INDEX. 455 



Societies, agricultural, returns of, 273. 



Societies, agricultural, summary of returns of, 303. 



Societies, horticultural, officers of, 34G. 



Soil, the nutrition of, plant, beast and man, lecture on, by Edward Atkinson, 57. 



Soils, analyses of, physical, 77. 



Soils, composition of, 80. 



Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, returns of the, 294. 



Spraying pumps, concerning, 118, 198. 



Stoclv feeding depend, upon what does rational, 33. 



Strawberry, insects and fungi injuring the, 208. 



StraAvberry leaf blight, concerning the, 208. 



Sunflowers, cultivation of, 157. 



Sunflowers for feeding cattle, value of, 149. 



Taxation and the farmer, 333. 



Tent caterpillar, concerning the, 199. 



Tree criclcet, concerning the, 207. 



Tuberculin, use of, in testing for presence of tuberculosis, 393. 



Tuberculosis, ensilage vs., 152. 



Tuberculosis in its relations to the public health, 387. 



Tuberculosis, prevalence of, 384. 



Tuberculosis, tuberculin, use of, in testing for, 393. 



Tuberculous cows, milk from, 408. 



Udder of the cow, concerning the, 132. 



Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society, returns of the, 295. 



Ward, Chas. E., essay by, on farming as an occupation, 327. 

 Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society, returns of the, 296. 

 Whitcher, Prof. G. H., lecture by, on salt marsh hay, 33. 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, returns of the, 297. 

 Worcester East Agricultural Society, returns of the, 298. 

 Worcester North Agricultural Society, returns of the, 298. 

 Worcester North-west Agricultural Society, returns of the, 299. 

 Worcester South Agricultural Society, returns of the, 300. 

 Worcester County West Agricultural Society, returns of the, 301. 



"bellows, peach, concerning, 204. 



