INDEX. 



Page. 



State Board op Agriculture, 



State Agricultural College: 



Secretary's Account, 7 



Treasurer's Account, 8 



Warrant Account, 8 



Department Accounts, 10 



Student's Labor, 15 



Inventory, 16 



Reports of Departments : 



President's Report, 19 



Faculty Report, 22 



Chemical Department, 27 



English Literature, • 30 



Librarian, 32 



Museum, 36 



Botany and Horticulture, 38 



Mathematics and Engineering, 55 



Zoology and Entomology, 59 



Farm Department, 61 



Apiary, 357 



Salaries, 71 



Farmers' Institutes : 



General History, 72 



Allegan Institute^ 78 



Fruit Growing in Michigan. By Henry S. Clubb, .... 78 



Shall Farmers keep Bees? By Julius Tomlinson, 86 



Long Wooled Sheep. By "VVm. Cumming, 89 



Fruit or Insects, — which? By Prof. A. J. Cook,- 91 



Breeding and Feeding Swine. By J. A. Anderson, .... 98 



Raising FTay and Fattening Cattle. By Henry Shultes, .... 102 



Road Making. By R. C, Carpenter, C. E., 107 



Cutting and Curing Hay. By Hon. Richard Ferris, .... 114 



Thinning Fruit. By Hon. A. S. Dyckman, 116 



Armada Institute^ 121 



The Apple Orchard. By C. W. Garfield, 122 



Mixed Husbandry. By Lucius Palmerlee, 124 



Sheep vs. Cows — Comparative Profits. By J. E. Day, . . . 129 



Application of Mamu-e. By J. A. Paton, 134 



Farmer's Road to Success. By Robert McKay, Esq., .... 135 



Increasing the Fertility of Our Farms. By Thomas Dawson, . . 135 



Decatur Institute^ 136 



Opening Address. By Hon. A. B. Copley, 137 



Root Crops. By J. R. Hendryx, . ' 140 



Reclaiming Wet Lands. By Erastus Osborne, 141 



Cranberry Culture. By II. S. Rogers 144 



Farm Machinery and Implements. By R. C. Carpenter, C. E., . . 148 



Question Box, 157 



Corn Culture. By Arthur Hayden, 160 



Cut Worms, 164 



Fruit Culture. Bj'- Dr. Bartholomew, 166 



Aids and Inducements to Better Farming. By N. D. Thomas, . 169 



