ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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FRUITS 



GLACIERS 



(Pt. 1), 68, 82; 18G1 (Pt. 2), 88; 18G5 

 (Pt. 2), 42; 1866 (Pt. 2), 124, 126; 186!) 

 (Pt. 1), 100, 101, 108; 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 348, 350; 1876 (Pt. 1), 26-28, 31; 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 310, 311. 



Fkuits, methods of producing new- 

 varieties of, 1869 (Pt. 1), 104, 111, 

 117. 



for the improvement of, 1875 



(Pt. 1), 234, 237. 



— value of, as food, 1855 (Pt. 2), 267, 

 374; 1862 (Pt. 1), 70; 1875 (Pt. 2), 17, 

 18; 1876(Pt. 1),14. 



— importance of producing from 

 seed new and improved varieties 

 of, suited to each locality, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 78; 1862 (Pt. 1), 80. 



— the maturity of, depends on fer- 

 mentation, 1850 (Pt. 1), 82, 



— varieties of, should be chosen, 

 adapted to varieties of soil and of 

 aspect, &c., 1862 (Pt. 1), 70. 



of different, recommended for 



culture, 1877 (Pt. 1), 307, 303, 310. 



— should be judiciously thinned, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 82; 1869 (Pt. 1), 99, 233; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 277. 



— small, the culture of, profitable, 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 3; 1868 (Pt. 1), 53, 276. 



— extent of the exportation of our, 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 303. 



— quantities of, grown in California, 

 1870 (Pt. 1), 260, 265, 269, 272. 



Fuel consumed by railroad locomo- 

 tives, 1856 (Pt. 2), 205, 209, 216. 



Fungi, characteristics of growth of, 

 1872 (R. 1), 60-62; 1877 (Pt. 1), 37, 

 40, 42, 220, 233. 



FuTUKE of agriculture, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 263; 1858 (Pt. 2), 51, 59 (Pt. 2), 48; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 53, 65. 



Functions of roots. See Roots. 



Galloways, characteristics of the, 



1855 (Pt. 2), 178. 

 Gajvia-Ghass, characteristics of, 1856 



(Pt. 1), 88. 

 Game-Fowls, characteristics of, 1857 



(Pt. 1), 135; 1864 (Pt. 2), 133; 1867 



(Pt. 2), 186; 1868 (Pt. 2), 222; 1876 



(Pt. 1), 81. 

 Gamgee, Professor John, method of, 



for preserving meat, 1867 (Pt. 1), 



303. 



— lecture by, on the preservation of 

 meats, 1868 (Pt. 1), 124. 



Gapes in poultry, cause of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 336. 



Gardening, market. See Market-gar- 

 dening. 



Gardner, E. M., report by, on horses, 



1867 (Pt. 2), 165, 169. 



Gardner, E. "W"., statement of, on 

 experiments with manures, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 154. 



Garfield, H., report by, on the agri- 

 cultural survey of Berkshire Coun- 

 ty, 1865 (Pt. 1), 310. 



Garget, cause of, and remedy for, 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 76, 81, 83, 85; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 188,189; 1874 (Pt. 1), 28. 



Gas, lime, value of, as a fertilizer, 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 195; 1867 (Pt. 1), 200, 201, 239; 

 1869 (Pt. 1), 50. 



Gauge for measuring the pressure of 

 sap, description of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 187. 



Geddes harrow, construction and use 

 of the, 1855 (Pt. 1), 63. 



Geisburg, agricultural institute at, 

 description of the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 167. 



General Court, early acts of, in rela- 

 tion to agriculture, lSi7j (Pt. 2), 3. 



German potash-salt3. See Stassfurt. 



Germany, Central, characteristics of 

 cattle- of, lSG3(Pt. 1), 121. 



— condition of agriculture in, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 303, 305, 303, 332, 353. 



Germ, description of structure of the, 

 1873 (Pt. 1), 227; 1874 (Pt. 1), 161; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 65, 66. 



Germination, process of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 84,85; 1873 (Pt. 1), 160, IGl. 



Generation, methods of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 153, 157, 160, 16S, 167. 



Geysers of California, description of 

 the, 1870 (Pt. 1), 276, 277. 



Girdling trees and plants, results 

 from, 1873 (Pt. 1), 175. 



Glaciers, effect of, on soil and cli- 

 mate, 1803 (Pt. 1), 55, 56; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 173; 1868 (Pt. 1), 163. 



— direction of movement of, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 173, 176; 1868 (Pt. 1), 163, 173. 



— characteristics of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 177; 



1868 (Pt. 1), 164; 1875 (Pt. 1), 105-107. 



— rapidity of movement of, under 

 different circumstances, 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 178, 179. 



— cause of movement of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 179. 



— when they become icebergs, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 180. 



