Ix INDEX. 



INDEX 



TO THE SECRETARY'S REPORT, 



Page. 



Adaptation of breeds of cattle, 21 



Agassiz, Prof. Louis, lecture by, 145 



Agricultural Colleges, 46, 47, 55 



Agricultural College buildings, 227 



Agricultural College of Massachusetts, 55, 61, 69, 224 



Agricultural College, plan of study in, 58, 224 



Agricultural College, report on, 224 



Agricultural education, discussion on, 29,39,65 



Agriculture an intellectual pursuit, 9, 46 



Agriculture in Europe, 10 



Alderneys, 51 



Allen's weeder, 288 



Amazon, valley of the, lecture on, 145 



American hay tedder, 291, 292 



Angora goats, 77 



Angora wool and its qualities, 78 



Animals, breeding of for special purposes, 21, 51 



Animals, feeding for milk or butter, 71 



Animals, feeding, 25, 31, 35, 37, 52, 81, 82 



Animals, impregnation of, 47, 48, 49 



Animals, in and in breeding of, 76 



Animals, selection of for breeding, 23, 30 



Apple culture, 88,121,251,256,259 



Apple culture, report on, 251 



Apple, failure of the 90, 91 



Apple orchards, 88 



Ashes as manure, 239 



Ayrshires and their value, 21, 30 



Ayrshires for dairy purposes, 21 



Ayrshires, introduction of, 30 



Bag-holder, improved, 300 



Bay State rake, 294 



Birds should be protected, 124 



Birnie, Wm., essay by, 267 



Birnie, Wm., experiments in feeding by, 28, 33, 37 



Board of Agriculture, connection of with Agricultural College, .... 251 



Board of Agriculture, history of, 8 



Board of Agriculture, meeting at Boston, 223 



Board of Agriculture, meeting at Concord, 7,70 



