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Salmon eggs, time required to hatch, 138 



Salmonidffi, habits of the, 132 



Salt and its uses in agriculture, lecture on, 18, 24, 30, 40, 57 



Salt, analyses of different kinds of, 26, 27, 30, 31 



Salt as a promoter of vegetable growth, 36, 38, 40, 57, 59, 165 



Salt, chemical constitution of, 18, 21, 23 



Salt for domestic animals, 31, 32, 60 



Salt for the dairy, 27, 29 



Salt for mangolds, 165 



Salt for meat-packing, 24, 25 



Salt injurious to many field crops, 37,54 



Salt, necessary quantity of for butter and cheese, 28 



Salt, on different soils acts differently, 55, 56 



Salt, proper amount and application of, 60, 165 



Saltonstall, Leverett, essay by, 211-218 



Seed, importance of selecting the best for planting, 200 



Seeds, methods of planting different, 201 



Seedling fruits, experiments with, 112, 113, 117 



Shorthorns for beef, 81, 92 



Shorthorns for milk, 86, 88 



Soil, certain conditions of the, necessary for plant growth, 43 



Soil, preparation of for pear-trees, 115 



Soil, preparation of and planting of the seed, essay on, .... 195, 198, 202 



Soils best for apple-trees, . . • 120 



Soils, exhaustion of, 142, 143, 144 



Soils of New England, elements needed in, 47 



Special farming alone successful in New England, 153 



Special manures for special crops, 147, 150, 198 



Stassfurth dungsalt, analysis of, 39 



Stockbridge, Levi, lecture by, 142, 154 



Sunlight is of greatest importance to all living things, 223 



Temperature affected by drainage, 225 



Thatcher, T. D., report by, 209, 211 



The farmer and the college, lecture on, ....... 175, 180, 190 



Thompson, James, remarks by, 48, 49 



Tobacco crop, importance of in this State, 152, 153 



Tobacco in rotation with other crops, 153 



Trout eggs, time of hatching, 138 



Trout must be fed regularly and abundantly, 134 



Turnip, characteristics of growth of the, 163 



Turnip crop, importance of in England, 163, 168, 173 



Turnip, cultivation of the, 163, 164, 172 



Turnips for horses, 169, 170 



Water, volume of in streams affected by forests, 227 



Wheat growing in New England, 153, 159, 162 



Wilder, Marshall P., lecture by, 95, 98, 103 



Wilder, Marshall P., report by, 232, 234 



Winter feeding of cows, 83, 84 



Wood ashes and their value, 42, 44, 47, 50, 52 



Worms in apples, . . . i 110, 118 



