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Potash, muriate and high-grade sulfate compared, 125 



Salts, different, compared for field crops, 128 



Potato blight, early 7 



Mildew, 8 



Potatoes, variety test 151 



Yield in nitrogen experiment, 121 



Yields in variety test 152 



Poultry experiments, 153 



Pratts food, value of, for milk production, 43 



Preparations, private, as insecticides, Ill 



Pruning peach trees, 162 



Pure-bred cows, test of, 42 



Red spider, abundance of, 113 



Rhubarb, sulfate v. muriate of potash for, 127 



Rice compared with wheat for laying fowls, 155 



Root maggots, 113 



Rowen, effect of lime on, 138 



Nitrate of soda for, 149 



San Jos6 scale, distribution of, 113 



Effects of winter on, 113 



Lime-sulphur mixture for, 113 



Treatment for, Ill 



Seed, testing of, 10 



Soil sterilization, practice of, 10-14 



Soil tests, 133 



General plan followed, 133 



Test, north acre, 136 



Soy bean, effect of, on following crop, 12-5 



Yields under different systems of applying manure, 148 



Soy bean fodder, digestibility of, 68, 69 



Soy bean meal, digestibility of, 73, 74 



Special corn fertilizer v. fertilizer richer in potash, 140 



Sulfate V. muriate of potash, for cabbages, 127 



For rhubarb, 127 



Timothy mixture compared with fescue mixture 146 



Trade values of fertilizing ingredietits, 96 



Treasurer, report of, 5 



Variety test, potatoes, 151 



Water analysis, cost of, 38 



Instructions for sampling, 39 



Weather signals, display of, 35 



Wheat, compared with corn, with animal meal for laying fowls, . . . 153 



Compared with corn, with milk albumen as animal food, for laying fowls, 154 



Compared with rice for laying fowls, 155 



Variety tests with, 116 



White fly (^Ze2/»'0f^<^*)> spread of, 113 



Winter-killing of trees, shrubs and plants, 8-10 



Wood ashes, analyses of, 106 



Discussion of, 105 



