INDEX TO ABSTRACT, OR PART SECOND. 



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 Agricultural College, Mass., value of, and how it could be made more useful, 31, 32,33, 35 

 Agricultural societies, establishment and growth of, . . 16, 18, 21, 25, 29, 30 



Agriculture in Massachusetts, changes in 31, 36 



Agriculture, progress of, in the last one hundred years 21, 27 



Agriculture, relations of, to civilization, 1, 7, 10 



Albuminoids, necessity of, in cattle foods, 44, 45 



Alden, John F., statement of, 99 



Apples, best varieties of, and their cultivation, . 81, 82, 84, 89, 91, 92, 94, 96, 98 



Appleton, Francis H., statement of, 133 



Appleton, Francis R., statement of, 118 



Barley, statement on, 112 



Bartlett, Albert C, statement of, 141, 143 



Bassett, Josiah L., statement of, 126 



Beets, statement on, 124 



Best varieties of apples and their cultivation, . . .81, 82, 84, 89, 91, 94, 96, 98 



Boutwell, Geo. S., address by 31,36 



Bread, report of committee on, 161 



Cabbages and their cultivation, ' . 133 



Canedy, D., statement of, 109 



Canfield, Horace J., address by, 16, 18, 21, 25, 29, 30 



Carleton, Daniel, statement of, 135 



Carrots, statements on, 123, 126 



Colorado beetle, ravages of, in Massachusetts, 35 



Copeland, Heman, statement of, 125 



Cotton-seed meal rich in albuminoids, 44 



Dairy products, report of committees on 146, 148 



Dairy stock, reports of committees on, 146,148 



Dairy stock, statements on, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152 



Eaton, Thomas S., report by 148, 150 



Establishment and growth of agricultural societies, . . 16,18,21,25,29,30 



Farlow, W. G., essay by, on onion-smut 164, 168, 173, 174 



Farms, reports of committees on, 55, 57, 58 



Fertilizers, experiments with 55, 56, 101, 102, 104, 106, 121, 124, 125 



Flint, James, statement of, 94 



Fodder-corn, how and when valueless, . . . . . . . 46, 47, 48 



French, J. D. "W., report by, 146 



Fruit-culture, 78, 81, 82, 84, 89, 91, 92, 94, 96, 98, 99 



Gardner, Nathan B., statement of, 124 



Goodwin, Rufus, statement of, 58 



