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Agriculture, department of, . . . . . . . . .21 



Agriculturist, report of, .......... 21 



Analysis, free, of by-products, fertilizers and soils, . . . . .117 



Animal diseases diagnosed, ......... 205 



Asparagus roots: — 



Amount of fertilizers applied, ........ 156 



Effect of fertilizers on the fertilizing constituents of, . . . . 100 



Effect of fertilizers on the nitrogen and nitrogenous material of, . .162 



Effect of fertilizers on the non-nitrogenous material of, ... lO-l 



Effect of fertilizers on the weight of, . . . . . . . 157 



Some effects of fertilizers on the growth and composition of. . . 154 



Banding substances, .......... 82 



Beans, inheritance of blossom color in, ...... . 182 



Crossing light pink-flowered varieties with white-flowered, . . . 185 



Crossing pink-flowered varieties with crimson-flowered, . . . 199 



Crossing pink-flowered varieties with light pink-flowered, . . . 195 



Crossing pink-flowered varieties with white-flowered, .... 189 



Crossing two light pink-flowered varieties, ...... 203 



Crossing two white-flowered varieties, ...... 201 



Crossing white-flowered variety with crimson-flowered, . . . 192 



Bees, influence of, on cranberry bog, ....... 220 



Beet pulp, composition of, ........ . 129 



Coefficients of digestibility of, ....... . 130 



Feeding experiments with cows, ....... 131 



General conclusions, ......... 139 



Molasses v. corn meal, ......... 136 



Plain 0. corn meal, .......... 131 



Plain and molasses, the food value of, ...... 129 



Bleeding of trees, ........... 76 



Blossom fertilization of cranberries, ........ 219 



Botanist, report of, .......... 35 



Carbolic acid and lime, .......... 177 



Carbon disulfid 174 



Carolina poplars, effects of illuminating gas on, ...... 51 



Certificates, examination for, ......... 123 



Chemicals and raw products, ......... 107 



Chemicals, various, experiments with, for prevention of potato scab, . . 87 



Chemist, report of, .......... 102 



Coal tar, ............ 81 



Cork cambium of trees, injury to, ........ 75 



Corn fertilizer, average, compared with fertilizer richer in potash, . . 29 



Correspondence, department of chemistry, ...... 128 



Cranberry bog, experiments with resanding, ...... 234 



Effect of resanding, on fungous diseases, ...... 218 



Fertilizer experiments on, ......... 223 



Cranberry insects, ........... 225 



Fruit worm, ........... 226 



Spraying for, .......... 227 



