374 



INDEX. 



Mi'ldlesex County, North, report on agriculture of, 

 Middlesex County, South, report on agriculture of, 

 Moore, John B., essay by, 



Pure. 



. 237-C94 

 . 294-299 

 . 2G9-273 



Nichols, Dr. James R., lecture by, 



. 228-247 



Onions, cultivation of, . 

 Origin of change in color, 



1G9, 176 

 110, 112 



Pasture lands, essay on treatment of, . 



Pears, culture of, 



Peat, methods of testing quality of, 



Peat, report on, 



Perkins, C. O., essay by, 

 Phosphates, use of, .... 



Plants, as indicators of the nature of soils, 

 Plants, causes of varieties in, 

 Pleuro-pneumonia, report of commissioners on, 



Potatoes, culture of, 



. 313-322 

 20G, 208, 211, 213, 217, 222 

 339 

 322, 331, 336, 340 

 . 341-348 

 . 176, 193 



. 2G5, 269 

 . 61,64 

 6-10 

 156, 157, 171, 191 



Rabbits, experiments with, . 

 Root and field crops, discussion on, 

 Root crops, manures for, 

 Ruta-ba^ras, 



83 



153, 160, 180, 190 



. 165, 193 



. 1G3, 179 



Seed, reproduction from, 

 Selection of animals, 

 Sexes, relation between the, 

 Sheep, breeding of, 

 Shorthorns, breeding of, 

 Soil, nature of the, . 

 Slade, Avery P., report by, 

 Species, definition and origin of, 

 Squirrels, change of color of, 

 Stockbridge, Levi, essay by, . 

 Stock, breeding of, 

 Swine, breeding of, 



. 143, 181 

 . 84, 93, 95, 97 

 79, 81, 83, 88, 115 

 . 91, 92, 107 

 89, 91, 103, 104, 106, 120 

 265, 267, 269, 277 

 . 304-307 

 72, 75, 78 

 .110,111 

 . 215-269 

 84, 87, 93, 95, 101 

 . 117, 121 



Transplanting fruit and forest trees, 273, 281 



Turnips, culture of, 158,163,160,187,193 



Turtles, observations on, 85, 125 



Twitch-grass, 175 



Universities, standard of education in, 33.35,37,44 



Use of grade bulls, 101,104,118 



Variation of plants, 

 Vineyards, planting of, 



61.03,65,69 

 128, 134, 139 



Watkins, M. P., report by, 



Worcester County, Soutn, report on agriculture of, 



300-304 

 284-237 



