564 INDEX. 



Horticultural department of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, concerning 



the, 312. 

 Horticultural societies, officers of, 401. 

 Housatonic Agricultural Society, returns of the, 276. 

 Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, 404. 



Indian corn. See Corn. 



Insects, destruction of, by birds, 347. 



Insects, destructiveness of introduced, 221. 



Insects in the United States, losses caused by, 223. 



Insecticide, arsenate of lead as an, 365. 



Insecticide, dendrolene as an, 370. 



Insecticide, kerosene emulsion as an, 368. 



Insecticide, London purple as an, 364. 



Insecticide, Paris green as an, 364. 



Insecticide, raupenleim as an, 369. 



Insecticides, contact, 367. 



Insecticides, essay on, by A. H. Kirkland, 363. 



Inspectors of animals and provisions, concerning, 428, 498. 



Inspectors to fairs, assignment of, 303. 



Kerosene emulsion as an insecticide, 368. 

 Kirkland, A. H., essay by, on insecticides, 363. 



Labor, cost of, concerning, 101. 



Land, drain, how to, 375. 



Land drainage, effects of, 372. 



Land drainage, hints on, essay on, by "Wm. Wheeler, 372. 



Lead, arsenate of, as an insecticide, 365. 



Lindsey, Dr. J. B., lecture by, on how the Agricultural College and Experiment 



Station benefit the farmer, 138. 

 London purple as an insecticide, 364. 



Mangels, food value of, 316. 



Mangels, harvesting, storing and feeding of, 328. 



Mangels, planting and culture of, 327. 



Mangels, soils, manures and fertilizers for, 326. 



Manures and fertilizers, concerning, 320, 326, 329, 334. 



Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, returns of the, 277. 



Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, returns of the, 278. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. See Agricultural College. 



Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. See Agriculture. 



Massachusetts cities, tbe milk supply of, lecture on, by Geo. M. Whitaker, 48. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, returns of the, 279. 



Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, returns of the, 280. 



Massachusetts State Grange, officers of the, 404. 



Middlesex North Agricultural Society, approval of mortgage of, 3. 



Middlesex North Agricultural Society, returns of the, 280. 



Middlesex South Agricultural Society, returns of the, 281. 



Milk and meat coming from tuberculous amimals, the use of, 514, 524. 



Milk consumption, statistics of, 49. 



Milk laws, concerning the, 247. 



Milk standard, concerning the, 62, 251. 



Milk standard, need of a, 63. 



Milk standard, objections to the present, 69. 



Milk supply of Boston, the, 54, 258. 



Milk supply of Massachusetts cities, the, lecture on, by Geo. M. "Whitaker, 48. 



Milk tester, Babcock, use and value of the, 86, 105, 110, 114. 153, 158. 



Milk tests, continuous, 259. 



