IjSTDEX. 



Acreage, aggregate, of crops 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271 



in hojis 27{) 



of crops in the different States 259,266,267,268 



Agricultural researches, necessity of 12 



Alabama, acreage, yield, and value of crops in 261,266,267,263,269,270 



Algarobo as a tanning material 7 



Amber sorghum experiments 88 



Analyses of grain, average results 151 



grasses, proximate results 184 



Analysis, methods of 152 



Animals and animal matter, exports of 284,291 



Apple coleophora ( Coleopliora maUvorella) 253 



woi-m ( Carpocapsa pomonella) 233 



Apricot 196 



Appropriations for the Executive Departments '. .22,23,39 



investigating animal diseases .....39,321 



the Paris Exposition of 1878 26 



Arizona, forest area in _ 533 



Arkansas, acreage, yield, and value of crops 262, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270 



Arsenical paper 135 



Ashes, wood and coal, analyses of 140 



Asparagus beetle ( Cicoceris a-waragi) 208 



Asses as affected by glanders 469 



Bacillus sids, the germ of swine plague.. 325, 326, 338, 340, 342, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 352, 



353, 354, 358, 362 



Baking-powders 135 



Baltimore, drying fruit in 583 



fruit trade of 591 



market prices of farm products in 1878 302 



live stock in 1878 303 



Bark louso ( CeroplcMis rusci) iujiiriug tea plants 208 



Barley, analysis of \ 143, 150 



crop'of 1878 258 



experiments with K? 



seed distributed ;>7 



Bat guanos _ 140 



Beans, analysis and composition of 124, 125, 126 



in California... 499 



Beet-root sirup .--- 117 



" Board of Trade " oats, results of sowing - 37 



Body temperatiu-e, its relation to the weather 405 



Bombic acid 134 



Boneset {Eupcdovimn perfoliaium) 1''3 



Borax, a substitute for salt in preserving butter - 576 



Boston, market iirices of farm products in 1878 ^98 



Botanical division 17 



Jieed of increased appropriations 39 



specimens distributed 17 



Botanist and chemist, joint rejiort on grasses and forage plants 157 



Brandy, apple and peach " -^ f>80 



Breadstulis and their preparations, export of 285, 293 



Brewers' grains, analysis of 136 



British agricultural returns for 1878 318 



Buckwheat, crop of 1878 259 



experimcuts in cnlti%'ating ^^ 



Buffalo, fruit trade of 587 



Bush tea 1^9 



Butter ami oleomargarine, analyses of ^"^ 



preserved by borax 5~6 



597 



