IV 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



ADULTER^VTION 



AGRICULTUR^VL 



(Pt. 1), 103, 197, 220, 224; 1S71 (Pt. 1), 

 95, 9G. 



Adulteration of milk, 1S7;? (Pt. 1), 

 G7, OS, 81; 187(! (Pt. 1), 105-107, lOit. 



Advance of agriculture in New Eng- 

 laiul, 1853 (Pt. 1), 2, G (Pt. 2), 470; 

 1857 (Vt. 2), 142; 185!) (Pt. 2), 48, 52; 

 186;? (Pt. 1), 32; 1864 (Pt. 2), 4; 186S 

 (Pt. 2). 21, 31, 34, 53; ISGO (Pt. 1), 176, 

 177 (Pt. 2), 1, 2; 1871 (Pt. 2), 1, 10, 

 IS; 1872 (Pt. 1), 8, 9; 1873 (Pt. 1), 90, 

 106, 111 (Pt. 2), 16, 17, 26, 38, 40, 43, 

 65; 1875 (Pt. 2), 62, 65, 71; 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 21, 27. 



Advantages from selecting for seed 

 the earliest ripened corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 154. 



— of near markets, 1874 (Pt. 2), 4. 



— of New England for agriculture, 

 1860 (Pt. 2), 44. 



— of rural pursnits, 18i)2 (Pt. 2), 46. 

 iEsTiiEXics of farming, 1861 (Pt. 2), 11, 



125, 127, 211. 

 Affinity in animal life detined, 1866 



(Pt. 1), 76, 77. 

 Afteumatii, the, should not bo fall 



grazed, 1856 (Pt. 1), 200, 211; 1868 



(Pt. 1), 210; 1873 (Pt. 1), 211, 212. 



— treatment of tlie, 1860 (Pt. 1), 85, 

 87, 80, 03, ;H, 160, 161, 166. 



— value of and difference in the 

 growth of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 25, 121, 200; 

 1868 (Pt. 1). 213. 



Agassiz, Professor Louis, lectures by, 

 on the origin of agricultural soils, 

 18W(Pt. 1), 168; 1868 (Pt. 1), 161, 160. 



— lecture by, on the creation of va- 

 rieties. 1866 (Pt. 1), 71. 



on the agricultural features of 



the Amazon, 1S()7 (Pt. 1), 145, 162. 



on the structure and gi-owth of 



domesticated animals, 1872 (Pt. 1), 

 2*01,300; 1873 (Pt. 1), 222. 



— rtxperiments by, in breeding ani- 

 mals, 1863 (Pt. 1), 56. 



— lecture by, ou lish-breeding, 1860 

 (Pt. 1). 127,141. 



— resolutions ou the death of, adopted 

 by the Board, 1873 (Pt. 1) 405. 



Age of animals proper for breeding- 

 purposes, 1S6(; (Pt. 1), 81, 115, 118. 



AoRici'LTURAL aud horticultural edu- 

 cation of women, value of, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 156, 170, 178, 308, 315. 



Agriciltuual dubs, value and util- 

 ity of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 100 (Pt. 2), 43; 



1855 (Pt. 2), 340, 365; 1858 (Pt. 2), 8; 

 1850 (Pt. 1), 128; 1860 (Pt. 2), 83, 84; 

 1868 (Pt. 2), 73; 1874 (Pt. 2), 35. 

 Ar.RicuLTiTRAL college, necessity for 

 the establishment of an, in Massa- 

 chusetts, 1863 (Pt. 1), 33; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 44; 1868 (Pt. 2), 30. 



— preliminary steps taken for the 

 establishment of an, in Massachu- 

 setts, 18lK> (Pt. 1), 41, 65. 



— Massachusetts, should be independ- 

 ent of other colleges, 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 65; 1864 (Pt. 1), 50, 247. 



aid given the, by the National 



Government, for its establishment, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 47, 52. 



amount of laud scrip appropri- 

 ated to Massachusetts in aid of the, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 47, 52. 



land scrip sold in aid of the, 1864 



(Pt. 1), 247; 18(i() (Pt. 1), 40. 



efforts nuido by various towns 



to secure the location of the, 1SG4 

 (Pt. 1), 48, 246; 18()() (Pt. 1), 55. 



views of Gov. John A. Andrew 



on tlio establishment of the, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 44, 51. 



progress made in the establish- 

 ment of the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 246; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 11, 30, 50, 53; 1867 (Pt. 1), 47; 



1870 (Pt. 2), 75-77. 



located at Amherst, by decision 



of the trustees, 1864 (Pt. 1), 246. 



connection of the Board of Agri- 

 culture with the, 1866 (Pt. 1), 11, 44; 

 1867 (Pt. 1), 224; 1868 (Pt. 1), 17, 273; 

 1860 (Pt. 1), 205; 1870 (Pt. 1), 304, 310; 



1871 (Pt. 1). 270, 281, 28<,;; 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 343; 1874 (Pt. 1), 321 ; 1S75 (Pt. 1), 215; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 240. 



aid given the, by the State, 1S6S 



(Pt. 1), 17, 28, 32, 2;.i8. 



standard of education that should 



be adopted at the, 1866 (Pt. 1), 33, 



plan of the system of study at the, 



18(^6 (Pt. 2), appendix; 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 60, 226; 186S (Pt. 1), 23, 24 (Pt. 2), 

 appendix; 1870 (Pt. 1), 300 (Pt. 2), 

 supplement. 



description of buildings at the, 



1866 (Pt. 2), appendix; 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 57,227; 1868 (Pt. 1), 18, 29. 



description of the botanic garden 



at the, 18lk> (Pt. 2), supplement. 



relations of the, to Amherst Col- 

 lege, 1866 (Pt. 2), appendix. 



