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Implements of the farm 17, 27, 29, 31, 33, 40 



Improvement of soils 123,149 



Indian corn, history of, in this country, 20, 41, 42, 43 



Insects injurious to the grape-vine, ' 303, 304 



Insects injurious to asparagus, . 314 



Inspector of Fertilizers, report of, 130,131,352,355,373 



Intensive farming, 118, 120 



Isothermal line, most northerly limit of, in grape-culture, 274 



Jersey milk, characteristics of, 94, 95, 382, 384 



Lactometer, use of, 66, 67, 84, 85, 97 



Land adapted to grape-culture, 275, 276 



Land, preparation of, for grape-culture 275, 276, 277 



Leaves and their structure and functions, 167, 176, 181 



Lewis, Harris, lecture hy 65,69,73,80 



Liquid manures, value of, 127, 373 



Loring, George B., lecture hy 245, 253, 258 



Manure of animals, percentage of, to food consumed 125,127,128,136 



Manures, animal and liquid, value of, 125, 126, 127, 129, 210, 372 



Majile-sugar, when made, 162, 183, 185 



Market-gardening; discussion on, 313, 322 



Meat-packing business, history and growth of, in this country 54, 55, 358 



Mechanics in agriculture, progress of, 19, 27, 29, 33, 34, 37, 41, 101 



Methods of feeding animals 257, 258, 381 



Mildew on the grape 300, 301 



Miles, E. T., address by 7, 8, 9, 10 



Milk, aeration of, 72, 73, 74, 89, 377 



Milk, constituent elements of, . . • 65, 94, 95, 387 



Milk, how tainted 72, 73, 76, 77, 82, 83, 87, 88 



Milk, lecture on 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 76, 78, 80 



Milk of different breeds of animals varies 93, 94, 95, 96, 377, 382, 384 



Milk-producing animals, breeding of, 254, 255 



Milk, specific gravity of, 66, 67, 71, 84 



Milk, standard for, 69 



Mowing and reaping machines, 32, 34, 36, 45 



Muck, value of, as an absorbent 134, 135, 142, 207 



Nitrate of soda and potash 367, 368 



Nitrogen, properties of, and its relation to plant-life, . . 112, 113, 116, 122, 125, 129, 368 

 Norcross, Amasa, address of, 10 



Ordinary farm culture 315, 317 



Osmose, theory of, 179, 183 



Percentage of manure of animals to food consumed 128 



Plants, chemical elements of, 121, 124, 169 



Plants and their growth 118, 121, 124, 163, 165, 173 



Plant-life, periods of rest in, necessary 161,162 



Plough, history of the, in this country 17,19,27,28,29,299 



Points of a good cow 253 



Potatoes, cultivation of, 20, 22, 175, 315, 316, 317 



Potatoes, extent of growth of, in this country 20, 22, 45, 46 



Pork-packing in this country 54, 55, 360 



Preserving grapes 298 



Pressure of sap in trees, 182,183,185,186,187 



Pruning grape-vines ' 285, 287, 296, 297, 305, 311 



Resources of nitrogen, 112, 115, 122, 125, 125, 367 



Best, periods of, in plant-life necessary 161, 162 



Roots and leaves, structure of, 167, 174 



Rural pursuits, progress and influence of, lecture on, 98, 104, HI 



