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INDEX. 



Moore, J. B., lecture by, .... 

 Muck, value of, 



Nature's mode of distributing plants, 

 New England homes, lecture upon, 

 Nichols, Dr. James R., lecture bv, 



Offspring, regulating the sexes of, 

 Onions, cost of production of, an acre, . 

 Onions, soil for and cultivation of. 

 Organization of the Board of Agriculture, 

 Ornamental trees and shrubs of California, ,. 



Otter sheep, origin of, 



Ovum, developmental changes of, 



Packard, A. S., report on insects by, . 

 Parturition influenced by diet, exercise and care. 

 Past members of the Board of Agriculture, . 

 Peaches may yet be grown in Massachusetts, 

 Peat meadows should be reclaimed, 

 Planting seeds in market gardens, 

 Pleuro-pneumonia in Massachusetts, 

 Potash, use of, as a fertilizer, .... 



Potency of blood, 



Prepotency of races and individuals. 



Prickly ash borer, 



Principles of breeding, lecture upon. 



Principles of breeding should be better understood. 



Public "highways" of Massachusetts, statistics on 



Qiialitj' of produce determines price. 

 Quantity of seeds to the acre, 



Peport of Cattle Commissioners, . 

 Keports of Board of Agriculture, value of, 

 Kespective influence of sire and dam on proj 

 Reversion in breeding, . 

 Roads and road-making, lecture upon. 

 Roads and road-making, discussion on. 

 Roads should be wider, . 

 Road beds should not be too convex. 

 Road statistics, summary of, . 

 Roads in Europe, superiority of, . 

 Root crops, production of, to the acre, 

 Rotation of crops in garden ^culture. 



Seed, importance of planting the'best. 

 Sex, regulating the. 

 Shorthorns, origin of, . 

 Sire, influence of, on progeny, 

 Squashes, soil for and cultivation of, 

 Slade, A. P., address by. 

 Soil, influences of in breeding. 

 Soils, difference of character in, 

 Soils, preparation of, for root culture, 



Page. 



246, 250, 255, 310, 321 



. 222, 227 



. 237, 304 

 1G7, 170, 178 

 179, 180, 202 



107 

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 233, 234, 235 

 13 

 273 

 115 

 83, 84 



351, 379 



125 



19 



248, 252 



182, 184, 186 



245, 316, 317 



7, 11). 11, 16 



. 202, 203 



116 



. 99, 100 



363 



2, 86, 100, 112 



. 91, 113 



22, 23, 43 



230 



240 



156 

 235 



7, 11 



14, 17 



105 



98 



40, 60, 63 

 64. 83 

 67, 72, 73 

 49 

 43 



74. 77, 79 



229, 240 



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 107, 111, 130 

 92 

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 . 242, 249 

 . 141, 144 

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