56 INDEX. 



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Neat stock, number of in the United States, 29,30 



Nile, rise and fall of, 48, 49 



Oakes cow, essay upon, 166 



Packard, R. E., statement of, 122, 123 



Parker, H. W., address by, 38, 40, 45 



Pears, 132, 138, 139 



Pedigrees of stock, report on, 179,183.186 



Periodical rise of the Nile and its results, 48,49 



Perry, A. L., address by, 85, 90, 93 



Potatoes, 159, 165 



Poultry, reports on, 206, 207, 210, 212, 216 



Presho, J. R., 210, 212 



Produce on an acre in different States, 4, 16, 59 



Production and value of milk of ditferent cows, 25 



Proper temperature of a room, 53 



Putnam, W. R., statement of, 156, 157 



Reclaimed meadows, statements on, 109, 111 



Renovated pastures, statement on, 112, 113 



Rodman, E., report by, 212, 216 



Roads in Europe, 90, 100 



Sheep, report on, '. 203, 206 



Sherman, J. H., report bj', 145, 147 



Shorthorns, 24, 27, 170, 171, 173, 174, 176 



Specialty in farming, importance of, GO, 64, 98 



Sources of disease in dwelling-houses, 50,52,53 



Squashes, 151, 160 



Sowle, J. M., report by, 186, 188 



Stables, rules for constructing, 33 



Statistics of dairy products of the United States, 178 



Stickney, P. L. B., report by, 195 



Stockbridge. Levi, address by, 59, 62, 65 



Stock, statements on, 108, 169, 171, 174 



Swan, A. G., reports b}', 158, 161, 207 



Swiss cattle, 169 



Taxation in France, 9, 10 



Temple, J. H., report by, 161, 165 



Thompson, C. C, statement of, . 165, 166 



Thoroughbreds, importance of breeding from, 20,30 



Vegetables, reports and statements on, .... 151, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 165 

 Vineyards, statements on, 122, 124, 125 



Ware, Benjamin P., report by, 142, 145 



AVhitiiian, Augustus, statement of, 171, 174 



VVhitmure, G. S., report by, 188 



Woman and home science, 38, 40, 45 



Woman and labor, 55, 56, 57 



