INDEX. 



Page. 



Acclimation of plants 511 



Acieage of each of the leading crops in the loyal States, and of the yield per acre of 



each crop 593-600 



Adams, Mrs. L. B. — ^Article on Farmers' Boys 307 



African lily, blue 377 



Agriculture, importance of 16 



Agricultural statistics, value of 15 



Agricultural exhibition at Hamburg, by Daniel Needham .' 19 



American shed — articles contributed and States represented 25 



Capabilities of Hamburg 21 



Cattle pens 23 



Commissioner, Hon. Jos. A. Wright 20 



Description of buildings 22 



Location and extent of exhibition grounds 21 



Opening of the exhibition 26 



Organization of committees 26 



Ploughing match 27 



Poultry shed and nations represented therein 22 



Kecapitulation 28 



Sheep jjcns 23 



States represented 21 



Stalls for horses 24 



Swine pens 24 



Agricultural machinery, article on, by Hon. "M. L. Dunlap 416 



Baling and shipping hay 430 



Broadcast seed-sowers and drills 428 



ComparutiTe cost of binding grain 431 



Cost of ploughing by steam 421 



Double shovel j^lough 425 



Draining 434 



Duulap's weed hook 419 



Expense in the use of mowing machines 429 



Expense of harvesting by hand 432 



Farm mills 435 



Gang ploughs 418 



Harvesting grain : 430 



Hay rakes 429 



Machines for preparing the soil 417 



Machines for the meadow 428 



Sorghum mills 435 



The steel clipper plough 417 



The double Michigan plough 419 



The steam plough 420 



The rotary spader 422 



The roller and the harrow 425 



Threshing and cleaning 432 



Threshing of clover 433 



Trial of steam ploughs 420 



Trial of implements 423 



Two-horse cultivator 424 



Agricultural statistics, report on, by Lewis Bollman 579 



Comments on Table No. 6 607,608 



General topics embraced in this report 580 



Objects to be accomplished by the statistical division 579 



Plans stated for a speedy annual collection of statistics of the crops 580 



That of Great Britain • 581 



That of Prussia 584 



That of United States 586 



