xvi AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



BOOK-FARMING 



BREEDmQ 



Book-Farming, prejudices against, 

 1854 (Pt. 1), 30; 1856 (Pfc. 2), 30, 

 65. 



Books, value of, 1874 (Pt. 2), 35, 3G. 



Borden's grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 26, 27. 



Borer, apple-tree, habits and char- 

 acteristics of tlae, and remedies 

 against the, 1855 (Pt. 2), 48; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 192, 448; 1857 (Pt. 1), 198; 

 1858 (Pt. 2), 171; 1859 (Pt. 1), 68; 1862 

 (Pt. 2), 108; 1864 (Pt. 1), 149 (Pt. 2), 

 141; 1865 (Pt. 1), 180, 181 (Pt. 2), 44; 

 1868 (Pt. 2), 101, 102, 130. 



— peach-tree, habits of and damages 

 by the, 1855 (Pt. 2), 53; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 150. 



Boston before the Kevolution, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 8. 



— great increase of population of, 

 1874 (Pt. 2), 51. 



Botany should be taught in our 

 public schools, 1859 (Pt. 2), 11. 



— relations of, to agriculture, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 49, 60, 75. 



Boundaries of lands should be well 



described in deeds, 1872 (Pt. 1), 



125. 

 Bourne, John H., essay by, on farm 



account, 1863 (Pt. 2), 229. 

 BouTELLE, T. R., report by, on horses, 



1860 (Pt. 2), 198. 

 on the winter management of 



stock, 1859 (Pt. 2), 193. 

 BouTWELL, George S., address by, on 



descent of laud, 1853 (Pt. 2), 433. 

 on the wastes of agriculture, 1854 



(Pt. 2), 485. 

 on the relations of the East and 



West, 1855 (Pt. 2), 377. 

 on system of agricultural educa- 

 tion, 1857 (Pt. 2), 88. 

 on duty of the farmer to his 



calling, 1859 (Pt. 2), 20. 

 on sheep-husbandry, 1864 (Pt. 2), 



117. 

 on debt and success, 1873 (Pt. 2), 



1,7. 

 on changes in Massachusetts 



agriculture, 1876 (Pt. 2), 31, 36. 

 Bowlders, definition and description 



of, 1875 (Pt. 1). 98. 



— origin and- history of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 96, 101, 103, 104, 113. 



Boys on the farui, encourage the, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 406, 407. 



Bradford, Alden S., report by, on 



management and application of 



manures, 1864 (Pt. 2), 68. 

 on cranberry culture, 1863 (Pt 2), 



154, 156; 1867 (Pt. 2), 103, 109. 

 on farming in New England, 1873 



(Pt. 2), 79. 

 on management of farms, 1865 



(Pt. 2), 25. 

 on improvement of pastures, 1866 



(Pt. 2), 16. 

 on neat-stock, 1871 (Pt. 2), 274, 



279. 

 on reclaiming meadows, 1874 



(Pt. 2), 63, 66, 67, 09. 

 Brahma fowls, characteristics and 



value of, 1858 (Pt. 2), 296; 1869 (Pt. 2), 



185, 189; 1876 (Pt. 1), 57; 1853 (Pt. 2), 



385; 1868 (Pt. 2), 208,222. 



— origin of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 385. 



— value of, 1869 (Pt. 2), 185, 189. 



— standard of points of excellence 

 in, 1869 (Pt. 2), 189. 



Brain food, fish as, 1869 (Pt. 1), 130. 

 Brazil, agricultural resources of, 



1867 (Pt. 1), 145, 162. 

 Bread should be made of good flour, 



1866 (Pt. 2), 120. 

 Bread-Making, methods of, 1855 



(Pt. 2), 294; 1856 (Pt. 2), 32, 430; 1861 



(Pt. 2), 227; 1864 (Pt. 2), 155, 158; 



1866 (Pt. 2), 119; 1876 (Pt. 2), 161. 

 Breck, Charles, statement of, ou 



sundry corn-crops, 1853 (Pt. 2), 173. 



on Indian-corn, 1854 (Pt. 2), 162. 



on experiments with manures, 



1861 (Pt. 2), 144. 

 Breed, what constitutes a,1855(Pt. 2), 



184, 187; 1857 (Pt. 1), 43, 49. 

 Breeding, some laws which regulate, 



1855 (Pt. 2), 184, 209, 235; 1857 (Pt. 1), 



28, 35, 45, 50,57; 1858 (Pt. 2), 249; 



1860 (Pt. 1), 115, 119, 171, 191, 193; 



1861 (Pt. 1), 20, 23, 54, 61 ; 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 56, 74, 189, 194, 224; (Pt. 2). 39, 195, 

 200; 1864 (Pt. 1), 123, 130, 132, 136; 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 33, 34, 37, 46; 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 86, 88, 96, 103, 115, 116; 1867 (It. 1), 

 27, 28, 48, 76, 281; 1870 (Pt. 1), 82, 95, 

 111; 1871 (Pt. 1), 179, 181, 290,291; 

 1872 (Pt. 1), 75, 85, 88, 90, 97, 102, 112, 

 116, 124; 1874 (Pt. 1), 145, 150, 155, 

 165, 180, 192. 



— great progress made in, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 271. 



— in and in, results of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 



