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Frauds in commercial fertilizers, 195, 197, 198, 220 



Free markets needed 141, 144, 150, 160, 162 



Fruit growing an important industry in Massachusetts, 17 



Fruit culture, lecture on ". . . . 240, 250, 255 



Fruit raising in California, 260, 262, 265, 267, 269, 272 



Fruits, culture and preservation of, 348, 351 



Fundamental principle of breeding, 91 



Gathering root crops, 237 



Geysers of California, . . ■ 276, 277 



Grafting and hybridization, 294, 295 



Grape culture successful in Massachusetts, , . . 247 



Grape growing in California, 264, 268, 270 



Gregory, J. J. H., lecture by, 229, 232, 240, 245 



Guano, use and value of, 187, 232, 233 



Hay, time of cutting and mode'of curing, 339,345 



Herd books, use of, to prove thoroughbreds, 128 



Highway Commissioners should be appointed, 60, 62 



Hopkins, Prof. Albert, lecture by, 167, 170, 178 



Hybridization, 294, 295, 298, 299 



Hyde, J. F. C, address by, 64, 68, 70, 74 



Imagination influences variations in breeds, 96 



Importance of good market facilities, 142 



Imported currant saw-fly, ........... 355 



Impotency in the male, causes of, 87, 88, 89 



Indian corn, profit of growing, 187,189,201,219 



Influence of the Board of Agriculture, 14,15 



Insects injurious and beneficial, report on, 351,379 



Insects injurious to the apple, 362 



Insects injurious to field crops, 367 



Insects injurious to the grape, 365 



Inspectors of roads and their duties, 61 



Law, Prof. James, lecture by, 82, 90, 100, 112 



Leached and unleached ashes, relative values of, 203, 210, 212 



Level roads most desirable, 46 



Like produces like, 91 



Localities influence breeds, 94, 95, 121, 122, 123 



Mangolds, soil for and treatment of, 230 



Mangolds, varieties of, 239, 240 



Manures, discussion upon, 202, 216, 220, 228 



Manures for root crops, 231, 232 



Manures, general and special, lecture upon, 179, 190, 202 



Market gardening, essay upon, 310, 321 



Marketing by railroads, 153, 154, 155 



IMarket days, need of, 145 



Markets for the fanner, address upon, 141, 144 



Matured animals as breeders, 116, 117, 121, 122 



Meadow or swamp muck, value of, 221, 222, 227 



Meteorological characteristics of 1870, 5,0,349 



Meteorological characteristics of Massachusetts, 289 



Milk routes and their management 104, 165, 160 



