690 INDEX. 



Minnesotn, topo^aphical features of... — .— . 31 



Wild pauio iu ^* 37 



"Wild rice in 38 



Wool growing in - 32 



Missovui, crops of, in 1803, prices, acreage, and value 596,599,000 



Farm stock, in 1804-- 0U6 



Meteorology of - 620-07(5 



Mocking-bird '21)9 



Mules 207 



Morris, Francis. — Article on Cavalry Horses . 159' 



Moses, Z. — Article on Cultivation and Use of Teasel 11'^ 



Mules, raising of, artlclo on, by J. T. Warder 180 



Breaking of 188. 



Castration, time of 187 



Characteristics of the mule 183- 



Eccentricities of cross-breeding 181 



First " Knight of Malta," when imported 184 



Importance of selecting in procreation - 185k 



Jacks and jennies in Mississippi valley 18^ 



Mule, how produced 18(J 



Practice of western mule raisers 185, IBS' 



Eemarks of Professor Low ou the ass 184, 



Selection of mare for production of mules 165» 



Statistics of IScJ- 



Table of mules and asses in United States, 1850 and 1800 189 



Table of mules and horses in army, Jiine 30, 1802 190- 



Treatment of mule colts 186 



Value of, ou the farm and in the army 185 



Muskrats - 2M 



N. 



Neat Cattle in the United States, article on, by Silas L. Loomig.. 248. 



Cattle in time of war — 203« 



Cattle in the loyal States 203.' 



Cattle in disloyal States 204 



Deficiency of cattle in New England and Middle States 257 



Distribution of neat cattle in 1840 255. 



Distribution of cattle in 1850 * 256 



Distribution of cattle iu 1800 .- 256" 



Disturbing causes - 257 



Milch cows 201 



Other cattle 26» 



Table of neat cattle in the United States, as per census of 1840-'50, and '60 250 

 Table showing relation of number of neat cattle to total population, as per 



census of 1840-'50, and 'GO 251. 



Table of milch cows, working oxen, and other cattle, as per census returns 



of 1840-'5O, aud'OO... 258- 



Table of milch cows, working oxen, and other cattle, and ratio of neat cattle 



to population, as per census of 1850 25S. 



Table of milch cows, &c., as per census of 1860 254 



Table of milch cows, «fec., in 1840-'50, and '00 262 



Table showing number of cattle for use and exportation for tha years 



1840-'50, and '00 258 



Table showing cattle on hand and deficiency to each one hundred people in 



the several States in 1860 258 



Table of working oxen, &c., in 1840-'50, and '60 200 



Working oxen, milch cows, and other cattle 259 



W^orking oxen 259 



Nebraska Territory, fann stock in 1864 006 



Meteorology of 620-076 



Needham, Daniel. — ^Article on Agricultui"al Exhibition at Uamburg 19 



New Oxfordshire sheep, description of 230 



New YQ*k, crops of, in 1863, prices, acreage, and value -. 597,599,000 



Farm stock, in 1804 006 



Meteorology of 623-076 



New Hampshire, crops of, in 1863, prices, acreage, and value 596,599,000 



Farm stock, in 1804 606 



Meteorology of ~ ^^ , 623-^76 



