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313; 1878 (Part 1), 310; 1879 (Part 1), 

 307; 1880 (Part 1), 217; 1881,333; 1882, 

 345 ; 1883, 191 ; 1884, 285 ; 1885, 321 ; 1886, 

 335; 1887, 485; 1888, 559; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 232; 1890 (Exp. Sta.),228; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta ), 250; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 248. 

 Fertilizers, lime. (.See Lime ) 



— manures and (Andrew H. Ward), 1872 

 (Part 1), 165. 



— market prices of, 1875 (Part 1), 294, 

 342; 1876 (Part 1), 243; 1877 (Parti), 

 315; 1878 (Part 1), 314; 1879 (Part 1), 

 308; 1880 (Part 1), 218; 1881,334; 1882, 

 345; 1883,196,348; 1884,286,451; 1885, 

 323; 1886,337,512; 1887, 488, 705 ; 1888, 

 595; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 234 ; 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 231; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 253; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 252. 



— moisture in, 1884, 288. 



— paramount (Dr. E Lewis Sturtevant), 

 1888, 37. 



— phosphatic. (.See Phosphatic.) 



— potash. (.See Potash.) 



— special, 1867 (Part 1), 207; 1877 (Part 

 1), 205; 18S6, 201. 



for currants and peaches, 1884, 439. 



or concentrated (Dr. J. R. Nichols), 



18G8 (Part 2), 114. 



— Stockbridge, formulas for, 1875 (Part 

 1), 46. 



— trade in, growth of, 1873 (Part 1), 61, 

 352. 



— under-estimating of, when comparing 

 with barn-yard manure, 1885, 43. 



Fertilizing ingredients in fodder arti- 

 cles. (See Fodder.) 



— of hens' eggs, concerning the, 1889, 

 256. 



— purposes, compilation of analyses of 

 agricultural chemicals and refuse ma- 

 terials used for, 1887, 752; 1888, 602; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta ),283; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 282; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 306; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 302. 



Fescue grass, hard, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Part 1), 58, 129, 132, 154. 



— meadow, analyses of, 1887, 674, 677, 

 740, 750; 1888, 629, 633; 18S9 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 293, 299; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 291, 

 297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 322; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 311, 319 



characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1), 55, 



154; 1877 (Part 1), 130. 



— red, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1), 58. 



— slender-spiked, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 58. 



— tall, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1) ( 

 57, 154. 



Fever, Texas cattle. (See Cattle and 

 Texas.) 



— typhoid, causes of, 1879 (Part 1), 77. 

 Fiber, characteristics of the genus, 1861 



(Part 1), 185. 

 Field and feeding experiments, report on 

 (Prof. Manly Mites), 1883, 265. 



— experiments at the Massachusetts State 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. (S'ee 

 Experiment Station.) 



— mice, habits and destruction of, 1861 

 (Part 1), 182; 1868 (Part 2), 85. 



Fine top grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 26. 



Finger or common crab grass, character- 

 istics of, 1856 (Part 1), 85. 



Finger spiked wood grass, characteristics 

 of, 1856 (Parti), 88. 



Fiorin grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1),2S. 



Fire insurance, co-operative, 1887, 256. 



Fires, concerning, 1878 (Part 1), 171. 



Firewood for domestic purposes, 1884,88. 



Fish and fish guano, analyses, character 

 and value of, as a fertilizer, 1854 (Part 

 1), 32; 1868 (Part 1), 105; 1870 (Part 

 1), 196, 203, 225 ; 1873 ( Part 1), 355 ; 1874 

 (Part 1), 371; 1875 (Part 1), 312; 1876 

 (Part 1), 279; 1877 (Part 1),336; 1878 

 (Part 1), 328; 1879 (Part 1), 317; 1881, 

 346 ; 1885, 67 ; 1886, 525 ; 1887, 718, 764 ; 

 1888, 586, 614; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 264, 

 285; 1891 (Exp. Sta), 289, 309; 1892, 

 120, 155 (Exp. Sta.), 289. 



— as food for swine, 1881, 24-9. 



for the brain, 1869 (Part 1), 128. 



— breeding (Prof. Louis Agassiz), 1869 

 (Parti), 127. 



profits of, 1868 (Part 1), 155. 



— chum, analyses of, 18S8, 586; 1890 

 (Exp. Sta .), 264; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 290; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 305 



— extinction of, 1892, 135. 



— harvest, the food, 1892, 120. 



— hatchery fungus, concerning a, 1891 

 (Exp. Sta), 232. 



— hereditary instinct of, 1892, 149. 



— menhaden and blue, concerning, 1892, 

 128. 



— migration of, 1892, 138. 



— on land, history of the use of, 1892, 121. 



— pomace, 1870 (Part 1), 196, 203, 225. 



— scarcity of, 1892, 137. 



— scraps, concerning, 1873 (Part 1),355; 

 1874 (Part 1), 371 ; 1875 (Part 1), 314. 



— spawn, destruction of, 1S92, 132. 



— trimmings, salt, analyses of, 1888, 586. 



— waste, analyses of, 18S6, 525; 1888,586. 



