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Suffering of animals, may not be accom- 
panied by struggling, 42. 
Sugar, amount coatained in bran, 30. 
Sulphate of ammonia, field experiments 
with, 83, 92, 108, 119, 143, 301; is 
liable to be contaminated with sulpho- 
cyanide, 383. 
Sulphate of potash, analysis of, 386; isa 
better manure than the muriate, on 
some accounts, 185; field experiments 
with, 88, 106, 119, 140, 301, 315: good 
effects of, 102, 127, 141, 386; might be 
used with lime, for making composts, 
303; should be made at chemical works 
in New England, 185; should not be 
confounded with kainit, 380. 
Sulphate of soda, or salt-cake, field experi- 
ments with, 92, 108, 143; has little agri- 
cultural value, 185. 
Sulphates, increase growth of leafy parts 
of plants, 276; are said not to promote 
the formation of nitrates or ammonium 
salts in the soil, 276. 
Sulphocyanide of ammonium, a contami- 
nant of manures, 383. ; 
Superphosphate of lime, analyses of, 8, 
170, 187; cost of importing from Europe, 
173-179 ; disreputable character of much 
that is sold in America, 22; field experi- 
ments with, 80, 103, 116, 188, 300; 
German standards of, 23, 174; high 
grades of, 172, 178; home-made, 187 ; 
made from spent bone-black, 187, 189; 
might be imported from Europe, 23, 
180; price of, 18, 21,174, 178, 185; rea- 
son why used as a manure, 20 ; valuation 
of the soluble phosphoric acid in, 185. 
Swine, experiments on fattening with 
apples and peas, 367, apples and corn 
meal, 368; slaughtering, 46, 47. 
Synopsis of Peronosporex of the United 
States, 426. 
TABLES of analyses, of apples, 365; of 
brans, 27, 31; of wood-ashes, 193, 207 ; 
of best and worst crops, obtained in 
field experiments, 95, 109, 124, 145, 164, 
304; of composition of fodders of vari- 
ous kinds, 27, 31, 86, 351-353, 367, 376; 
of composition of hays, 3851-353 ; of 
prices of English superphosphates, 178; 
of results obtained in field experiments 
by the use of mixed fertilizers, 119, 138, 
138, 301, by the use of simple fertil- 
izers, 86, 105, 134, 315. 
Tankings, analyses of, 15. 
Tares, composition of hay from, 353. 
Thurber, Dr. Geo., sends a letter concern- 
ing olive fungus, 404. 
‘are Olex, same as Fumago salicina, 
10. 
Trees, see Woody plants. . 
Trenching, significance of the process, 312. 
Tricothecium roseum, a mould that feeds 
‘on gum exuded from the black knot of 
lum-trees, 445. 
Triposporium Gardneri, a Ceylon coffee 
fungus, 412. 
OF THE BUSSEY 
INSTITUTION. 469 
Trustees of Mr. Bussey’s estate, transfer 
property to President and Fellows of 
Harvard College, 4; of James Arnold, 
their gift to the President and Fellows 
of Harvard College, 6; of the Massa- 
chusetts Society for Promoting Agricul- 
ture, their grant of money to the Presi- 
dent and Fellows of Harvard College, 5. 
Tuberacer, list of species found near Los- 
ton, 437. 
Tuckahoe, or Indian bread, analysis of, 
870; contains very little nitrogen, 370. 
Turnip, see Ruta-baga; composition of, 
367 ; fodder value of, 369. 
Turnip fly, injures the experimental crops, 
125. 
Tympanis viticola, a fungus found on 
American grape-vines, 415. 
UNCINULA spiralis, a fungus found on 
grape-vines, 416; detection of the peri- 
thecia of, 416. 
Uredinew, list of species of, found near 
Boston, 432, 433. 
Ustilaginex, list of species of, found near 
Boston, 433. 
VALSA Vitis, a fungus found on American 
grape-vines, 415. 
Vegetable mould, the nitrogen in, is a 
source of plant-food, 252 
Vetches, composition of the hay from, 353. 
Veterinary colleges, history of, 291, 292. 
Veterinary science, importance of, 290. 
Veelcker, Dr. A., his analyses of soils 
from ILinois, 271. 
Watsn, B. D., his statement that the 
black knot of plum-trees is not caused 
by insects, 449. 
Warts, on plum and cherry trees, 440. 
Water, amount contained in hay, ete., 
see Forage. 
Water meadows, 159, 356. 
Weeds, small influence of, on results of 
field experiments, 104; may increase 
diseases of vegetables, 338, 452. 
Wells, David A., his analyses of Ohio 
soils, 271. 
Wheat, composition of, 376; the question 
whether it has any influence on the 
potato rot, 331, 335; refuse husk of, 
see Bran; straw, its composition, 353. 
White, Mr. Geo. E., the price of phos- 
phorie acid in fertilizers sold by him, 
186. 
White-weed, analysis of hay made from, 
348 ; the question as to its fodder value, 
352, note. 
Wild cherry-tree, some kinds are free from 
the black knot, 450. 
Willow-tree, a fungus of the, 411, 
Wolff, Prof. Emil, his analysis of leached 
ashes, 205; his experiments with cal- 
cined soils, 260. 
Wood, is no longer burned in the United 
