No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 691 



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Fruit farming as an investment, 573 



Fruit growing, some mistakes in, 57I 



Tillage and sod mulch 397 



Effect of tillage and sod mulch in, ] 400 



Advantages of sod mulch, 401 



Fruit pests and their treatment, ..;....;....;....;....; , , , 586 



Grape insects .' ' " " 586 



Fruit Growers' Association of Adams County, officers of, 365 



Abstract of papers read at annual meeting, 365 



Presidents address, " . . 355 



Fruit Growers' Association, the Eastern plan and prospects, 414 



Fruit and Fruit Culture, report of Commictee on, 431 



Planting 432 



Crop and prices, 433 



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Garden irrigation, 624 



Results of experiments. C25 



Geology, report of Economic Geologist, 540 



Area of coal lands, 540 



Deposits of red shale, 543 



Allumlnum, 544 



Remarks on game, 544 



Report of Agricultural Geologist, 547 



Soils and stratas, 548 



Ginseng, its cultivation, 440 



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Horticulture, past present and future of, 253 



The peach, 254 



The plum, 258 



The thinning of trees, 258 



Picking and marketing of fruit 1:58 



Varieties and successes of fruit, 259 



Fillers, 260 



Hydrophobia, 492 



Description, 492 



Pasteur treatment, 493 



Legislation, report of Committee on 517 



Lime-sulphur, its use on apples and' peaches, 392 



Home preparation of, 392 



Spray injury, 393 



Livestock, common diseases among, 335 



Cost of diseases of, 335 



Handling of diseases, 336 



Mysteries of infectious diseases, 336 



Report of Committee on, 485 



Profitable production of, 485 



Swine raising, 486 



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Market gardening 848 



Keeping a dairy, 348 



Best methods of production, 349 



The seed, ^ 350 



Selling and distribution, 351 



Problems of, 628 



Memorial Committee, report of, 534 



Microscopist and Hygienist, report of 498 



Milk, production of sanitary, 223 



Contamination of, 223 



Bacteria in, 224 



Sources of contamination of, 225 



Bacterial examination of, 226 



Influence of unclean apparatus, 226 



Mineralogy, report of Mineralogist, 528 



Production of anthracite coal 528 



Production of coke '. 529 



Production of cement, etc., 531 



Production of mineral paints, 532 



