238 INDEX. 



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Profitable, liow to make fanning, 146, 148 



Putrefaction, causes of, VJi, 127 



Putrefaction, conditions of, . . . 131, 133 



Easpberry, culture of, 70, 71 



Refuse of slaughter houses for manure, 99 



Relation of manufactures to agriculture, 290 



Rennet, quality of, important, 191,192,198 



Root cellars, 35, 43, 44, 47 



Rotation in forest trees, 159 



Rowen, value of, 213 



Rye, cultivation of, 268 



Salting meats, effect of, 133, 135 



Scientific collections, value of, 19, 20, 28 



Season, character of the, 5 



Shares' harrow a new thing, 340 



Sheep on grass lands, 94, 225 



Shifting platforms in barns, 39, 42 



Slade, A P., report by, . 276 



Small fruit culture, report on, 68, 69, 276 



Soils, amended by mechanical means, 95, 259 



Soils, origin of, 161, 176, 178 



Soils, varieties of, in Massachusetts, 158 



South Carolina phosphate beds, 109, 111, 113, 116 



Steaming cattle food, 305 



Stock of the farm, 5, 29, 95, 154, 186, 188, 301 



Stockbridge Levi, report and address by, 6, 9, 228. 



Strawberries, best varieties of, 68, 69, 70. 



Strawberries, culture of, 68, 69, 276 



Strawberries, picking and marketing, 279 



Students at the Agricultural College 21, 22, 25, 149, 225, 273 



Sugar of milk, 198 



Sulphurous acid gas as a meat preservative, 139, 140 



Superi.hosphate, . 120, 285 



Texas cattle fever, 6, 7, 12, 14, 15 



Thayer, Dr. E. F., report by, » . 10, 11, 12, 16 



Thompson, James, report by, •« * • • • '^Ol 



Trial of ploughs at Amherst, 333, 338 



Top-dressing, application of, 218, 219 



Under-draining, importance of, 150, 156, 216, 218, 260 



Varieties of apples, 66, 58, 75, 83, 85, 87 



Ventilation, necessity of, 38 



Veterinary professorships in Agricultural Colleges, 144, 145 



Vineyards, extent of, 64, 66, 76, 89 



Wants of the Agricultural College, 26, 28 



Weld, Col. M. C, address by, 93 



Willard, X. A., lecture by, 180, 184, 196 



Wheat, cultivation of, 267 



Whey, utilizing the, 192, 193 



Wilder, M. P., remarks by, 123 



Wyman, experiments of Prof., 129, 131 



