184 INDEX TO THE ABSTRACT. 



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History of the Texas cattle disease 66, 57, 61 



Hitchcock, Edward, address bj', . . . ' 13, 18, 21 



Howard, James, statements of, . . 164, 150 



Howe, Jos. 8., report by 1V2, 174 



Humus, and its value 38 



Importance of forest-culture 46,47 



Improving swamp lands, report on/ 105 



Indian corn grown with chemical fertilizers, 70, 78, 90, 98 



Indian corn, yield of, to the acre, . . .88, 89, 91, 93, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147 



Keep the cellar ventilated, - . . 19 



Killam, O. P., statement of, 139 



Knox, J. K., statement of, 142 



Lathers, Richard, address by, 29, 36, 42 



Latham, C. A., statement of, 151 



Leonard, Lewis, statement of, . 165 



Leonard, Spencer, statement of, 165 



Loring, Geo. B., address by, 51, 55 



Lyman, Theodore, address by 62, 65, 71 



Management of agricultural societies, reform in 72,76 



Manures, reports of committees on, 168, 170 



Mason, E. L., statement of, 163 



McMahon, P., statement of, 141 



Merrill, 8. A., statement of, 160 



Microscope, use of the, as an aid to agriculture, 25,26,27 



Onions, statements on 161, 162 



Orchards, and their management, 106 



Origin of Texas cattle disease 50 



Period of incubation of Texas cattle disease, 57 



Poisons of the farmer's life, 13, 18, 21 



Porlj unhealthy as a food, 15, 16 



Potatoes, statements on 163 



Practical hints on farming 29, 36, 42 



Profit of farming, 36, 55 



Pruning trees, how and when it should be done, 101 



Pure-bred animals characterized 74, 75 



Rainfall, influence of the, on agriculture, 42,48 



Reform ill the management of agricultural societies 72,76 



Relationsof science to agriculture 22, 25, 28, 67, 68,70, 90, 98 



Renovation of fruit-trees, statement on, 137 



Ropes, J. W., statement of, 118 



Rye, statements on, 149, 150, 151 



Science, relations of, to agriculture 22, 25, 28, 66, 67, 68, 70, 77, 90, 98 



Scientific farming 68, 69, 70, 77, 90, 98 



Soils adapted to apple-orchards 99 



Stability of agriculture 1,8,10,12 



Stevens, Abel P., essay by 99, 104 



Stickney, D. n., statement of, 123 



Sturtevant, E. L, essay by 77,90,98 



Sugar-beet, report of committee on 166 



Swedish turnips, statement on, 165 



Tenney, Sanborn, address by, 43, 47, 50 



Texas cattle disease, history of, 56, 57, 61 



Texas cattle disease, treatment of, 60, 61 



Thomas, Albert, statement of 147 



Thurlow, T. C, statement of, 116 



Todd, D , report by 152, 159 



Turnips, statement on 165 



Underdraining land, report on 108, 109 



Underdraining land, statement on 110, 111 



Upton, F., statement of, 120 



Use of the microscope, value of, to farmers, 25,26,28 



Wheat, statements on, 148 



White, A. R., statement of, 143, 144, 148 



