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Housatonic Agricultural Society, returns of the, 614 



Husbandry, Patrons of, ofBcers of 640 



Hydrocyanic acid gas as an insecticide, 161 



Insecticide, arsenate of lead as an 146, 162, 353, 357, 379, 390 



Insecticide, arsenate of lead as an, paper on, by Prof. C. H. Fernald, . • 353 



Insecticide, arsenic, white, v. Paris green as an, 371 



Insecticide, hydrocyanic acid gas as an, 161 



Insecticide, kerosene as an, 161, 246 



Insecticide, lead arsenite v. lead arsenate as an, 379 



Insecticide, lead phenolate as an, 384 



Insecticide, Scheele's green as an 378 



Insecticide, whale-oil soap as an, 160 



Insecticides, experiments with, paper on, by A. H. Kirkland and A. F. Bur- 

 gess 370 



Insects injurious to the cranberry and other fruits, lecture on, by Prof. C. H. 



Fernald, 144 



Insects, imported, concerning, xxvii 



Insects, shade tree, three, essay on, by A. H. Kirkland 238 



Inspectors, cattle, list of and summary of work of, 444, 475 



Inspectors to fairs, assignment of, 182 



Institutes, farmers', concerning the holding of, xxv, 215, 601 



Institutes, farmers', essay on, by F. "W. Sargent, 215 



Irrigation on our farm, paper on, by Richard Hittinger, 141 



Kerosene as an insecticide, 161, 246 



Kerosene emulsion, how to prepare, 155, 246 



Kirkland, A. H,, essay by, on three shade tree insects, 238 



Kirkland, A. H., paper by, on danger from the use of arsenate of lead, . . 390 

 Kirkland, A. H., paper by, on the species of Podisus occurring in the United 



States 412 



Kirkland, A. H., and A. F. Burgess, paper by, on experiments with insecti- 

 cides 370 



Kirkland, A. H., and ¥. J. Smith, paper by, on digestion in the larva; of the 

 gypsy moth, 394 



Lead, arsenate of, as an insecticide. See Arsenate of lead. 



Lead arsenite v. lead arsenate as an insecticide, 379 



Lead phenolate as an insecticide, 384 



Lepidoptera, the function of phosphate of potash in, 400 



Librarian and curator, report of the, by F. H. Fowler, 197 



Library of the Board of Agriculture, history and classification of the, . . 197 



Lice, plant, life history and remedies, 152 



Lima beans, cultivation and varieties, 77 



Louse, imported elm bark, food plants of the, remedies, 244 



Lumpy jaw or actinomycosis, concerning, 535, 557 



M spikes, concerning the supplying of xxiii 



Manufacturers' Agricultural Society, returns of the, 615 



Market gardening with limited capital, lecture on, by H. W. CoUingwood, . 65 



Marketing of fruit, packages, etc., 134 



Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society, returns of the, . . . 616 



Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society, returns of the, 616 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. See Agricultural College. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, returns of the, 617 



Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, resolutions of the Board of 



Agriculture concerning gifts of the, 181 



