558 ANNUAL, REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



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 PREAR, DR. WILLIAM, What the chemist has found in Pennsylvania soils and the 



relation of chemistry to agriculture 181 



Report as Chemist, 321 



FREIS, PROF. J. AUGUST, Nitric acid manufactured from atmospheric nitrogen 408 



FRITZ, MRS. SARAH B., The social side of farm life 228 



FUNK, DR. J. H., The peach; how to raise and market 211 



Report as Pomologlst 404 



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GAY, DR. CARL W., Horse breeding in Pennsylvania, 417 



GLOVER, J. NEWTON, What should be the qualification of the State lecturers? 256 



GROFF, DR. G. G., Report as Microscopist 339 



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HA INS, MRS. MARY M., Pears for market and home uses 508 



HALL, H. H. , Is it the duty of chairmen to attend all meetings in thtir county? 255 



HAMILTON, PROF. JOHN, A better agriculture and how to get it 317 



HARVEY, DR. ISAAC A., Soils, forestry and practical geology 360 



HEINE, J. E., Some spraying experiments 518 



HEYBURN, R. M., The age in which we live 308 



HILTON, H. R., The waste and saving of the water of the soil 163 



HUNT, DR. THOMAS F., What next? 266 



Agriculture in secondary schools, 382 



Horticultural adaptation 491 



HUTCHISON, G. G., Report of Committee on Feeding Stuffs 289 



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KNUPPENBURG, D. A., Report of Committee on Roads 374 



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LONSDALE, EDWIN, Report of Committee on Floriculture 293 



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MAIRS, PROF. THOMAS I., Sheep husbandry and mutton production, 241 



MARTIN, HON. A. L. (Deputy Secretary and Director of Farmers' Institutes): 



Report of 23 



Program annual meeting, 25 



Schedule of dates of institutes and attendance, 28 



List of county chairmen 34 



List of State lecturers, 35 



Lecturers and their subjects, 36 



Crop report, 43 



Table of comparisons 51 



List of agricultural societies, .52 



What should be the qualifications of the State lecturers? 254 



MAYER, DR. I. H. , Practical orchard management for profitable results 4.36 



MENGES, PROF. FRANKLIN, What leading subjects should be presented to our insti- 

 tutes this season? 362 



Report as Entomologist 395 



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NELSON, J. W., Report of Committee on Apiary 2S7 



NORTHUP, H. W., What portion of the program should be filled by local talent 263 



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OWENS, PROF. WM. G., The successful farmers' education, 224 



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PEACHEY, J. H,, Should our institutes begin earlier or later In the season? 261 



