INDEX. Ixi 



Breeding, laws of, 27, 28, 48, 49, 76, 281 



Buckeye mower, 290 



Bull, E. W., address by, 7 



Bulls and their management, 77, 78, 79 



Cabbages as food for stock, 32, 81 



Canning meats, 302 



Cattle, adaptation of breeds of, 21, 279 



Cattle breeding, 20, 30, 43, 44, 48, 49, 279, 281 



Cattle, care of, 31, 32, 37 



Cattle, characteristics of different breeds, 21, 24, 51, 279 



Cattle, diseases among, 6 



Cattle, food for and treatment of, 20, 44, 71, 82, 83 



Cattle food, preparation of, 31, 35, 37, 51, 53, 82 



Cattle, grade and scrub, 43 



Cattle husbandry, discussion on, 19, 70 



Cattle, oleaginous foods for, 73 



Clayey lands, ploughing of, .• . . 167 



Clement, Asa, essay by, 269 



Compost of dead animals, 275 



Committees of the Board for 1868, 284, 285 



Contagious diseases among cattle, report on, 6 



Corn, production of to the acre, 205 



Cotton-seed meal, 26, 53, 72, 73, 84, 85 



Cows and heifers, value' of in Massachusetts, 282 



Cows, food for and treatment of, 26, 44 



Curculio attacking fruits, 123 



Delegates to exhibitions in 1868, . . . . 283 



Development and training, 67 



Doe plough, 286 



Drainage and irrigation, 240, 241 



Drainage, discussion on, 208 



Drainage, essay on, 260, 261 



Drainage, effect of on soils, 176, 213, 214, 219, 261 



Drainage of lands lengthens seasons, 211 



Drains, depths of, 215 



Drains, varieties of, 212, 213 



Drift origin, 155 



Education in Massachusetts, . . . 62,63 



Excelsior root-cutter, 299 



Fairs, times of holding, 277 



Fall and spring ploughing, essay on, 267 



Feeding ofanimals, 25, 26, 37, 45, 53, 71, 74 



Fences, durability of, 231 



Food, preparation of, 31, 35, 37, 45, 52, 53, 76 



Fruit culture, discussion on, 87 



Fruit, value of in Massachusetts, 87 



Gamgee's, Prof. John, method of preserving meat, 303, 304 



Gas lime for manure, 200, 201, 239 



Glass houses for fruit culture, 132 



