212 INDEX. 



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Egg, constituents of, 294, 295 



Epidemics defined, 145, 147 



Epizootic disease among horses 147, 154 



Epizootic disease defined, 145, 146 



Essays, subjects for in 1873, 289 



Experiments in feeding stock, . . . . . . . 20, 27, 28, 42, 43, 45, 48 



Experiments -with different fertilizers desirable, 174, 177, 182 



Farming, relative value of, among the occupations of life, essay on, . . 280 



Fay, F. F., lecture by 124, 130, 143 



Feeding milch cows, experiments and observations in, . 20, ''7, 28, 42, 43, 45, 122 



Fences should be described in deeds, . 128, 129 



Fertilizers, discussion on, 178, 190, 194 



Fertilizers, lecture on, 165, 170, 177 



Forest culture, importance of, 62, 63, 203 



Goldsmith beetle, 244 



Graduates from agricultural college adopting agi-icultural pursuits, . . 278 



Grades, value of, for different purpo.'=es, 117, 119, 120 



Grasses, soils best adapted to growth of, 22, 200, 201 



Grass-lands, seeding down of, 22, 24, 201, 209, 226 



Grass the best food for milch cows, 20, 27, 122, 225 



Hardback and its extii-pation, 221, 222 



Hai'vesting hay crop, improved methods of, 9, 10 



Hay-crop, the most valuable, 199, 205, 285 



Hen-manure, value of, 184, 185 



Hereditarj' influence, discussion on 102,112,158 



Hereditar}' influence in the improvement of stock, lecture on, . . 75, 80, 90, 102 



Horses, epizootic disease among, 19, 145, 147, 165 



Hubbard, N. S., essay by, 280, 287 



Hungarian gi-ass and its value, 224, 225 



"In and in" breeding 88,^9 



Inheritance, laws of, in breeding, 81,83,110 



Injurious and beneficial insects, report on, 233, 250, 265 



Insects injurious to the bean, 250 



Insects injurious to fruit and forest trees, 251 



Insects injurious to the strawbeny, 240 



In-igation of grass-lands, importance of, 134, 211 



Irrigation, right of land-owners in, 134,136 



June or Kentucky blue-grass and its value, 22,25,32 



Law relating to farm propei-ty 124, 128, 131 



Laws of propagation, 75,79,81,102,158 



Like begets like 30, 103, 107, 111 



Lucerne, value of, for milch cows 25 



Mangolds, value of, for milch eows, 27 



Manure from a single cow, 168 



Manure, injured by exposure to the weather, 169 



Manure on the farm, right of purchaser of farm to, 143, 144 



Manures and fertilizers, lecture on, 165, 170, 177 



Milch cows and their management, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 42, 45, 48 



Mildew on the grape, 59 



Milk, average yield of, 29, 33, 34, 35, 38 



Mowing and pasture lands, lecture on, 195, 196, 200, 215 



