182 INDEX TO THE KEPORT. 



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Pasture, value of, as a fertilizer, 124, 125, 128, 129 



Plum-trees, care of, 1^6. 187, 194 



Points of a good cow, 13,14,171,1(2 



Potash salts, . . ' 285,206 



Potatoes, experiments in growing with chemical fertilizers, . . 26, 27, 126, 127, 130, 135 



Profits of forest-culture 280, 281 



Proportion of forests to other lands in Massachusetts 258, 2a9, 260 



Rainfall affected by destruction of forests 146,147,150,151,166,250,251,254 



Restoration of the forests, lecture on, 140,146,151 



Retrenchment in the Agricultural College, how to be effected, 216, 217 



Root-pruning, effect of, 



Roots, functions of, 42,43,156,161 



Salt Lake Valley, agriculture in, 60, 65, 66 



Salt marshes, report on 238, 240, 248 



Sargent, C. S., essay by 250, 270, 282 



Scabby potatoes, 120, 121, 123, 135 



Seasons influence plant-growth, 23 



Sessions, H. M., essay by, 219, 228 



Shade-trees should not be too near the dwelling-house 152 



Shorthorns, and their characteristics, 169,1(0 



Soiling, utility of, 



Soils of salt marshes, character of, 242,243,244,245 



Soils, influence of character of, on our crops 18, 23, 29, 30, 36, 38, 51 



Squash-bugs, how destroyed, 1^ 



Squashes, and their cultivation 132, 134, 136 



Stars, chemistry of the 97, 98 



Stockbridgo, Prof. Levi, formulas of, for preparation of chemical fertilizers, . . 47, 48 



Stockbridge, Prof. Levi, lecture by 17, 24, 30, 33 



Strawberries, and their culture 1^^' 1^^ 



Sturtevant, E. L., experiments of, 38, 39, 40 



Sugar-maple, value of the, 142,163,270 



Sulphate of ammonia, analysis of, '^"° 



Sulphate of potassa, analysis of, 297 



Sunflowers purify the air 1*° 



Superphosphates, value of, 337, 338, 339, 340 



Thorough-bred, definition of the term l'^2 



Time for planting and transplanting trees, 154i 160, 162, 163 



Tree-planting in Massachusetts, essay upon 250, 2 lO, 282 



Trees add to the value of the farm 143,144,153,166,168,270,274,281 



Trees, and their cultivation 140. 145, 151, 157, 160, 166, 168, 250, 270, 282 



Trees purify the atmosphere 1^^' 1^^ 



Utah, condition of agriculture in 60, 61, 65, 66 



Vincent, H., essay by 283, 288, 293 



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Whale's flesh as a fertilizer 



■Willow-tree, value of, _ • ^'^' "''* 



Woodlands of Massachusetts 250,258,270,282 



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 Wool-waste, value of, 



202 

 Yellows, in poaches, incurable • • 



Yield of Indian corn 30,32,33,34,35,36,38,45,50,53 



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