ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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NORTHEND 



ORCHARDS 



NoRTHEND, William D., address by, 

 on what shall we raise, 1872 (Pt. 2), 

 1,9. 



NoRTHRUP, J. D., statement of, on 

 dairy-stock, 1854 (Pt. 2), 330. 



Nothing new, address on, by Samuel 

 B. Noyes, 1871 (Pt. 2), 91, 99. 



Nursery, care of, and soil for the es- 

 tablishment of a, 1853 (Pt. 2), 91, 103. 



Nutritive equivalents of cattle foods. 

 See Cattle foods. 



Oakes cow, history and record of the, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 278; 1854 (Pt. 2), 253; 

 1870 (Pt. 2), 166, 167; 1875 (Pt. 1), 10, 

 11, 175. 



O.iKHAM, R. N., essay by, on South- 

 Carolina phosphates, 1872 (Pt. 2), 

 97, 105. 



Oak, slow growth of tlie, 1861 (Pt. 2), 

 118. 



— insects injurious to the, 1869 (Pt. 1), 

 245. 



Oaks, importance of the cultivation 

 of forests of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 116; 185G 

 (Pt, 2), 217. 



— white, value of, 1854 (Pt. 1), 145. 



— characteristics of varieties of, 1854 

 (Pt. 1), 148; 1856 (Pt. 2), 216; 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 157. 



Oats, decrease in the area of, under 

 cultivation, 1853 (Pt. 1), 31. 



— cost of cultivation and yield of, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 36, 203; 1852 (Pt. 2), 190; 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 273; 1857 (Pt. 2), 219; 

 1858 (Pt. 2), 206; 1859 (Pt. 2), 170; 

 1860 (Pt. 2), 164; 18G6 (Pt. 2), 67; 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 118; 1868 (Pt. 1), 269 

 (Pt. 2), 146, 147; 1871 (Pt. 2), 216, 

 226; 1876 (Pt. 2), 112; 1877 (Pt. 2), 77. 



— soil for growing, 1868 (Pt. 1), 270. 



— experiments with chemical fertil- 

 izers in growing, 1875 (Pt. 1), 26. 



Observation and experiments, neces- 

 sity for and value of, 1859 (Pt. 2), 1. 



Obstacles to the progress of scientific 

 agriculture, 1869 (Pt. 1), 61, 75. 



Offspring of any mating resemble 

 their grandparents, 1866 (Pt. 1), 83, 

 84. 



— regulating the sexes of, 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 107. 



Oil-Cake, use and effect of, as cattle 



food, 1856 (Pt. 1), 123. 

 Oleo-Margarine, characteristics of, 



1874 (Pt. 1), 21, 23, 25. 



Oliver, Henry K., report by, on 



poultry, 1854 (Pt. 2), 379. 

 address by, on farmers need a 



higher education, 1871 (Pt. 2), 47. 

 Oliver, Samuel C, report by, on 



colts, 1856 (Pt. 2), 371. 

 Onion crop, importance of the, 1853 



(Pt. 1), 37; 1864 (Pt. 1), 190; 1869 



(Pt. 2), 12, 14, 15. 



— blight, characteristics of the, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 11. 



— fly, description of the, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 336. 



— maggot, description and habits of 

 the, 1869 (Pt. 2), 9; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 195. 



— smut, description and injurious 

 nature of the, 1869 (Pt. 2), 10; 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 164, 167, 171, 174; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 38, 40. 



— thrips, 1871 (Pt. 1), 333. 



— insects injurious to the, 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 9; 1869 (Pt. 2), 9; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 336; 1876 (Pt. 1), 195. 



Onion, Henry, essay by, on road- 

 building, 1869 (Pt. 2), 283. 



Onions, methods and cost of cultiva- 

 tion, and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 224; 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 206, 225; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 15; 1856 (Pt. 2), 277, 278; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 238; 1859 (Pt. 2), 176; 1862 (Pt. 2), 

 189; 1864 (Pt. 1), 172, 190, 193, 194; 

 1865 (Pt. 2), 80; 1866 (Pt. 1), 68; 1867 

 (Pt. 2), 12G; 1869 (Pt. 1), 168; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 233, 237, 241; 1871 (Pt. 2), 247, 

 249; 1873 (Pt. 2), 94, 95, 102; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 79-81; 1875 (Pt. 2), 161, 1()2; 

 1876 (Pt. 1), 189, 191, 193 (Pt. 2), 164, 

 167, 171, 174; 1877 (Pt. 1), 48, 55. 



— soil for growing, 1853 (Pt. 2), 224, 

 241; 1864 (Pt.l), 191. 



- manure for, 1864 (Pt. 1), 191; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 173. 



— varieties of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 193; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 139. 



Orchard-Grass, characteristics and 

 value of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 13, 39, 66, 118, 

 124, 154, 167; 1868 (Pt. 1), 208, 209; 

 18C1 (Pt. 1), 208; 1877 (Pt. 1), 130. 



Orchards, management of. See 

 Fruit. 



— utility of cultivating the soil in, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 83, 92, 104, 330, 426; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 85,99; 1858 (Pt. 2), 165; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 91. 



— transplanting trees in, best method 



