CONTEXTS. 



Page. 

 Statistics : 



Condition of winter -wheat l"-^ 



Drilling vs. broadcasting 183 



Condition of farm- animals 190 



Condition of cattle 192 



Condition of sheep. . 195 



Losses of cattle andsheep 198 



Diseases of farm-animals - 201 



Diseases of horses 201 



Diseases of cattle 204 



Diseases of sheep 207 



Diseases of swine , 203 



French schools of agriculture 212 



Facts from official sources - 231 



Market-prices of farm-products 231 



Live-stock market 240 



Foreign markets 241 



EXTOMOLOGY : 



Entomological record 221 



Luminous beetles 221 



Poke-root for destroying insects 222 



Chemistry : 



Chemical memoranda 222 



Passage of matter in plants 223 



Liberation of ozone by plants > — v 224 



Sausages colored with fuchsin 225 



Uredo, its chemical properties 226 



Tannic acid as a wood-preservative 226 



Botany: . 



Botanical notes 227 



The flora of Colorado 227 



Production in vessels 227 



Production in cells 227 



MiCROSCOrY : 



Microscopic observatious 228 



