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Agricultural department, report of, 102 



Aleyrodes 47 



Ammonia, sulfate of, comparison with dried blood and nitrate of soda as 



source of nitrogen for garden crops, 118 



Ammonia, sulfate of, relative value of, as source of nitrogen, . . . 107 



Analyses of fertilizers, 13 14 



Apatite, for onions, 127 



Apple-leaf spot, - 27, 32-34 



Apple scab, 28" 



Asparagus rust 29 



Aster diseases, 28 



Barnyard manure, effects of, on yield of hay, ^ I45 



Beef scraps, for laying fowls, I53 



Bone and potash, effects of, on yield of hay, I45 



Bone meal, dissolved, for onions, 127 



Bone meal, raw, for onions, 127 



Bone meal, steamed, for onions, 127 



Boxal, Bowker's, spraying potatoes with, 108 



Boxal, results of spraying potatoes with, I34 



Brooks, Wni. P., agriculturist, report of, 102 



Brown-tail moth, 46 



Buckwheat, compared with corn, for laying fowls, 164 



Cabbages, sulfate v. muriate of potash for, 114 



Carbonate of potash, for clover, 121 



Cattle feed inspection, 52-54 



Celery, nitrogen fertilizers for, compared, 119 



Chrysanthemum rust, 29 



Clover family, capacity of plants in, to gather nitrogen, 104 



Clover, different potash salts for, compared, 121 



Clover, yields per acre on different potash salts, 123 



Corn, compared witli buckwheat, for laying fowls, 154 



Corn, compared with wheat, for laying fowls, 153 



Corn crops, manure i». manure and potash for, 141 



Corn, soil test with, Amherst, 128 



Corn, soil test with, results of 105 



Corn, effects of lime on yield of, in soil test, 130 



Corn, effects of manure on yield of, 130 



Corn, effects of nitrogen as nitrate on yield of, 129 



Corn, effects of plaster on yield of, in soil test, 130 



Corn, effects of potash on yield of, in soil test, 130 



Corn, effects on yield of, of dissolved bone-black,, 130 



Corn, yields in soil test, 129 



Corn, yields on potash-poor and potash-rich fertilizers, 143 



Corn, yields under different systems of applying manure, .... 146 



Crops, early, nitrogen fertilizers for, compared, , , 119 



