132 INDEX TO ABSTRACT. 



Kenrick, John, report by, 70, 75 



Killam, O. P., statement of, 88 



Lane, Augustus, report by, 100, 102 



Latham, Galen, statement of, 63 



Lathers, Richard, address by . . . 22, 26, 30 



Leonard, Spencer, statement of, 87 



Loomis, B. B., statement of, 61 



Macy, Alex., Jr., report by, 103, 105 



Management of farms, address on 22, 26, 30 



Management of grape-vines, 76, 77 



Mangolds, statements on, 82, 85 



Manures and cultivation for pear-trees, 73, 74 



Mattoon, statements of, . . . 60, 82 



Merrill, S. A. statement of, 81 



Near markets, advantage of having, 4, 53 



Onions, statements on, 79, 80, 81 



Pastures, improvement of, 61, 62 



Pears and their cultivation 70, 72, 75 



Pears, varieties of, adapted to certain soils 70, 72 



Peat, value of, as a fertilizer, ....*. 66, 67 



Poultry, management of, 123, 126 



Profit in farming 4, 40, 41, 52, 53 



Reclaimed meadows, statement on, 63 



Resumption of specie payment, how to be accomplished, .... 21 



Roads, importance of having good, 23 



Rodman, E., report by 123, 126 



Root-crops, statements on, 79, 83, 87 



Rotation of crops, importance of, 7, 8, 9 



Ruta-bagas, statements on 82 



Saltonstall, H., statement of, 92 



Sand plain, improvement of, ' . . 60 



Seelye, Julius H., address by 10, 15, 21 



Sewage, importance of utilizing, 53 



Sheep, 109, 111, 113, 120, 122 



Shorey, John L., address by, . . . 1, 6, 9 



Soiling and its value, 55' 



Stickney, P. -Le B., report by, Ill, 122 



Stock-raising and its limits in New England, 6, 7 



Swampy land, difference in improvable value of, 68, 69 



Thomas, Albert, statement of, 86 



Transplanting trees, how it should be done, 73 



Varieties of pear to grow, 70, 72 



Variation in value of English hay, 67, 68 



Vineyards and their management, 75, 78 



Vocation of farming, address on, 31, 36, 38 



Ware, B. P., statement of, 96 



Whiting, T. E., statement of, 99, 100 



Whiton, David, statements of, 85, 86 



Why our young men leave the farm, 32 



Wood, Lewis, statement of, 90 



Working oxen, 106, 107, 108 



