640 INDEX. 



Wheat, acreage of in India, 574, 575. 



area and crop of 1885, 409. 



chemical examination of, 140 to 144. 



comparative production, area, and value of, 348. 



cultivation of, in India, 573. 



cost of, in India, 573. 



culture in India, by Rev. I. L, Hauser, 569. 



distribution of, 372. 



effect of product on price of, 374. 



export of, from India, 576. 



increase of yield, 375. 



insects, 311, 315, 316, 317, 318. 



prices of, in India, 577. 



production and exportation of, 374. 

 of new varieties of, 52. 



by Professor Blount, 53. 



reaping and tbrasliiDg in India, 572. 



soaking seed, 79. 



transportation of, in India, 576. 



varieties of, in India, 579. 



weiglit by bushel of different varieties, 143. 



winter, area and crop of the year, 414. 

 White grub, 316. 



-heart hickory Gelechia, 331, 332. 



piuo weevil, 322 to 325. 



rust of cabbage, 85. 



the strawberry, 82. 

 Wild ginger, character and uses of, 72,73. 

 ipecac, character and uses of, 71, 72. 

 senna, character and uses of, 68. 

 turnip, character and uses of, 74. 

 Willow Teras, 332. _ 

 Wintering bees, 335. 

 Witch hazel, character and uses of, 69. 

 Wood, consumption of, for railroad ties, 185. 



exports and imports of, 189. 



manufactures of, 190. 

 Woods and wood products, exhibition of, at New Orleans, 1^. 

 Wool industry, 28. 

 Work uuder tho direction of assistant chemists, 138 to 182. 



Y. 



Yavpon, 67. 



Yellows in peach trees, cause of, 37 to 42. 

 Yellow locust, 296. 

 Terha mansa, 73. 

 santa, 71. 

 Yield per acre of farm products, tables of, 364, 365. 



Z. 



Zerene catenaria, 327. 



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