AGRICULTURE. 



factare, 4; sheep, 4; agricultural fairs, 4; 

 grants of land by Government, 5 ; foreign agri- 

 culture, 5 ; crops in Sweden, 5 ; exports, 5. 



IV. A year of prosperity in 1864, 2 ; corn 

 crop, 2 ; wheat crop, 2 ; rye, oats, barley, 2 ; 

 hay, tobacco, hops, 2 ; flax, 2 ; cotton raised in 

 States north of the Ohio, 3 ; reduction in hogs, 

 3 ; other farm-stock, 3 ; clip of wool, 3 ; pro- 

 duction of molasses and sugar, 3 ; sorghum, 3 ; 

 table of principal agricultural products, 4; 

 grape culture, 5 ; varieties, 5 ; localities, 5 ; six 

 districts, 5 ; degree of heat necessary, 6 ; hu- 

 midity of the climate, 6 ; exports of produce 

 from New York, 6 ; prices, 7 ; do. in Europe, 

 7 ; summary of the crops, 7 ; temperature and 

 average rainfall of each State, 8, 0. 



V. Prosperity of the year 1865, 2 ; drought, 

 2 ; cereal crops, 2 ; decrease, 3 ; rye crop, 3 ; 

 barley do., 3 ; oat do., 3 ; hay do., 3 ; corn do., 

 3; cotton do., 3; tobacco do., 3; potato do., 

 4; sorghum do., 4; buckwheat do., 4; fruits, 

 4 ; grape crop, 4 ; wool and sheep, 4 ; hogs, 4 ; 

 live-stock in 1864-'65, 5 ; exports of agricultu- 

 ral products, 5 ; result of the grape crop, 5 ; 

 hop culture, 5 ; New England district, 6 ; mode 

 of cultivation, 6 ; hops, how picked, 7 ; drying, 

 7 ; baling, 8 ; the hop-louse, 8 ; origin, 8 ; first 

 attack, 8; multiplication, 8; effects of atmos- 

 pheric changes, 8 ; enemies of insects, 9 ; the 

 mould, 9 ; a disease, 9 ; causes, etc., 9. 



VI. Crops unfavorable in 1866, 6; rains, 

 floods, 6 ; estimate of the wheat crop, 6 ; crop 

 of the eleven Southern States, 6 ; wheat on the 

 Pacific coast, 6 ; total crop of the country, 6 ; 

 rye crop, 6 ; estimate, 6 ; barley crop, 6 ; esti- 

 mate, 6 ; oat crop, 6 ; increase, 6 ; estimate, 6 ; 

 hay crop, 7 ; estimate 7 ; corn crop, 7 ; de- 

 crease, 7; estimate, 7; cotton crop, 7; esti- 

 mate, 7; rains, worm, floods, 7; potato crop, 

 7; average, 7; estimate, 7; tobacco crop, 7; 

 estimate, 7; buckwheat, 7; estimate, 7; sor- 

 ghum, 7 ; average crop, 7 ; live-stock, 7 ; num- 

 ber in the different States for the years 1860 to 

 1866, 8 ; compared with the principal countries 

 of Europe, 9. 



VII. Review of productions in 1867, 11; 

 wheat, 11 ; rye, 11 ; oats, 11 ; barley, 11 ; In- 

 dian-corn, 12; buckwheat, 12; potatoes, 12: 

 hay, 12; sorghum, 12; cotton, 12; tobacco, 

 12 ; hops, 12 ; sheep, 12 ; crops in Europe, 18 ; 

 ramie-plant, 13; introduction of the alpaca 

 and the Cashmere goat, 13 ; silk culture, 13 ; 

 progress of agriculture in the United States, 



13; fruit culture, 14; market gardening, 14; 

 agricultural works, 14. 



VIII. Statistics of 1867, 10 ; crops of 1868, 

 11; maize, 11; wheat, 11; rye, 11; oats, 11; 

 barley, 11 ; buckwheat, 11 ; potato, 11 ; tobac- 

 co, 11; hay, 11; cotton, 11; wool, 11; sor- 

 ghum, 12; hops, 12; flax, 12; peaches, 12; 

 grapes, 12 ; quantities and aggregate value of 

 crops in 1867, 12 ; yield per acre, 12 ; ramie- 

 plant, 13;. waste of sewage, 13; pests, 14; 

 means of destruction, 14. 



IX. Crops of 1868, 5 ; live-stock in 1869, 

 5 ; wheat, 6 ; corn, 6 ; rye, 6 ; oats, 6 ; barley, 

 6; buckwheat, 6; potatoes, 6; tobacco, 6; 

 hay, 6 ; cotton, 6 ; roots, 6 ; fruits, 6 ; iops, 

 6 ; wool, 6 ; wine, 6 ; flax and hemp, 6 ;" ogs 

 slaughtered, 6 ; crops and their acreage in 1867 

 and 1868, 7; average yield per acre, 7; aver- 

 age value, 7 ; farm products in each State in 

 1868, 7; diseases among live-stock, 7; grass as 

 a material for making paper, 8 ; fish and oyster 

 culture, 8 ; sugar-beets, 8 ; silk- worms, 9 ; agri- 

 cultural colleges, 9 ; government lands, 9. 



X. Crops of 1870, 3 ; products of the dif- 

 ferent States in 1869, 4, 5 ; market prices of 

 farm products for December, 1870, and Janu- 

 ary, 1871, 6, 7; crops compared, 8; cotton 

 crop, 8 ; Western " Plains," 8. 



XI. In 1871, returns of Department of, 3 ; 

 wheat, Indian-corn, rye, oats, barley, buck- 

 wheat, potatoes, sweet-potatoes, hay, rice, 3 ; 

 tobacco, sugar, sorghum, beet-sugar, flax, peas 

 and beans, grapes, apples, pears, plums, 4 ; new 

 fibrous plants, introduction of, for textile pur- 

 poses, 4 ; new varieties of cotton, 4 ; of cereals, 

 4, 5 ; experiments on wheat in Chester County, 

 Pa., table exhibiting qualities of varieties, 5 ; 

 cotton crop, 5, 6 ; tea culture in California and 

 Texas, 6 ; analysis of yaupon, or Carolina tea, 

 and Paraguay tea, 6 ; culture of olive and 

 almond in California and Texas, of fig and 

 pomegranate in California, 6. 



XII. In 1872, delay in publishing returns, 

 3 ; the character of the season, 3 ; wheat crop, 

 review of the, 3 ; rye crop, 3 ; oats, 3 ; barley, 

 4; buckwheat, 4; potatoes, 4; sweet-potato 

 crop, 4 ; hay, 4 ; tobacco, 4 ; cotton, 4 ; esti- 

 mate of the cotton crop, 4 ; sugar crop, 4 ; in 

 the Southern States, 4; in the Sandwich Isl- 

 ands, 4 ; different kinds of sugar, 4 ; beet- 

 sugar, 4, 5 ; flax, 5 ; jute, 5 ; peas and beans, 

 5 ; grapes, apples, and pears, 5 ; live-stock, 5 ; 

 agricultural results of the year, 5, 6 ; progress, 



