ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



XI 



APPLES 



ASHES 



Apples an unprofitable crop in the 

 immediate vicinity of large cities, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 222; 1871 (Pt. 1), 214. 



— profits of raising, 18G1 (Pt. 2), 213. 



— good varieties of early, 18C6 (Pt. 1), 

 197. 



— Hubbardston Nonesuch, cbaracter- 

 istics and value of, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 199. 



— Northern Spy, characteristics of, 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 205, 212; 1875 (Pt. 1), 198, 

 209. 



— varieties of, recommended for sum- 

 mer, 18G9 (Pt. 1), 233; for autumn, 

 ih., 233; for winter, ib., 233. 



— should ripen on the trees, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 100; 1870 (Pt. 1),256. 



— proper method of gathering and 

 handling, 1876 (Pt. 1), 26, 29, 31. 



— valuable as a feed for milch cows, 

 1876 (Pt. 1), 17, 36, 37, 46. 



— best vai-ieties of, for New-England 

 orchards, 1876 (Pt. 1), 19, 20, 38, 42, 

 46 (Pt. 2), 81, 82, 84, 89, 91, 94, 90. 



Aphides, characteristics of the, 1864 



(Pt. 1), 142. 

 Aphis, enemies of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 



160,170; 1864 (Pt.l), 142. 

 Appleton, Francis H., essay by, on 



improving agricultural societies, 



1871 (Pt. 2), 121. 



— statement of, on farm manage- 

 ment, 1872 (Pt. 2), 110, 114. 



— essaj^ by, on reform in manage- 

 ment of agricultural societies, 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 72. 



on foreign agricultui-al expe- 

 riences, 1873 (Pt. 2), 45, 54. 



— statement of, on experiments with 

 commercial fertilizers, 1877 (Pt. 2), 

 51, 52. 



Apricot, varieties of the, recom- 

 mended, 18.59 (Pt. 1), 101. 



Arabian horses, characteristics and 

 value of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 76, 77. 



AKnouicuLTURE, importance of, to the 

 agricultural community, 1853 (Pt. 

 1), 72, 115 (Pt. 2), 119; 1854 (Pt. 1), 

 58, 140, 162 (Pt. 2), 103, 106; 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 216, 232 (Pt. 2), 46, 102, 196, 

 203, 207, 213, 218; 1857 (Pt. 2), 13, 

 355; 1859 (Pt. 2), 20; 1861 (Pt. 1), 87, 

 (Pt. 2), 115, 122; 1865 (Pt. 1), 216, 217, 

 219; 1871 (Pt. 1), 67, 68, 154; (Pt. 2), 

 109, 200; 1872 (Pt. 1), 62, 63, 203 

 (Pt. 2), 73, 90, 96; 1875 (Pt. 1), 146, 



147, 150, 166, 250, 252, 258 (Pt. 2), 46, 



47, 49; 1876 (Pt. 1), 227, 229, 231. 

 ArborviTxH hedges, characteristics 



of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 111. 

 Akctomvs, characteristics of, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 175. 



— monax, description and habits of, 

 1861 (Pt. 1), 175. 



Area of Massachusetts, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



103; 1876 (Pt. 1), 298. 

 Arlington market-gardeners, meth- 

 ods of the, 1870 (Pt. 1), 315. 

 Army- Worm, life and history of the, 



1877 (Pt. 1), 243, 251. 

 Arnold, A. N., address by, on the 



productiveness of the earth, 1862 



(Pt. 2), 33. 

 Arnold, Professor L. B., lecture by, 



on milk, 1874 (Pt. 1), 10, 21. 

 Arrow-Grasses, varieties of, 1856 



(Pt. 1), 109. 

 Artificial kainit, analysis of, 1875 



(Pt. 1), 296. 



— manures, diffusion and growth of 

 trade in, 1873 (Pt. 1), 61, 62, 352, 362, 

 365. 



— rains, theory for the production 

 of, 1854 (Pt. 1), 61. 



— swarming of bees, methods of, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 222, 224. 



Art and agriculture, relations be- 

 tween, 1876 (Pt. 1), 285, 293. 



— of agriculture, the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 228. 

 Arvicola, characteristics of, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 182. 



— gapperi, description and habits of, 

 1861 (Pt. 1), 183. 



— riparia, ih., 184. 



— Breweri, ih., 185. 



— rufldorsum, ih., 185. 



Arvicolinje, characteristics and hab- 

 its of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 182; 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 85. 



Ashley, Edmund, statement of, on 

 farm-management, 1853 (Pt. 2), 37. 



Ashes, valuable as a fertilizer, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 99, 111; 1855 (Pt. 2), 53, 76; 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 222, 318; (Pt 2), 125; 

 1858 (Pt. 2), 78, 188; 1861 (Pt. 2), 1.36, 

 138; 1864 (Pt. 1), 88, 90, 93, 96; 1867 

 (Pt. 1), 239; 1868 (Pt. 1), 286; 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 41, 43, 45, 62; 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 195, 202, 203, 218; 1871 (Pt. 1), 103, 

 104, 110, 112, 114, 204, 217; 1873 (Pt.l), 

 138, 139, 141; 1874 (Pt. 1), 344. 



— coal, characteristics and value of, 



