viii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



AGRICULTURE 



AMERICAN 



Agriculture, relations between, and 

 veterinary science, 1873 (Pt. 1), 322, 

 336. 



— compared with manufactures in 

 Massachusetts, 18G7 (Pt. 2), 33, 34; 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 290, 291. 



— advantages of, 1868 (Pt. 1), 295; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 32. 



— relation of, to the State, 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 38, 51. 



— future prospects of, in America, 

 1868 (Pt. 2), 53, 65. 



— scientific, obstacles to the progress 

 of, 18G9 (Pt. 1), 61, 75. 



— legislative aids to, 1869 (Pt. 2), 17, 

 25, 33, 90. 



-^ of China, characteristics of, 1873 

 (Pt. 2), 8, 9, 12. 



— statistics of. See Agricultural star 

 tistics. 



— products of, in California, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 260, 263. 



— decline of, in New England, 1870 

 (Pt. 2), 14, 21. 



— of New England, needs and condi- 

 tion of, 1871 (Pt. 2), 65, 76; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 28, 29. 



— of Hampshire County, desirable 

 improvement in, 1871 (Pt. 2), 154, 

 157. 



— stability of, 1875 (Pt. 2), 1, 12, 53. 



— history of the rise and growth of, 

 1873 (Pt. 1), 12, 14, 17, 23; 1875 (Pt. 2), 

 63. 



— as a life-work, 1875 (Pt. 1), 229, 233. 



— rise of, 1875 (Pt. 2), 62, 65, 71. 



— in Massacliusetts, changes in, 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 31, 36. 



— progress of, in the last hundred 

 years, 1873 (Pt. 1), 12, 17, 44; 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 21, 27. 



— relations of, to civilization, 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 1, 7, 10. 



— a manual of, prepared by George 

 B. Emerson and Charles L. Flint, 

 1860 (Pt. 1), 201; 1861 (Pt. 1), 196. 



— an art, 18G0 (Pt. 2), 1. 



Ams of the farmer, 1855 (Pt. 2), 11; 



1867 (Pt. 2), 15, 18. 

 Ailanthus-Teee, characteristics and 



value of the, 1877 (Pt. 1), 274, 277, 



280, 281. 

 Air, effects of, on the soil, 1875 (Pt. 2), 



33, 38, 39. 



— theory of tides in the, 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 48. 



Albert model farm in Ireland, de- 

 scription of the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 242. 



Albuminoids, necessity of, in cattle 

 foods, 1876 (Pt. 2), 44, 45. 



Alderneys, not always identical 

 with the Jerseys, 1857 (Pt. 1), 42. 



— value of, for dairy purposes, 18.53 

 (Pt. 2), 273, 310; 1854 (Pt. 2), 267; 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 179, 190; 1859 (Pt. 2), 204; 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 31, 37, 40, 49; 1870 (Pt. 

 2), 28, 166, 167, 176. 



— characteristics of. See Jerseys. 

 Alfalfa, characteristics and value 



of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 104, 107. 



Algauek cows, characteristics of the, 

 1863 (Pt. 1), 116, 202. 



Allen, Dr. Nathan, lecture by, upon 

 the hereditary influence in the im- 

 provement of stock, 1872 (Pt. 1), 75, 

 86, 102. 



Allen, Morrill, essay by, on Indian 

 corn, 1858 (Pt. 2), 195. 



Allen, Thomas, address by, on 

 progress in Agriculture, 1871 (Pt. 2), 

 1,18. 



Allen's mowing-machine, character- 

 istics of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 178, 182. 



— weeder, description of, 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 288. 



Allis, Josiah, statement of, on farm 

 improvements, 1853 (Pt. 2), 22. 



Alps, cattle husbandry in the, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 294. 



— sheep husbandry in the, 1862 (Pt. 

 1), 326. 



Alsike clover, characteristics and 



value of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 129. 

 Aluminum, characteristics and origin 



of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 111. 

 Amazon, agricultural features of the 



valley of the, 1867 (Pt. 1), 145, 162. 



— splendid climate of the valley of 

 the, 1867 (Pt. 1), 146. 



Amending soils by mechanical means, 



1868 (Pt. 1), 95, 259. 

 American cork-tree, characteristics 



of the, 1877 (Pt. 1), 271. 



— and English agricultural imple- 

 ments compared, 1862 (Pt. 1), 206. 



— and European homes compared, 

 1870 (Pt. 2), 46, 58. 



— cheese, characteristics of, 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 190. 



— desert, description of the, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 64, 65. 



— elm, peculiarities and value of the, 



