INDEX TO SECRETARY'S REPORT. 427 



Nichols, Dr. James R., abstract of lecture by, on sugars, 101-107. 



paper by, on tlie nature of swamii-muck and its value 



in agriculture, 128-140. 

 pap^r bj^ on the chemistry of nitrogen in its relation 

 to agriculture, 300-307. 



Orchard, peach, how to go to work to raise a, 79-81. 

 Organs of digestion in animal life, 34-37. 

 Origin of muck deposits, 129. 

 Onion-seeds, selection of, 285. 

 Oats, 373. 



Peaches, thinning of the tree, 79-81. 



the " yellows" in, 78-85. 

 Peach-orchard, how to go to work to raise a, 79-81. 

 Process of digestion in animal life, 37-39. 

 Potatoes, 374. 

 Poultry, 372. 

 Potash compounds, table of values of, 337. 



Report, annual, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 411. 

 of the cattle commissioners, 293. 

 of committee of State Board of Agriculture, on application for 

 changes of time of holding fairs, 310. 

 Resolutions passed at the annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture, 



311. 

 Results given of experiments in the feeding of ensilage, 191-203. 

 Rations for cows, 239. 

 Rye, 377. 



State Board of Agriculture, country meeting of, at Bridgewater, 20-293. 



annual meeting of, 297. 

 report of delegates of, to fairs, 298. 

 Silos, how they may be made available bj' any farmer, 182-203. 



cost of, 241. 

 Site for farmhouse, selection of, in a sanitary point of view, 313. 

 Soil for flowers in pots, partlj' decomposed j)asture the best, 276. 



how often should it be replenished ? 278. 

 best adapted to the growing of wheat, 177. 

 selection of, in planting of apple-trees, 70. 

 Strawberries, 62. 



ravages of the cut-worm in the plant, 65. 

 the cause of the blight in, 64. 

 best varieties of, for market, 286. 

 Skim-milk, does it pay to feed it to young cattle ? 47-50. 

 Standard axle for vehicles, 85-92. 

 Stones on a farm, how they can be used, 170. 

 Swamp-muck, nature of, and its value in agriculture, paper on, by Dr. James 



R. Nichols, 128-140. 

 Sugars, their chemical nature and history, abstract of lecture on, by Dr. James 



R. Nichols, 100-107. 

 Sheep, 369. 

 Swine, 371. 



Stockbridge, Hon. Levi, paper by, on harvesting corn, 95-100. 

 Sanborn, Professor J. W., of New Hampshire, paper by, on animal growth 



and nutrition, 218-273. 

 Slade, Avery P., paper by, on fruit-growing, 62-85. 

 Stewart, his reply to J. B. Lawes, on the culture of corn, 404. 



