INDEX 



TO THE SECRETARY'S REPORT, 



Page. 



Adipocere, paper upon, 228, 230 



Agassiz, lecture by Prof., 61, 127, 133, 168, 185 



Agricultural College, location of the, 48, 50, 246 



Agricultural education, remarks on, 44, 46, 51 



Agricultural library, 245, 246 



Agricultural machinery, 6 



Agricultural schools, 49, 169, 231, 246 



Animals most useful to New England, 118, 120, 122, 124 



Animals, selection of, .37, 117, 120, 123 



Apple-tree, insects injurious to the, 145,147,153 



Ashes, use of as' manure, 88, 90, 93, 96 



Barns, structure of, . . 218, 220 



Bedding for stock, 38 



Breeding, principles of, 127, 129, 132, 136, 138 



Board, public meeting at Greenfield, 30 



Buildings, location of, ■. . . 36, 38, 214, 218 



Bull, lecture by E. W., 64,68,72,80 



Bushes, how to kill, . . 85, 90, 95, 98 



Cabbage, history and culture of the, 196, 198, 204 



Cabinet, the State, 242, 244 



Canada thistle, how to eradicate, 83, 86, 95, 96 



Canker worm, description of the, 155, 157 



Cattle commissioners, report of the, 7, 8 



Cattle husbandry, discussion on, 38, 39, 117, 165 



Climate, control over the, 68, 70, 185 



College, the agricultural, 45, 47, 49, 50, 103, 246 



Concentrated manures, 6, 42 



Contagion, something about, 10, 11, 28, 30, 43 



Corn crop, discussion on the 55, 59, 62, 80, 126 



Crops, management of, . . 39, 40, 55, 58, 225 



Crops, weighing of, ; 225, 227 



Dairy, importance of the, 119, 121, 126 



Dog law, discussion on the, 167, 168 



Drift soils, characteristics of, . . . . . . . . 112, 173, 174, 176 



Economy of the farm, 36, 55, 62, 07, 85 



Education at home and abroad, . . 169, 171, 172 



Experiments with the cattle disease, 12, 24, 29 



Farm buildings, essay on, 213, 215, 217 



Farm, management of a, 35, 37, 82 



