INDEX 



379 



Redtop grass, 150 

 Regents, Board of, 315 



system of instruction, 319 

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute and agriculture, 83 

 Rent war, 70 



Research, need for support, 

 366 



organizations, 314 

 Reservoir sites, 136 

 Richard's vineyards. 186 

 Ridge road, 26 

 Roberts, Isaac P., 85 



and tile drainage, 80 

 Rochester, Flower City, 75 

 Rock City, 16 

 Rock salt, 133 

 Roads, and topography, 36 



early routes, 65 



public, mileage, 254 

 Root crops, 148 

 Rose, Dr., and Southdown 



sheep, 233 

 Rotation in bean region, 166 

 Routes of travel, 32, 65 

 Runoff of rainfa'.l, 135 

 Rural, development, 355 



property, assessed value, 295 

 Rye, 157 

 Rye with vetch. 159 



Salina formation, 22, 99 



salt production, 133 

 Salt, beds, 22 



City, Syracuse, 22 



production, 132 



springs, 22 



rock, 133 

 Sand, molding, 134 

 Sandstone, occurrence, 132 

 Saw-mills, 292 



St. Lawrence Valley soils, 104 

 Schools of agriculture, 330 

 Schools, early agricultural, 83 

 Secondary education, 321 

 Science, State Academy of, 367 

 Scotch settlements, 63 

 Sea breezes, 45 

 Seal, motto on great, 1 

 Seneca Castle of Indians, 59 

 Seneca Turnpike. 66 

 Series of soils in state, 94 



Settlement, lines of, 57 



progress in, 60 

 Sheep, changes in number, 228 



history of introduction of 

 breeds, 233 



leading breeds, 234 



raising, effect of competi- 

 tion, 230 



relation to dairying, 232 

 Shipments in early days, 65 

 Shape of State, 3 

 Shell fisheries, 131 

 Short courses in agriculture, 



328 

 Shorthorn cattle, early promi- 

 nence. 216 

 Silage, corn, 149 

 Silo, place in dairying, 215 

 Six Nations of Indians, 57 

 Slate occurrence, 132 

 Slaughtering, on farm, 282 

 Slocum, David, College of Ag- 

 riculture, 332 

 Small-fruits, 183 

 Smith-Lever Act for agricul- 

 ture, 345 

 Snook, William. introduced 



teasel. 196 

 Soap manufacture. 284 

 Society for promotion of agri- 

 culture, 81 

 Southern plateau, 12 

 Soils, best, 97 

 Soil, changes in productive 



capacity, 78 

 Soil. fertility and animal 



manure, 209 

 Soils, first bottom, 114 

 Soils, formation of, 90 



depth of, 93 



for potatoes. 164 



of New York. 90 



red, 96 



special, 114 



survey, area covered, 93 

 Soiling, 215 

 Soiling system, 159 

 Special soils, 114 

 Spencer, John, 87 



Uncle John, 320 

 Spray materials, inspectioQ, 



303 

 Springs occurrence, 33 

 Standards, legal, of foods. 257 



of marketing, 365 



