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Farms, statement on, 41 



Fruit, culture of, ... 221, 223, 225 



Fruit trees, economy of, 40, 221 



Garden vegetables, essay on, 186, 188, 195, 200 



Glacial action, evidence of, 173, 175, 177, 184 



Glaciers, operation of, 173, 170, 180, 182 



Grapes, cultivation of, C4, 66, 70, 74, 76, 80, 236, 241 



Huntingdon, T. G., essay by, 186, 190, 196, 205 



Hybrids, what are they, . . . . , 79, 133, 135 



Indian corn, cultivation of, 55, 57, 80, 126 



Insects, injury done by, • . . . . 158, 160 



Insects, lecture on, 139, 145 



Kerosene destructive to insects, 152 



Lime in the animal structure, 128, 165 



Loring, Dr. G. B., address by, . . 30, 35 



Magnesia, abundance of, Ill, 112 



Managing a farm, 33, 35, 43, 55, 59 



Manures, use of, 6, 57, 59, 61, 67, 70, 85^66, 189 



Marl, accumulations of, 114, 117 



Merinoes, management of, 162, 164, 166 



Moore, J. B., essay by, 221, 224 



Moss, how to get rid of, 96, 97 



Museum of Zoology, visit to the, 169, 231, 232 



" Natives," description of the, 121,129 



New England Agricultural Society, .6, 247 



Onions, cultivation of, 190, 192, 195 



Orchards, condition of our, 221, 223 



Ox-eye daisy, how to exterminate, 97 



Pasture lands, improvement of, 81, 84, 86, 89, 95, 100, 164 



Percheron horses, account of, 232 



Perkins, C. 0., essay by, 213, 215, 218 



Plant lice, injury done by, 141,143 



Plants, nourishment of, 108, 109 



Plaster, use of, 84, 86, 88, 94, 98 



Pitch pine, cultivation of the, 208,210,213 



Pleuro-pneumonia, recovery from, 7, 10, 28 



Pruning the vine, 71, 73, 75 



Renovation of pastures, 81, 85, 90, 97, 99, 101 



Rogers, Prof. Wm. B., lecture by, 104, 108, 112, 117 



Roots of plants, 61, 62, 63 



Sanborn, F. G., lecture by 139, 144, 160 



Sand, use of as bedding, • . . ■ . . , .38,39 



Science and practice, . . . • * . . 31, 33, 45, 105, 110, 137 



Sheep husbandry, discussion on, . .... 5, 161, 163, 166 



