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Requirements of Board of Agriculture, 185 



Root crops, reports on, 113, 115 



Roots and their value for cattle food, 50, 51 



Rotch, Wra. J., report by, 128,130 



Russell, John E., report by, 154, 157 



Ruta-bagas and their cultivation, 118 



Rye, statement on, 110, 111 



Salt hay, value of, as a cattle food 45, 49 



Seedling potatoes, where best originated, 38 



Sears, John H., statement of, 96 



Sessions, H. M., statements of, 69, 103, 119 



Shepherd, Henry, statement of, . . . . 150 



Soiling cattle, 52, 54 



Soule, Augustus H., statement of, 112 



Special fertilizers and their value, . . 55, 56, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 121, 124, 125 



Squashes and their cultivation, 134 



Statistics of Massachusetts agriculture 186 



Stiles, H. A., statement of, 116 



Stockbridge fertilizers, value of, 31, 32, 103, 106, 121, 124 



Strawberries and their cultivation 99 



Sturtevant Brothers, statement of, 101 



Taylor, George W., statement of, 85 



Thayer, Peter C, statement of, 76, 77 



Thomas, Albert, statements of, 112, 127 



Thurlow, T. C, statement of, 89 



Tracy, Cyrus M., address by, 1, 6, 10 



Treadwell farm, report on, 55, 56 



Turnips, best varieties and cultivation of, ...... 116, 122, 125 



Vegetables, reports of committees on, . . . " . - • 131,137,139,141 



Wait, Peter, statement of, 84 



Wakefield, Horace P., statements of, 120, 121 



Wallis, Horace, Jr., statements of, 104, 120 



Ware, R. C, statement of, '92 



Wheat and its cultivation, 109 



Wheat bran, value of, as a cattle food, 50 



Williams, F. H., statement of, • 122 



Young grass richest in albuminoids, 46, 49 



