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INDEX. 



Espy, Prof. J. P., theory for production of rain, 

 Essex Society, report on exhibition, 

 Experiments, nature and requirements of, 



" with milch cows, 



" " fertilizers, 



" want of, felt by the community, 



Evaporation, amount of, 

 • " clouds produced by, . 



Farmer, studies of the, 

 Fertilizers, experiments with, 

 Fish, manuring land with, . 

 Forests, injury by the drought, 



" temperature of soil in, 



" influence the rains, 



" importance of extending, . 



" the western, 

 Forest trees, Essay on, 



" " destruction of, 



" " variegated colors of, . 



" " varieties of, 



" " inducements to plant, 



Gray, Hon. J. C, Essay by, 

 Guano, experiments with, . . 



" how preserved where no rain falls 



" mode of using, 



" purchase of, 



Hampden Society, exhibition of, 

 Hops, culture of, . 



" natural history of, . 



" varieties of, . 



" mode of picking, 



" inspection of, 



" cost and profit of raising, 



44 average price of, 



" diseases of, . 



" kiln for drying, 



" analysis of, . 



" uses of, 



Improvements, report of committee on, 

 Indian corn, bushels of, per acre, . 



« " withstands the drought, 



Irrigation in early times, . 



" modes -and advantages of, 



« kind of water for, 



" use of hydraulic ram for, 



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Page. 

 61 

 125 

 12 

 15, 17 

 21, 22, 84, 87, 88 

 1, 24, 67 

 44, 58, 72, 73, 79 

 60 



29 



19, 24 



32 



57 



58 



58 



59 



141 



139 



74,74 



140 



142 



162 



20, 



21, 23, 



94, 9G, 



99, 100, 



98, 



74, 139 



24, 84, 87 



84,89 



85,89 



85 



132 



102, 106 



94 



95 



97, 108 



114, 115 



112, 114 



113, 114 

 115 



109, 110 

 117 

 US 



12 

 55 

 55 

 64 

 64, 65, 66 

 66 

 67 



