xviii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



BUCK^\'HEAT 



BUTTER 



Buckwheat valueless as a green 



manure, 1877 (Pt. 1), 299. 

 Buds, characteristics, growth, and 



offices of, 18G5 (Pt. 1), ISo, 139; 1869 



(Pt. 2), 33, 36, 39; 1876 (Pt, 1), 233, 



235, 237. 



— development of, 1809 (Pt. 2), 38-40. 

 Bugs, characteristics of, 1862 (Pt. 1), 



126, 176. 

 Bull, E. "W., statements of, on 



making native wine, 1857 (Pt. 1), 



196; 1861 (Pt. 2), 223. 

 on grape-culture, 1857 (Pt. 2), 308. 



— reports by, on the culture of the 

 grape, 1859 (Pt. 1), 88; 1862 (Pt. 1), 

 85; 1864 (Pt. 1),236; 1865 (Pt. 1), 32-3. 



■ — lectures by, on grape-culture, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 61; 1864 (Pt. 1), 64; 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 150, 157, 166; 1866 (Pt. 1), 126. 



— address by, on the history of the 

 Board of Agriculture in Massachu- 

 setts, 1867 (Pt. 1), 8. 



Bullock, A. H., address by, on the 

 model productive State, 1863 (Pt. 2), 

 18. 



Buildings, farm, characteristics of, 

 desirable, 1864 (Pt. 1), 213. 



— foundation for, 1864 (Pt. 1), 214. 



— architecture of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 215. 



— methods of providing water for, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 217. 



Bulls, influence of, on the improve- 

 ment of cattle, 1853 (Pt. 2), 286; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 340; 1859 (Pt. 1), 47; 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 19. 



— importance of discrimination in 

 selecting, 1855 (Pt. 2), 210, 218; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 346; 1859 (Pt. 1), 47; 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 20. 



— the utility of working, 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 74; 1867 (Pt. 1), 77, 79; 1870 (Pt. 2), 

 31. 



— characteristics of good, for dairy 

 purposes, 1859 (Pt. 1), 47. 



— how to breed, for dairy stock, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 21. 



— breeding, feeding, and manage- 

 ment of, 1867 (Pt. 1), 77-79; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 166, 176, 178; 1872 (Pt. 2), 169, 

 171. 



— thorough-bred, importance of the 

 use of, 1867 (Pt. 2), 100, 162. 



— pure-bred, only, should receive pre- 

 miums, 1875 (Pt. 2), 74, 75. 



BuRN'AP, James T. , report by, on neat- 

 stock, 1801 (Pt. 2), 172. 



Burr, Fearing, report by, on fruits, 

 1870 (Pt. 2), 134, 137. 



Burton, Charles, report by, on but- 

 ter, 1859 (Pt. 2), 271. 



— reports by, on the management of 

 farms, 1860 (Pt. 2), 95; 1861 (Pt. 2), 

 102; 1863 (Pt. 2), 112. 



— report by, on fruit-growing, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 148. 



BusHNELL, S. H., report by. on grow- 

 ing Indian-corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 l(i7. 



Bushes, methods for killing out, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 87, 88, 90, 95. 



Bussey estate in "West Roxbury avail- 

 alile as a site for an agricultural col- 

 lege, 1804 (Pt. 1), 49. 



Butler, Benjamin F., address by, on 

 American mania for large farms, 

 1870 (Pt. 2), 1, 13. 



on legislative aids to agriculture, 



1869 (Pt. 2), 17, 33. 



Butler, O. S., on success on the farm, 

 1877 (Pt. 2), 9-12. 



Butter, descriptions of methods of 

 making, 1853 (Pt. 2), 394; 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 311, 406; 1855 (Pt. 2), 253; 1856 (Pt. 2), 

 395 ; 1857 (Pt. 1), 160; 1858 (Pt. 2), 253, 

 308; 1859 (Pt. 2), 268, 271; 1862 

 (Pt. 2), 238, 240; 1866 (Pt. 2), 111, 

 115, 117; 1867 (Pt. 2), 197-200, 212, 

 213; 1868 (Pt. 1), 194 (Pt. 2), 227, 228, 

 230; 1871 (Pt. 1), 270, 288, 294 (Pt. 2), 

 309, 310; 1872 (Pt. 2), 179, 182, 187, 

 189; 1874 (Pt. 1), 20. 21, 25, 29, 40, 43, 

 46; 1876 (Pt. 1), 101, 119, 121; 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 170; 1870 (Pt. 2), 152, 153. 



— method of preparing, in Bretagne, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 398. 



— weight of milk required to make 

 one pound of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 337; 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 190; 1856 (Pt. 2), 359; 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 231; 1866 (Pt. 1), 311; 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 190; 1871 (Pt. 1), 272, 

 273, 296. 



— is injured by being packed in pine 

 boxes, 1856 (Pt. 2), 394. 



— requisites for making good, 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 157; 1859 (Pt. 2), 272; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 226; 1862 (Pt. 2), 241; 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 39, 42, 107, 217, 220 ; 1867 (Pt. 1). 

 199, 205 (Pt. 2), 212, 213; 1868 (Pt. 1) 

 194 (Pt. 2), 228, 229; 1869 (Pt. 1), 29, 

 30 (Pt. 2), 194, 198; 1871 (Pt. 1), 25 

 208, 270, 272, 291, 300, 304, 306 (Pt. 2) 

 309,310; 1873 (Pt. 1), 96. 



