INDEX. 135 



I'AGK 



Grass plats, 68 



" " yield of, 71 



Green fodder, feeding of, 74 



Green fodder oats, 75-82 



Guano, flamingo, 114 



" Peruvian, 112 



Ground bone 117 



Hard pine wood ashes, 106 



Havana tobacco stems, 102 



Hay, analyses of, 19, 81 



Hay of oats, 76 



" " feeding of, • . 81 



Hen manure 104, 105 



Hemlock tan bark ashes, 105 



Highest and lowest temperatures in 1886, 126 



High grade superphosphate, 113 



Hominy meal, 40 



Hop refuse, 102 



Horse bean, 95 



Influence of fertilizers on quantity and quality of some prominent fodder crops, . 68-74 



Lupine, 95, 96 



Manure salts, Ill 



Maple sugar sap, '. . . 119 



Marrowfat pea, 94 



Mechanical condition of fertilizers, 100 



Metallic poisons, examinations for, 119 



Meteorology, 124-130 



Method of feeding adopted during feeding experiment, 11 



Method of filling silo, 61 



Middlings, . 50 



Milch cows, experiment with 11-81 



Milk analyses, 30 



Milk, cost of feed per quart, 17,18 



" record of, during feeding experiment, 30 



Mhieral constituents in fodders, 31 



Miscellaneous analyses, 119 



" field experiments, 94-97 



Moisture in fertilizers, 100 



Muriate of potash, 110 



Nitrogenous constituents of fodders, 31 



" matter, 35 



Non-nitrogenous constituents of fodders, 31 



" matter, 35 



Nutritive ratio, • 14, 36 



Nutritive ratio of rations during feeding experiment with cows, .... 23-30 



Oats, hay of, 76 



Organic matter in drinking waters, ... 122 



Peas, 94 



Peruvian guano, 112 



Potatoes, analyses of, 83 



" average per cent, of solids in, 84 



" determination of solids in, 85 



" conclusions from experiments with, 89 



" experiments with, 82-92 



" experiments with fertilizers for, 82-84 



" fertilizers used in experiment, 87-90 



