INDEX. 693 



Plants, geography of, &c. 



Vine adapted to various districts , 482, 4SB 



Temperature affecting 478,433 



Temperature required by 489 



Ou Kelley's Island 488,4^1 



Water, effect of, ou plants , 406 



"Wheat plant, its range, «S:c 49^ 



Wheats, analyzed, different varieties of 499,504 



Periods of growth of . 507 



Plants, propagation of, by cuttings 559 



Ploughs, gang : 418 



Double shovel 425 



<3Micliigan double _ 419 



Steam 420 



Steel clipper 417 



Plovers 300 



Plums, raising of 359 



Plum knot 573 



Porcupines 273 



Pork, prices of, at New York in 1863, and exports 613 



Pork-,pHckiug, history of, in Chicago 207 



In Terre Haute, Indiana 209 



House, a model 211 



Potato fly : 5G9 



Prices of leading agricultural products in each of the loyal States 593-599 



General average prices tor all the loyal States of their leading agricultural 



products in 1862 and 1863 6^ 



Of the same in New York, from 1860 to July, 1864 61P 



Of the same in England, Jul}', 1864 610 



Of beef, pork, hams and bacon, lard, butter and cheese in 1863, at New 



York 6l| 



Of flour, wheat, com, oats, beef, pork, lard, cotton and whiskey, at New 



York, for each month, from May 1, 1863, to May 1, 1864 614, 6]0 



Of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, live and dressed hogs, live cattle, mess 

 and prime pork, lard, hams, sides, shoulders, mess beef, beef ham and 



prime tallow, at Chicago, from Sept. 1862, to July 1, 1864 617,6:^ 



Of hogs in Cincinnati, from 1854 to 1864, inclusive 62| 



Of gold, from January 2, 1862, to August 1, 1864 GIB 



Provisions, prices of, at Chicago, in 1863-'64 21Q 



Pruning, time and effects of 553 



Q. 



Quails 30B 



QuaLU in cornfields - .... 285 



K. 



Rabbits 27^ 



Pacing, English system of 165 



Eakes, hay 429 



Randall, Hon. Henry S. — Article on Sheep 229 



^ Randall, Hon. Alexander. — Letter on Dog Laws 456 



Raspberries, cultivation of 354 



RaUs 269,270 



Poisons for 279 



Raven 3Q4 



Receipts and shipments of flour, wheat, corn, oats, beef, pork, lard, hogs, cotton, 



and whiskey, at New York, from May 1, 1863, to May 1, 1864 614,613 



Redbird 298 



Red-poll 301 



Redstart, American 298 



Rennet, use of - 388 



Reproduction, efi'ect of imagination 168 



Report of Commissioner of Agriculture 3 



Capabilities of the southern States — — ^ 



Commission on preparing flax and hemp 13 



Entomology - -- . 13 



Immigrants at port of New York - 4 



Importance of agriculture lo 



Labors and expenditures of department — 8 



