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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



ASHES 



BARLEY 



18G9 (Pt 1), 46; 1871 (Pt. 1), 110, 112, 

 114; 1873 (Pt. 1), 140, 142. 

 Ashes, coal, value of, for road-mak- 

 ing ISO!) (Pt. 1), 49. 



— leaclied and unleached, compara- 

 tive value of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 154, 170; 



1858 (Pt. 2), 78, 188; 18G9 (Pt. 1), 42, 

 44, 46; 1873 (Pt. 1), 138, 140, 141, 211. 



Ash-Trees, value of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 207. 

 Asparagus, cultivation of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 115, 116. 



— insects injurious to, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 314, 321. 



Atavism, tendency to, in breeding- 

 animals, 1870 (Pt. 1), 98, 99; 1873 

 (Pt. 2), 113. 



Atmosphere, improved by trees, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 145. 



Atwater, George M., reports by, on 

 the culture of root-crops, 1859 (Pt. 1), 

 103; 1860 (Pt. 1), 139. 



— on stock, 1861 (Pt. 2), 184. 

 Austin, Arthur W., statement of, on 



Kerry cattle, 1861 (Pt. 2), 192. 

 Austria, condition of, and importance 

 of agriculture in, 1855 (Pt. 2), 312. 



— Sheep-husbandry in, 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 131, 132. 



Autumn feeding of cows, 1869 (Pt. 1), 



84. 

 Average temperature of England 



higher than that of New England, 



1853 (Pt. 1), 154. 



— worth of produce per acre in dif- 

 ferent States, 1870 (Pt. 2), 4, Ki, 59. 



Ayrshire cattle, characteristics and 

 value of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 111 (Pt. 2), 301, 

 310, 344; 1854 (Pt. 2), 266, 343: 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 190; 1857 (Pt. 1), 25-27, 52; 

 1857 (Pt. 2), 252; 1858 (Pt. 2), 241; 



1859 (Pt. 2), 202; 1860 (Pt. 2), 30, 39, 

 193; 1801 (Pt. 1), 14, 19, 21, 27, 30, 55, 

 57; 1863 (Pt. 2), 91, 194, 196; 1864 

 (Pt. 2), 96, 98, 103, 109; 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 28, 38, 41, 49; 1867 (Pt. 1), 21, 30, 

 (Pt.2), 146,147; 1808 (Pt. 2), 185, 186; 

 1869 (Pt. 1), 83 (Pt. 2), 170, 171, 175, 

 177; 1870 (Pt. 2), 28, 168, 174, 176; 

 1871 (Pt. 1), 298, 299 (Pt. 2), 255, 260, 

 261, 264; 1872 (Pt. 1), 35-37, 119, 120; 

 1874 (Pt. 2), 94-96; 1875 (Pt. 1), 171, 

 172; 1876 (Pt. 1), 115, 117, 128. 



— points of excellence in, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 111; 1859 (Pt. 2), 203. 



— origin and history of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 26; 1859 (Pt. 2), 202; 1860 (Pt. 2), 39. 



Ayrshire cattle, characteristics of a 

 cross between, and Jerseys, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 27, 31, 32. 



— description of importation of, by 

 the Massachusetts Society for Pro- 

 motion of Agriculture, 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 241; 1859 (Pt. 2), 204. 



— milk, characteristics of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 94, 95, 377, 382, 385, 387. 



— Scotland, management of dairy- 

 stock in, 1853 (Pt. 2), 344; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 27; 1861 (Pt. 1), 30. 



Ayrshires, pedigrees of, 1858 (Pt. 2), 



241, 243. 

 Ayres, Josiah, statement of, on the 



management of orchards, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 89. 



Babbidge, Charles, report by, on 

 farms in Middlesex County, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 5. 



— address Ijy, on agricultural heart- 

 work, 1857 (Pt. 2), 21. 



Baden, system of constructing roads 

 in, 1869 (Pt. 2), 221, 235, 254, 256. 



Bagg, Mrs. R., statement of, on man- 

 agement of orchards, 1853 (Pt. 2), 99. 



Bailev,E. F. , report by, on fruit-trees, 

 1857 (Pt. 2), 315. 



on pear-culture, 1863 (Pt. 2), 141. 



Bailey, Ira, report by, on fruit-cul- 

 ture, 1871 (Pt. 2), 203, 207. 



Bamboo, cultivation and uses of the, 



1873 (Pt. 2), 11, 12. 



Banks, N. P., address by, on the rela- 

 tions of agriculture to American 

 industry, 1858 (Pt. 2), 59. 



Bantams, weight of, 1868 (Pt. 2), 209. 



Bark removed from trees increases 

 the solidity of timber, 1856 (Pt. 2), 

 213. 



Bark of plants, characteristics of, 

 and olhces of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 165, 167. 



Barley, acreage and yield of, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 31. 



— decrease of growth of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 32. 



— methods of cultivation, cost and 

 yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 201,203; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 188; 1857 (Pt. 2), 218; 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 205; 1859 (Pt. 2), 170; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 159; 1865 (Pt. 2), 72; 1866 

 (Pt. 2), 55; 1867 (Pt. 2), 112; 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 268; 1876 (Pt. 2), 112. 



— sprouts, as feed for milch cows, 



1874 (Pt. 2), 202. 



