TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Pagre. 



Report of the Commissioner, Frederick Watts 7 



Report of the Entomologist and Curator of the Museum, Townend Glover 17 



Report of the Chemist, William W. McMnrtrie 46 



Report of the Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds, William Saunders 61 



Report of the Botanist, George Vasey 73 



Microscopic investigation, Thomas Taylor, Microscopist , 74 



Report of the Statistician, J. R. Dodge 87 



Miscellaneous Papers: 



Relations with South America 271 



Agriculture in Italy 283 



Agriculture in Spain 287 



Jute-culture, by Professor Waterhouse 289 



Salt and fresh water marsh hay, by A. B. Allen 296 



Cattle-feeding in New York, by Prof. E. W. Stewart 299 



Fresh meat shipment to Europe 312 



Rinderpest 321 



Recent inventions for insect destruction 323 



Progress of industrial education 326 



Digest of State reports 353 



