INDEX, 7 719 
i, 
Laboratory building recommended, 42. 
Labor, comparative supply of farm, 1888, 582, 
wages of farm, 579. 
by States, 1869 to 1888, 580. 
Land, treatment of, after exhaustion, 674, 
Lard examination, 622. 
Lawn making, method of, 676. 
Leaf rust of the Cherry; Peach, Plum, etc., 353-355. 
spot disease of the Catalpa, 364, 365. 
Le Conte pear, particulars of growth of, 676, 
Library of the Department, 45. : 
Licorice, culture of, 682. 
Lignite, examination of, 294, 295. 
experiment with, in filtering juices, 268-281. 
use of, in making sugar, 263. 
Lime wash for trees, 684. 
Live stock, numbers and values, January 1, 1888, 563. 
value per head, 1879 to 1888, 565. 
Locusts in Nebraska, 167. 
Lotus plant, description of, 676. 
Lutz, CHas. E., observations on Calathus gregarius, 152. 
M. 
Macieop, LESLIE, E., on the National Horse of America, 691-712. 
Mahogany tree, so-called, 674. 
Mahwah tree, sugar from, 689. 
Mating, the operation of, 186. 
Malt liquors, 183. 
composition of, i88. 
varieties of, i88. 
methods of fermentation of, 187. 
substitutes for, 192. 
Mammals, description of, 481-450. ; 
McLatn, N. W., report on experiment in apiculture, 170. 
Medicinal plants, 310. 
Microscopist, report of, 617-625. 
Microscopy, work of, Division of, 38. 
Milk, domestic transportation rates on, 598. 
foreign transportation rates on, 598. 
Milkweed, common, 307. 
Minerals, analyses of, 290, 291. 
MiraGiia, N., Rome, Italy, acknowledgment of services of, 603. 
Mules, number and value, 1888, by States, 56. 
Musca domestica, 147. 
Mustard, culture of, 681. 
Myochrous denticollis injuring corn, 150. 
N. 
National horse of America, definition of, 691. 
Nebraska, insects injurious in, in 1887, 164. 
Nettle fiber, culture, etc., 688. 
NEUMANN-SPALLART, Dr. FRANZ XAVIER VON, Vienna, Austria, acknowledgment of 
services of, 603. 
Nopal or Cactus, 303. 
Nut trees, propagating, 647. 
; O. 
Oats, acreage, product, and value, 1880 to 1887, 544. 
1886, by States, 558. 
1887, by States, 544. 
price per bushel, 1886, by States, 560. 
yield per acre, 1886, by States, 560. 
Oleomargarine and butterine, 619. 
Olive, the, 645. 
