INDEX 



TO THE secretary's REPORT, 



Absorbents of liquid manure, value of, 133,134,372 



Adulteration of milk 67, 68, 81 



Aeration of milk » 72,73,82,89 



Agassiz, Professor L., lecture by 222, 240, 245 



Age of grape-vines to set, 279, 306 



Agricultural college, report on the, 343, 345, 347, 350 



Agricultural exbibitions, early history of, in United States 26 



Agricultural implements, improvements in 17, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 45 



Agricultural implements, national trials of, 33, 34, 35 



Agricultural literature, growth of, in America, 60, 61 



Agricultural mechanics, progress of, 19, 27, 30, 33, 37, 41, 101 



Agricultural societies, first exhibitions of, in United States 6, 25 



Agriculture in America before the Revolution 12, 15, 23, 27, 42, 44 



Agriculture and veterinary science, relations between, 322, 336 



Air, supplies of nitrogen from, 124, 125 



American horses, history of, 57, 58, 59 



Animal manures, value of, 125, 126, 358 



Animals combining milk and beef-producing qualities, 265 



Animals, humane destruction of, lecture on, 234, 240, 245 



Artificial manures, dift'usion of and growth of trade in, . . . . 61, 62, 63, 352, 362, 365 



Ashes as a fertilizer, value of, • . 138, 139, 141 



Ashes, leached and unleached, comparative value of, 138, 140, 141, 211 



Asparagus, insects injurious to, 314, 321 



Assignment of delegates 389 



Ayrshires, characteristics of milk of, 94, 95, 377, 382, 385, 387 



Bark of plants described, 165,167 



Beef-producing breeds of cattle, characteristics of, 251,252,265 



Bleeding of plants 182,183,185,186 



Board of agriculture, meeting of, at Fitchburg, ... 7, 64, 98, 112, 159, 222, 234, 273, 322 



Boys on the farm, 406, 407 



Brain of animals, location of, 237 



Breeding and feeding of stock, lecture on, 102, 245, 249, 253, 256, 258 



Brighton abattoir, fertilizers made in, 138, 144, 145, 154, 358, 360 



Butter, quantity of, in milk of diflferent breeds, 96, 379, 381, 384 



Cambium and its functions 166, 175, 176 



Cattle commissioners' report 341 



Cattle, first shipment of, to New England, 13 



Cattle, early treatment of, in this country 14 



Cattle, increase of improved breeds of, 14,50,52,104 



Cell-structure of vegetable growth, 164,166,171,179 



Cheese-factories, how they should be managed, 53, 77, 78, 79, 83 



Chemical elements of plants, 169, 170 



Chloroform, use of, in killing domesticated animals, 239 



Circulation of sap in plants, lecture on 159,173,180,204 



Clover as an absorber of nitrogen from the air, 118 



Clark, Professor W. 8., lecture by 159, 170, 180, 204 



