INDEX. 311 



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•Oats, cost of raising, in Michigan - 26 



Occupations of University and Agricultural College grad-iates 49 



•Officers of Agricultural Collage-- - -. v 



salaries of ix 



State Agricultural Society 2.54 



Oleomargarine and butterine -- 119 



what shall farmers do about it, paper by Charles Adams 119 



chemical composition of - 120 



Open ditches compared with tile 173 



Orangefleld tomato described •. - 239 



Organization of Farmers, by Robert Alward 29 



Ornamental trees, too many about house.. 64 



Our Common Schools, paper by Joshua Van Hoosen 201 



Indebtedness to Inventors, lecture by Prof. Lewis McLouth 208 



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Paintings, etc., premiums at State Fair — 287 



Pamphlets donated to Library '. Ixxi 



Paragon tomato described y. 241 



Paris Green as an insecticide, by Prof. A. J. Cook 134 



experiments with x I 



for codling moths - - xli 



Pastures, permanent or re-seeded, discussed 92 



Patent question, remarks on, by Edwin Willits 213 



Patrons of Husbandry, by Robt. Alward 29 



Peabody, J. H., paper on evolution in farming i 48 



Peaches, climatic limit of - 129 



drainage for - 130 



for Profit, paper by Prof. W. H. Merritt.... 128 



Pear-shaped tomato described 243 



Peat Swamps, improvement of, paper by Prof. R. C. Carpenter 154 



Peaty soils after drainage, paper by W. Asa Rowe 175 



Pea vine clover. 89 



Percheron horses, premiums at State Fair. 270 



Perfection ton^to described 241 



Periodicals, American in Agricultural CoUege Library Ixxiii 



foreign in Agricultural College Library Ixxii 



Permanent location of State Fair, vote on , 256 



pastures, discussion on 92 



Persian tomato described 242 



Pessell, Pres. H. D., address at Quincy 12 



Phelps, Edwin, paper on improving common cattle 112 



Phosphoric acid in commercial fertilizers. 249 



Phosphates, commercial, analysis of 248 



Pickles, premiums on at State Fair 284 



Picture of Botanical Laboratory xli v 



Mechanical building.. § xlviil 



Picturesque gardening 60 



Pine stump fences discussed 6 



lands, value of, discussed 6 



trees not desirable near dwellings 65 



Plant lice, kerosene emulsion for _ 138 



Plants, sources of nitrogen of, by Dr. Kedzie 93 



Plaster and clover for reclaiming exhausted soils 74 



quantity of to sow per acre _ 100 



Plowing under clover, best time for : 90 



green crops, value of «. : 68 



