IV. INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN RUMINANTS.

V. AGRICULTURAL CIRCULAR AND REPLIES.

VI. AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, AND MANUFACTURING STATISTICS.

VII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLES.

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.

WASHINGTON:

ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PRINTER.

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CONTENTS.

I. AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

Introduction....

Agriculture in California. By A. Williams...

The Mineral Manure Theory. By Prof. John P. Norton.....

Experiments with Peruvian Guano and Barn Compost. By Josiah Keene...

Agricultural Education. By Milton P. Braman...

Plan for an Industrial University. By Prof. J. B. Turner....

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Common Schools in the United States. By Gov. George F. Fort, of New Jersey....... 44

II. CULTIVATION OF SPECIAL CROPS.

Cultivation of Basket Willow in the United States. By Wilson G. Haynes..

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On the Philosophy of Fattening Cattle......

Reducing the food of Cattle before giving it. By Prof. A. Gyde........

Sheep........

History of the Ohio Company for importing English Cattle. By Hon. John L. Taylor.. 98

On Sheep-breeding. By P. A. Browne, LL. D.

Wool-growing...