INDEX. 



PAOB 



A.s^ricultnrist, report of, 11-56 



Alfalfa as a forage crop, 52 



fertilizers used for, 53 



yields on Field B, 54 



yield, with and without liiue, 54 



Analysis of animal excrement ]20 



ashes, meals, marls, lime, compounds, etc., . . . . . 111-113 



chemicals, refuse salts, etc., 110 



dairy products, .193 



fruits, 133 



garden crops, I35 



guanos, phosphates, 118 



insecticides, I47 



refuse substances, 113-119 



Asparagus rust in Massachusetts, 69 



Aster stem rot, 68 



Barley, relative yield on muriate and sulfate of potash, 18 



Beets, table, nitrogen fertilizers for, 22 



Birches (cut leaved), dying of, 58 



Bone-black, dissolved, eflfect on grass crop, 37 



promotes ripening of onions, 41 



renders use of lime less needed for onions, 41 



steamed, slower in action than raw 29 



Botanist, report of 57-85 



Brazilian millet, the same as pearl millet 56 



Brown-tail moth, 87 



Cabbages, muriate v. sulfate of potash for, 19 



phosphates for, 18 



relative yield on muriate and sulfate of potash, 23 



Carbonate of potash for wheat and corn, 30, 31 



Carnation stem rot, 67 



Cattle feed inspection, 152 



Chrysanthemum rust in Massachusetts, 59-61 



stem rust, 67 



Clover, good on phosphate and potash, 19 



proportion in mowings affected by fertilizer, 38 



relative yield on muriate and sulfate of potash, 19 



Coefficients of digestibility of Amekican feed stuffs: 



experiments with horses, 214 



poultry, . . . ~ 214 



ruminants, 196-212 



swine, 213 



Composition and digestibility of concentrated feeds, 181 



green fodder, 182 



hay and dry, coarse fodders, 177 



silage, 177 



vegetables, fruit, etc., 180 



