INDEX TO AB8TEACT, OE PART SECOND. 



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Agricultural societies, reform in the management of, 72, 76 



Agriculture, rise of, 62, 65, 71 



Agriculture, stability of, 1, 12, 53 



Air, effects of, on the soil, 33, 38, 39 



Apple-culture, essay on 99, 104 



Apples, best varieties of, 103 



Appleton, Francis H., essay by 72,76 



Area of forest-lands should be increased, 47,48 



Barn-manure expensive, 37, 40 



Beets, statements on, 162, 164, 166 



Bolles, E. C, address by, 22, 25, 28 



Bowditch, E. F., statement of, 140 



Bulls, pure bred only should receive premiums, 74, 75 



Burnhara, Ira F., statement of, 162 



Butter, statements on ' 176 



Capers, T., statement of, 121 



Carrots, statement on 160 



Chemical corn-growing, 77, 79, 90, 97, 98 



Chemical fertilizers, and their value, 37, 40, 41, 70, 90, 98 



Cooley, C. E., statement of, 145, 146, 149 



Corn, cost of raising, 77,90,98,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,147 



Corn-stover, average yield of, 78 



Cow, average yield of, and expense of keeping, 37 



Cressy, Noah, address by 56, 58, 61 



Crocker, H. P., statement of, 137 



Dairj' products, report of committee on, 176 



Dairy stock, report of committee on 172 



Dairy stock, statements on, 174, 175, 176 



Destructive gases, 17, 18, 19 



Difficulties which beset the farmer, 24, 25 



Drainage of the house should be cared for, 19,20 



Expense of keeping a cow, 37 



Fallowing lands, importance of, 38, 39 



Farm improvements, reports on, 105, 108 



Farming, practical hints on 23, 36, 42 



Fertilizers, value of different, 33, 37, 40, 41, 46, 77, 79, 90, 97, 98 



Forests should be grown, 46, 47, 49 



Fruit-culture, reports on 112, 115, 131, 134 



Fruit-culture, statements on 116, 118, 120, 121, 123, 124, 128, 137 



Fruit should be used more extensively as a human food, 17, 18 



Gage, G. W., statement of, 128 



Grains and grass seed, report of committee on 152 



Grain crops, statements on, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 



Gregory, J. J. H., report by 166, 167, 168 



Gregory, J. J. H., statements of, 110, 161, 162 



Hall, S. W., statement of, 148 



Haskell, Mrs. H. C, statement of, 176, 178 



Hay crop, importance of the, 45 



