INDEX TO ABSTRACT. 



Page. 



Acreage of forests annnally destroyed, 91 



Acreage of farm lands in the Country, 25 



Agricultural production in a year, 26, 28 



Agi-iculture and manhood, address on, 16, 20, 23 



Agriculture in New England changing, 11, 12, 14 



Ames, Messrs., statement of, 189 



Analyses of com fodder, 81 



Analysis of South Carolina phosphates, 78, 99, 100 



Appleton, Francis H., statement of, 110, 114 



Average size of our farms decreasing 62 



Beets, statement on, 147 



Birds, insect-eating, essay on, 194, 200, 209 



Bulls, report on, 169, 171 



Bricher, William, report by, 125, 126 



Butter, constituent parts of, 180, 181 



Butter, report on, I79, 182 



Butter, statements on, 187, 189 



Cabbages, statements on, 142, 143 



Canker worms, report on destruction of, . . 120, 129 



Caswell, L. B., essay by 90, 96 



ChadbouiTie, Prof. P. A., address by, 57, 60, 68 



Cheese, reports on, 182, 183 



Cheever, A. W., statements of, 127, 133, 187, 189 



Claflin, William, address by, 37, 42 



Climate of New England, characteristics of, . . . • . . .5,65 



Climatic value of forests, 92, 93, 94 



Commercial fertilizers, value of, 82 



Com, cost of crop, to raise, essay on, 80, 85, 89 



Com, preparation of land for, I35 



Com, product of, per acre, I34 



Com, cost of raising 80, 85, 89, 136 



Dairy products, reports on, 179^ 182, 189 



Dean, Elbridge G., statement of, I39 



Decrease in number of birds, 198 



Decrease of average in size of our farms, 62 



Does farming pay ? address on 24, 25, 30, 36 



Drainage, importance of, 65, 72, 1 15 



Ducks, most approved breeds of, 176 



Dunbar, Lucius, statement of, I78, 179 



Dwarf pear-trees, culture of, I55 



Education and agriculture, essay on, 75 79 



Emerson, C. W., address by, 16, 20, 23 



