CONTENTS. 



Statistics: Page. 



The rate of wages of farm-laborers in the United States 261 



Digest of crop-returns 274 



Corn 274 



Wheat 280 



Cotton 264 



Oats '. 288 



Eye 289 



Barley 290 



Potatoes 290 



Wool 292 



Tobacco ■ 292 



Sugar-cane 293 



Sorghum 294 



Fruit 294 



Hay and jtastures 298 



Tables showing condition of crops July 1 302 



Extracts from correspondence 304 



Production of Muscatel* raisins in Malaga 319 



Facts from various sources 322 



Market-prices of farm-products 325 



Live-stock markets . '. 327 



Foreign markets 328 



Entomology : 



Entomological record • 307 



Chemistry : 



Chemical memoranda 310 



BoTAXY : 



Botanical notes 313 



Microscopy : 



Microscopic observations 316 



