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 Haverhill selected for the next public meeting of the Board, 1875, . . 350 



Heating glass-houses, modes of, 92,93,95,101,108 



Heat of fermenting manures utilized, 93, 94 



History of glass-house gardening, 89, 90, 91 



History of the apple, 343 



Importance of a knowledge of the value of commercial fertilizers, 83, 84, 141, 380, 386, 392 



Importance of the dairy interests, 11, 12 



In-breeding, 189, 190, 198, 200 



Jerseys, characteristics of milk of, 22- 



Lawes and Gilbert's experiments, 133, 134, 135, 142, 143 



Law of inheritance in breeding, 145, 150, 155, 165 



Leaves of mangolds, should they be fed to stock, 118, 124, 125 



Leaves of plants, functions of, 213 



Leonard, N.T., address by, 7,8 



Lettuce and its culture in glass-houses 94,104,105,108,110 



Life, origin of, in the cell, 150, 151, 180, 192 



Lifting power of the squash, 208, 210, 220 



Management of orchards, 345, 347 



Mangolds, varieties, culture and value of, Ill, 113, 124 



Mangolds, yield of, to the acre, 113 



Manure, value of, from different foods, 139, 140, 196 



Manure, value of, from the pig, 140, 141, 142, 194 



Marl and its characteristics, 49, 50, 51, 194 



Marl-beds of Charleston, S. C , and vicinity, 50, 51, 52 



Marshfield, description of marshes in, 385 



Mental faculties of animals, essay on the, 395, 403 



Mercurial gauges, 251, 273 



Methods of reproduction 166, 167, 168 



Milk, elements of, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 26 



Milk, flavor of, affected by the food of the cow, . . 27, 113, 119, 121, 127, 128 



Milking, proper way to conduct, 17, 18 



Milk, lecture on, 10, 13, 17, 21 



Modes of heating glass-houses, 92, 93, 95, 101 



Navassa phosphate and its value 373 



New Jersey and her agricultural resources, 193, 194 



Oleo-margarine and its characteristics, 21, 23, 25 



Orchards, management of, 345, 347 



Origin of the Charleston, S. C, Phosphate beds, 57 



Percentage of water in wood and bark of trees • . 288 



Peruvian guano, value of, as a fertilizer 361, 365, 368, 370 



Petrifaction, process of, • 62, 63 



Philosophy of breeding, essay on, 145, 150, 155, 165, 180, 192 



Phosphate beds of Charleston, S. C, lecture on, 47, 50, 55, 64 



Phosphatic nodules, process of formation of, 61, 62, 63 



Phosphates, use of, as a fertilizer, 66, 67, 72, 196, 376 



Pigs, breeding of, profitable 130, 199, 202 



Pig-manure, value of, 141, 194, 196, 199 



Plant-food, • 47, 77 



Plant-life, phenomena of, . 204, 248, 288 



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