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INDEX. 



INDEX 



TO THE SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Adaptation of crops to soils, .... 



Agassiz, Prof. Louis, address of, . 



Age of animals for breeding, 



Agricultural Colleges combined with others, 



Agricultural education, discussion on, . 



Agricultural education, essay on, . 



Agricultural schools, 



Agriculture, East and West, .... 

 Agriculture of Bristol County, report on, 

 Agriculture of Hampshire County, West, report on, 

 Agriculture of Middlesex County, North, report on, 

 Agriculture of Middlesex County, South, report on, 

 Agriculture of Worcester County, South, report on, 

 Animal kingdom, chronology of the,' . 



Animals, fecundation of, 



Apples, varieties of, 



81, 

 11, 



197 



Pace. 



. 269-273 



. 71-80 



115, 116, 118 



15, 24, 54, 56 



24, 28, 35, 60 



. 341-348 



15, 23, 25 



. 30, 31 



. 304-307 



. 300-304 



. 287-294 



. 294-299 



. 234-287 



. 77, 78 



122, 123, 125 



198, 203, 223 



Beef and mutton, 107 



Board of Agriculture, annual meeting at Boston, 251 



Board of Agriculture, its connection with the Agricultural College, 11, 21. 28, 48, 53, 349 



Board of Agriculture, its history and operations, 13, 17, 19, 20, 23 



Board of Agriculture, meeting of, at Salem, 11 



Bone, flour of, 1G9, 185, 236 



Bones, difference in solidity of, 108,113 



Boys, education of, 42, 45, 47, 59 



Breeding, principles of, 79,81,84,80,83,115,117 



Bristol County, report on agriculture of, 304-307 



Bull, E. W., lecture by, 126-148 



Cabbages, culture of, 173, 180, 183 



Calves and lambs, rearing of, 103, 1 10, 120, 121 



Carrots, culture of, 157,162,164,182,186,190 



Cattle disease, cost of eradicating the, 6,10 



Cattle husbandry, discussion on, 82, 88, 94, 102, 126, 151 



Chadbourne, Prof. P. A., lecture by, 61-70 



Chemistry and agriculture, lecture on, 223-251 



Cleaning seed, 182 



Clement, Asa, reports by, 195,200,211,273,231,287,294 



Color in animals affecting their characteristics, .... 102,103,105,111,114 

 Cows, breeding of, 89, 93, 114, 119, 122 



