showing yield of different varieties.462, 463 
Apple-Trees. By G.J. Kellogg .463, 464 
Table of varieties grown, etc. 465 
Report of Fish Commissioners, 1875.466-479 
XI.—MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 
The Ministry of Toil. By Jennie. M. Field .480-489 
How nature works. 480 
Work is a universal and beneficent law of life. 481 
If life means little, it is because little is done. 482 
The best home-makers are those interested in the world’s life_ 483 
Industry is a life preserver. 4S4 
Friction, not legitimate work, wears out business men. 487 
Hints for Arranging Flowers. By Mrs. II. M. Lewis .489-493 
Time for cutting—Art of arranging, etc.490, 491 
Flowers for the school-room. ... 492 
A floral service.492, 493 
Floriculture. By Mrs. M. 31. Davis . 493-496 
What botany means. 494 
Pic-nic in the woods with children, bring them face to face with 
God in nature. 495,496 
Flowers of no use to those who cannot appreciate them. 496 
Cranberry-Culture. By II. Floyd . 496-500 
Causes of failures... 496,497 
Planting, cultivating, insects, etc. 497 
Harvesting—Curing. 498,499 
A word to cultivators as to varieties. 500 
The Siberian Apple. By J. C. Plumb . 500-504 
Origin, improvement, and progress. 501,502 
Promising varieties—Uses. 503,504 
