INDEX. 



Age of plants, affects susceptibility to disease, 

 Agriculture, report of department of, ... 



Alfalfa in Massachusetts, ...... 



Ammonia, sulfate, relative crop-producing capacity of, 

 Apples, notes on propagation of, ... . 



Apple stocks, comparison of Standard, Doucin and Paradise, 

 Asparagus, breeding experiments, .... 



Fertilizer experiments, ..... 



Fusarium, ....... 



Relative value of muriate and sulfate of potash for. 



Rust, ........ 



Asparagus substation, ...... 



Babcock glassware, limit of error, .... 



Manufacturer's standards of graduation, 



Methods of testing, . . . 



New standard, ....... 



Original standard, ...... 



Reasons for a new standard, .... 



Standard of, ...... . 



Babcock machines, inspection of, . 



Blood, dried, relative crop-producing capacity of, 



Bone, dissolved, summary of analyses of, . 



Ground, summary of analyses of, . . . 



Bordeaux and Paris green, results of experiments with, 

 Bordeaux and sodium benzoate, results of experiments with. 

 Botanists, outline of year's work. 



Report of, .... . 



Bulletins for free distribution, . 

 Butter, effect of food on consistency or body. 

 Butter fat, effect of food on composition, . 

 By-products for free analysis. 

 Cabbages, relative value of muriate and sulfate of potash for. 

 Candidates for Babcock certificates, examination of, 

 Chemist, report of, . 

 Chemistry, correspondence in department of. 



Summary of laboratory work. 



Work of year outlined. 

 Cholera, European fowl, outbreaks of. 

 Copper phosphate and Disparene, results of experiments with, 

 Corn, relative value of muriate and sulfate of potash for. 



Soil tests with, ...... 



Yields on different fertilizers, .... 



Yields on manure and on manure and potash compared, 



P.\GE 



148 



29 



102 



34 



61 



61 



15 



16 



127 



37 



126 



15 



119 



115 



117 



117 



115 



116 



113 



93 



34 



88 



88 



133 



133 



121 



120 



13 



111 



110 



89 



37 



93 



81 



82 



83 



82 



157 



133 



38 



49 



44 



46 



