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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Ohio State Board of Agriculture,
WITH
AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES,
TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF OHIO,
FOR THE YEAR 1861.
COLUMBUS:
RICHARD NEVINS, STATE PRINTER.
1862.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
View of the condition of Agriculture in Ohio, by J. H. KLIPPART...
Composition of Grains, Vegetables and Fruits, by J. H. SALISBURY.
Plants, Physiological observations, compiled by JOHN H KLIPPARt..
xvii
161
Influences acting on Vegetable Races to modify their chemical composition, translated from
a French Report, by JOHN H. KLIPPART.....
166
Preservation of Food, compiled by JOHN H. KLIPPART...
170
The Beet, its Culture, Properties and Qualities, compiled from the latest German and
French publications, by JOHN H. KLIPPART...
179
Chinese and African Sugar Cane, and their History, by JOHN J. DOUGLASS..
206
Growth and Manufacture of Sugar and Syrup from the Chinese and African Cane, by JOHN
L. GILL......
210
Hybridization of Plants, by JOHN H. Klippart..
223
The Atmospheric Conditions, showing the value of Barometers for Agricultural purposes,
by C. A. RICHARDS...
234
Aneroid Barometer, by S. L. GOODALE...
266
How Vineyards are managed in France, translated by JOHN H. Klippart.............
Services rendered to Agriculture by Chemistry, compiled by JOHN H. KlippART........
The Mechanical Condition of the Soil favorable to the growth of Seeds, by Professor TAN-
Essay on the Epizooty lately prevalent among Swine, by EDWIN M. SNOW.
Encouragement of the production of Flax Cotton in Rhode Island.........
331
345
Some Facts and Remarks on the Indigestibility of Food, by J. H. SALISBURY, M.D.......
Nitrogen costs less than one cent a pound, compiled by JOHN H. KLIPPArt.
Bones, Country Gentleman....
352
355
372
On Grass Lands, their various kinds and the best means of improving them, ROBERT
SMITH.....
367
Fungi, edited, by JOHN H. KLIPpart..
404
On the Culture of the Mushroom, translated by JOHN H. KLIPPART.
421
The Grain Aphis, by J. KırkpaTRICK..,
429
View of the condition and progress of Agriculture in the United States, Census Report of 1860.....
434
Facts for Farmers, compiled by JOHN H. KLIPPARt.
477