INDEX TO SECRETARY'S REPORT. 141 



New agriculture, the, lecture upon, by Dr. J. R. Nichols, 44-69. 



Night-soil, value of, 63, 64. 



Nitrate of soda, analysis and value of, as a fertilizer, 68, 79, 321, 322. 



Nitre-salt cake, analysis and value of, 318. 



Nitrogen, sources and supplj^ of, 43, 314. 



Nova-Scotia plaster, analysis and value of, as a fertilizer, 319. 



Offspring, influence on, of mental impressions upon the parent, 206. 



of the parents on, 187-189. 

 Onions, cultivation of, 17, 26, 27. 



profits of growing, 134. 



require a fertilizer abounding in potash, 17. 

 Overhanging trees, whom the fruit of, belongs to, 177, 180. 

 Ox-bows go with the oxen when sold, 182. 



Parents, influence of, on progeny, 187-189. 



Paris-green, value of, as an insect-destroyer, 208, 209, 211, 232. 



Paul, Alfred W., lecture by, on his farming experience, 113-129. 



Pear-culture, methods of, 227-231. 



Pears should be thinned out properly, 228, 229. 



Pear-trees, insects infesting, 224. 



Pedigree of animals, value of, to the breeder, 190. 



Pigs, age at which they should be killed, 116. 



facts in breeding, 37. 

 Plant-growth, natural laws in, 40, 54, 67, 68, 242, 247. 

 Plants, chemistry of, 50, 244, 247. 



exhaustion of soil by growth of, 241, 286. 

 Plaster-of-Paris, or gypsum, value of, as a fertilizer, 234. 

 Ploughing, time for, 81-83, 139. 

 Ploughs, forms of, for different soils, 117. 

 Plymouth County, agricultural societies in, 9, 10. 



growth of Indian corn in former times, 9. 



industries of, 11. 

 Pollen, abundance of, in our higher plants, 35. 

 Pork, food required to make a pound of, 116. 

 Pork-raising, as a means of obtaining manure, 116. 

 Potash-salts, value of, 316. 

 Potato-beetle, Colorado, habits of the, 207. 

 Potato, cultivation and yield of the, 21, 24, 40. 

 Principles of breeding, lecture upon, 185-207. 



Refuse salt from saltpetre-works, value of, 318. 



Report of the cattle commissioners, 287. 



Right of way over the farm, how to acquire, 158, 175, 183. 



Roadside, rights of abutters to material on the, 180. 



Road, rights of the farm in the, 156. 



Rose-beetles, habits of the, 218. 



Root and vegetable culture, essay upon, 14, 24. 



Roots, functions of, 246. 



soils and methods adapted to cultivation of, 15, 17, 24, 25. 

 Rust on Timothy-grass, cause of, 233. 



Salting hay in the mow not to be recommended, 57. 



Salt-marshes, reclamation of, 131, 353, 357. 



Salt-water fishing, rights of abutting land-owners to, 176, 177. 



Seed, description of the, 263, 264. 



Seeds, absorption of water by, 265. 



