AGRICULTUKE. 



ALABAMA. 



6, 6 ; table showing the estimated total num- 

 ber and total value of each kind of live-stock 

 in February, 1872, 6 ; manures, 7 ; stock-rais- 

 ing and the preparation and marketing of beef 

 products, 7; application of the signal service 

 to agriculture, 7; experiments in the culture 

 of trees on the plains of Kansas, 7 ; irrigation 

 in Pacific States, 7 (see President's message, p. 

 702); statistics of, in the United States (see 

 United States, and the respective States). 



XIII. In 1873, wheat, 10 ; Indian-corn, 10 ; 

 rye, 10 ; oats, 10 ; barley, 10 ; buckwheat, 10 ; 

 potatoes, 10 ; sweet-potatoes, 10 ; hay, 11 ; 

 tobacco, 11 ; cotton, 11 ; sugar-cane, 11 ; flax, 

 12; beans and peas, 12; fruits, 12; value of 

 the agricultural interests in the United States, 

 12; experiments in regard to wheat, 12; num- 

 ber and value of live-stock, 13 ; forest culture, 

 14; National Association of Swine-breeders, 

 14; reports in regard to different American 

 breeds, 14 ; silk culture, 15 ; national Con- 

 gress, 376. 



XIV. Crops of 1874, 5; locusts in the 

 West, 6 ; wheat crop, 5 ; Indian-corn, 5 ; rye, 

 6 ; oats, 6 ; barley, 6 ; buckwheat, 6 ; pota- 

 toes, 6 ; hay, 6 ; tobacco, 6 ; cotton, 6 ; yield 

 per acre, 7; flax, 7; sugar-cane, 7; fruits, 7; 

 table of live-stock, 8 ; variations of wheat 

 crop, 8 ; laws of the development of cereals, 

 8; yield of wheat per acre in England, 9; 

 glutted markets, 9 ; remarks on over-produc- 

 tion, 10, 11. 



XV. Crops in 1875 in the United States, 

 7; grasshoppers, 7; other insects, 7; wheat, 

 7; corn, 7; rye, 7; oats, 8; barley, 8; buck- 

 wheat, 8 ; potatoes, 8 ; rice, 8 ; sugar, 8 ; maple- 

 sugar and molasses, 8; sorghum, 8; hay, 9; 

 fruit, 9 ; tobacco, 9 ; cotton 10 ; fattening cat- 

 tle, 10. 



AGRICULTURE. II. Bureau of, established, 

 375. 



AGUAS, MAMEL. XII. Obituary, 646. 



AHMET, KOIKTAR EFFENDI. XII. Appoint- 

 ed head of the church in Turkey, by the Sul- 

 tan, 768. 



AIRIN, LUCY. IV. Birth, 10 ; attainments, 

 10 ; writings, 10 ; death, 10. 



AKERMAN, A. T. XI. Eesigns the office of 

 United States Attorney-General, 744. 



ALABAMA* I. Its boundaries, 9 ; population, 

 9 ; opinion of the people, 9 ; vote at the presi- 

 dential election, 9; State Convention meets, 

 9 ; its Union sentiment, 9 ; refuses to submit 



to the Republican administration, 10; ordi- 

 nance of secession, 10 ; action of the conven- 

 tion, 10 ; excitement outside, 10 ; forts seized, 

 11 ; opposed to the slave-trade, 11 ; farewell 

 remarks of the president of the convention, 

 11 ; commissioner sent to "Washington, 11 ; 

 President declines to receive him, 11 ; further 

 action of the State Convention, 12 ; precipita- 

 tion, 12 ; reconstruction, 13 ; civil suits, 13 ; 

 military operations, 14 ; troops furnished, 14 ; 

 message of the Governor on extortions, 144 ; 

 her Senators retire from Congress, 196 ; 

 speeches on the occasion, 196, 197. 



II. Increase of population, 8 ; other census 

 statistics, 8 ; cotton at Mobile in 1861-'62, 8 ; 

 mineral treasures, 9 ; orders of the Governor 

 to burn cotton, 9; appeal to the people for 

 shot-guns, 9; militia ordered out, 9; soldiers 

 sent to the war, 9 ; advance of General Mitchell 

 into, 9; other expeditions into, 10; Confed- 

 erate tax, 10. 



III. . Military affairs, 6 ; disturbances, 6 ; 

 appeal of the Governor to the planters to raise 

 provisions, 6 ; address to the people by mem- 

 bers of Congress, 7; extra session of the Legis- 

 lature, 7; its object, 7; Governor Shorter's 

 message, 7; resolutions on independence, 7; 

 on the employment of slaves, 7 ; State election, 

 7 ; letter of Governor Watts on reconstruction, 

 7; address of Jefferson Davis at Mobile, 8; 

 commerce of the State, 8. 



IV. Military operations in, 10; important 

 cities, 10 ; manufactures at Selma, 10 ; session 

 of the Legislature, 10 ; views of the Governor 

 on reconstruction, 10; action of the Legisla- 

 ture, 11 ; freedmen's camps, 11 ; appeal of Gov- 

 ernor Watts, 45. 



V. Spirit of the people at the commence- 

 ment of the year, 9 ; resolutions, 10 ; attack on 

 Mobile, 10 ; raid of General Wilson, 10 ; mi- 

 litia of the State, 10 ; reasons for further op- 

 position, 10 ; desolation in the State, 10 ; Wil- 

 son's raid, 11 ; proclamation of President 

 Johnson, 11 ; do. relative to Alabama, 11 ; 

 Parsons appointed Provisional Governor, 11 ; 

 duties, 12 ; losses of the State, 12 ; proclamation 

 of Governor Parsons, 12 ; how received, 13 ; 

 State Convention assembles, 13 ; organized 13 ; 

 action relative to the election of State officers 

 and members of Congress, 14 ; ordinance rela- 

 tive to the institution of slavery, 14 ; debate 

 in the convention, 14; ordinance relative to 

 acts of the State Legislature, 15 ; debate on 



