INDEX. 



237 



Grass, time to cut • . • . . • • » • 209, 235 



Grasses, varieties of, 203,207.209.211,213 



Guano and its value, 99,100,101,104,120,283 



Hay crop, discussion on the, 157,200,205.211,221 



How to make farming profitable, address on, .... 146, 148. 154, 159, 227 



Hubbard N. S., essay by, 295 



Hyde, A., report by, . . . 32, 200, 312 



Hyde, J. F. C, address by, 52,64,74 



Ice period, Ifi^t 171 



Indian Corn, culture of, 156, 271 



Johannisberg vineyard, soil of the, 122, 123 



Labor fund, want of a, 31 



Labor on the farm pays, 151, 181 



Labor, economy of, 296, 297 



Loring, Dr. George B., address by, 238, 257 



Machinerj', and its importance on the farm, 153,297 



Manure cellar, want of, 34, 37, 45, 154 



Manures, commercial, . . . 93, 95, 96, 105, 281 



Manures, composition of, 95, 96, 104 



Measures for preventing spread of cattle disease, . 8, 9 



Meats, preservation of, 122, 124, 130, 226, 227 



pleats, when salted, innutritions, . . . _ . . 134, 135 



JMilitary training in Agricultural College, 23, 26 



Moraines, character of, 166, 169 



Muck beds, 98,99 



Nitrogen the source of decomposition 127,128 



Oats, cultivation of, ... 269 



Octagonal barns, 37, 311 



Orchard grass, value of, 208, 209 



Orchards, location and management of, .... 55, 56, 57, 59, 62, 81, 84, 86 

 Origin of agricultural soils, k 14,161,176 



Peaches, culture of, 62, 62, 78 



Peaches, under glass, 79, 80 



Pear, culture of, 58, 59, 75, 187 



Pear, desirable varieties of the, CO, 61, 75 



Peruvian guano, value of, 99,101,104.120,283 



Phosphate of lime beds in South Carolina, 97, 109, 111, 113, 116 



Plaster on grass lands, 220, 221 



Ploughs, trial of, at Amherst, . . . 333, 339 



Potato crop, report on, 284,312,332 



Potato, history of the, 315, 317 



Potato, qualities of the, 317,319 



Potato, soils adapted to the, 318,323 



Potatoes, cultivation of, . . . . ■ 325, 327, 331 



Production of the dairy not equal to demand, 1^^ 



Professorships, foundation of, 118,120,123 



