INDEX 



TO THE SECRETAET'S REPORT. 



Action of coal ashes on soils, 46, 49, 51, 52 



Aftermath, treatment of, ..... . 85, 87, 89, 93, 94, 160, 161, 166 



Agassiz, Prof L., lecture by, 127,138,141 



Agricultural College, its importance, 175, 176 



Agricultural College, Report of Committee on, 205, 208 



Agricultural Colleges, duty of, 73, 183, 184 



Agricultural education, importance of, 184, 186, 187 



Agriculture, development of in Massachusetts, 176, 177 



Agriculture, uses of salt in, 18, 24, 30, 40 



Analyses of different kinds of salt, 26, 27^ 30, 31 



Animal life, salt as a promoter of, 31 



Apple-bud moth, 235 



Apple-trees, soils best adapted for growth of, 120 



Apple-worm, a new and destructive variety, 110, 118 



Apples, select list of for cultivation in Massachusetts, 233 



Apples should ripen on the tree, 100 



Ashes, effects of on certain soils, 43, 44, 45, 47 



Ashes, leached and unleached, compared, 42, 44, 46, 47 



Ashes, use of as a manure, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 60 



Autumn feeding of cows, 84 



Ayrshires, characteristics of, 83 



Barnyard manures and their value, 57 



Bean weevil, 251 



Berkshire County, characteristics of, 13, 15, 16 



Berkshire County, crops in, 11, 12 



Board of Agriculture, annual meeting of, 192, 195, 208, 219, 229 



Board of Agriculture, public meeting of, ... . 11, 61, 76, 95, 127, 141, 175 



Black bass, habits of the, 133 



Blood, human, analysis of, 34, 35 



Breaking colts 204 



Breeding and training of horses, essay upon, 202, 206 



Breeding habits of the salmonidoe, 132 



Breeding mares should possess certain qualities, 203 



Butter and cheese, product of in the State, 77 



Butter, characteristics of, 29 



Butter, rules for treatment of, 30 



Butter, salt for, 27, 28, 29 



Cherry, insects infesting the, 238 



Corn sphenophorus, 253 



Cranberry vine, insects injuring the, 239 



Cranberry weevil, 242 



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