314 INDEX. 



Page. 



Cranberry worm, 241 



Currant, insects injuring the, 243 



Dairy cow, characteristics of the, 79, 80 



Dairy salt, description of best, 27, 29 



Dairy salt, objectionable kind of, 28 



Dairy stock, extent of in Massachusetts, 77 



Dairy stock, discussion on, 76, 80, 90, 94 



Decline of varieties of the pear, 104 



Delegates to societies, appointment of, ■ . . . • 230 



Difficulties in fruit raising in New England, 97 



Domestic animals, salt for, 31, 32 



Draining lands, importance of, 199, 225 



Effect of salt on soils, 36, 37, 40, 43, 54, 56, 57, 60 



Exhaustion of soils, 142, 143, 144 



Experiments, 69, 70 



Experiments are not always reliable, 69, 70, 155, 156 



Experiments in Agriculture not without value, 70, 71, 155, 156 



Experiments should be made carefullj' and repeatedly, . . . ■ . 68, 70, 71 

 Experiments, value of a series of in different States, 74 



Facts needed for the guidance of the agriculturist, 64, 65 



Fall feeding of mowing lands, 85, 86, 89, 90, 93 



Farmer and the College, lecture on the, 175, 180, 190 



Farmers' institutes, report on plan of, 192, 144 



Feeding stock at a disadvantage, 79 



Female education, importance of in agriculture, 188 



Fern bark louse, 259 



Fish breeding, lecture on, 127, 136, 141 



Fish, as food for the brain, 129 



Foote, Asahel, remarks by, 41, 111 



Forests, influence of on the water-fall, 227 



Forests, rotation in, 146, 147 



Fruit culture, discussion on, 110, 115, 122, 127 



Fruit culture, lecture on, 95, 98, 103 



Fruit culture, report on, 232, 234 



Fruit houses, management of, 102, 103, 124 



Fruit houses, value of, 101 



Fruit raising in New England, difficulties in, 97, 120 



Fruit trees, care of, 97, 120 



Fruits, early cropping of, 108 



Fruits, methods for producing new varieties of native, .... 104, 105, 107, 111 

 Fruits, preservation and ripening of, . . . 100, 118 



Gas lime, value of, 50 



Grape culture profitable, 123 



Grapes, list of varieties suitable for culture in Massachusetts, .... 234 



Grass lands, treatment of, 85, 86, 89, 90, 93, 94, 160, 161, 167 



Great Barrington, cattle disease in, 7, 9, 11 



Goodman, R., remarks by, 15, 55 



Goessman, Prof. C. A., lecture by, 18, 30, 40 



Herbivorous animals, salt for, 33, 35 



Horses, breeding and training of, essay on, 202, 207 



