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Raspberries, analysis of, 84 



Refuse lime, 108 



Report of Director to Board of Control, 7-9 



Report of Secretary of Board of Control 5 



Rhode Island greening apple, analyses of, 87, 88 



Rhubarb, 94 



Root crops j^ experiments with, 75-80 



Saltpetre waste, 114 



Shredded corn fodder, 18 



Sketch A, 50 



Sketch B, 57 



Silo, corn for, 58 



Silo, mode of filling, ., 59 



Silo, temperatures, 59-60 



Snow fall for 1885 122 



Sorrel 81 



Sugar beet, analyses of, 77 



Sugar house molasses • 101 



Spent tan bark, 105 



Statement of Treasurer for 1885, . . . ' 125 



Sulphate of ammonia, 114 



Sulphate of potash, 107 



Sumac, 116 



Summary of meteorological observations for 1885, 124 



Superphosphates, analysis of, ........ . Ill 



" Swift sure " bone meal, '. , . . Ill 



Temperatures of silo, 59,60 



Temperatures, averages for 1885 123 



Tobacco stems, 117 



" Topover " corn, 81 



Trade values of fertilizing ingredients, 102 



Treasurer's financial statement for 1885, 125 



Turnips, analysis of, 79 



Valuation of fertilizers and fertilizer analyses, 102-119 



Water, analyses of, 119 



Weeds, sorrel, 81 



Wheat bi'an, analysis, 22 



Wheat bran, fertilizing constituents in, 118 



White currants, analysis of, ... , 84 



Whole corn ensilage, '. 20 



Winds, record of, for 1885, 122 



Wood ashes, 103 



Yellow globe mangold, analysis of, 79 



