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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



CAI^-VDIAISr 



CATTLE 



Canadian lynx, description and hab- 

 its of the, 18G1 (Pt. 1), 150. 



Canning, E. W. B., address by, on the 

 fanner as he was, is, and is to be, 

 1859 (Pt. 2), 48. 



Canning, Josiah D., report by, on 

 bee-keeping, 1853 (Pt. 2), 390. 



Canfield, Horace J., address by, on 

 the establishment and growth of 

 agricultural societies, 1876 (Pt. 2), 

 IG. 



Canker-Worm, habits and natural 

 history of the, 185G (Pt. 2), 443; 18G2 

 (Pt. 1), 139, 174; 1864 (Pt. 1), 155; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 97. 



— methods for preventing the ravages 

 of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 441; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 155; 1865 (Pt. 1), 228; 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 224; 1868 (Pt. 2), 98, 99, 123, 127; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 3; 1870 (Pt. 2), 142, 145; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 205, 224; 1872 (Pt. 2), 120; 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 113; 1877 (Pt. 2), 59. 



CANiDyT:, characteristics of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 151. 



CANTHARiDiE, characteristics of the, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 146. 



Capen, F. J., lecture by, on meteorol- 

 ogy, 1865 (Pt. 1), 147. 



Capital invested in live-stock, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 186. 



— employed in American daii'ying, 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 149, 182, 255. 



— necessity for, and use of, in farm- 

 ing, 1870 (Pt. 1), 327, 330,336; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 1, 6, 9. 



— the farmer's, 1873 (Pt. 2), 2, 6, 22, 

 65, 82, 83. 



— required in horse-breeding, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 75. 



Carbo-Hydrates, necessity for, in 



cattle-foods, 1876 (Pt. 2), 43: 1877 



(Pt. 2), 37-39. 

 Carbon as a plant-food, 1875 (Pt. 1), 



20, 21. 

 Carbonic acid, origin and formation 



of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 402; 1858 (Pt. 2), 74. 



— oxide gas as a preservative of 

 meats, 1868 (Pt. 1), 126, 137, 139. 



Carbonate of lime, action of, on 

 soils, 1874 (Pt. 1), 50. 



Carrot-Seed, method of cleaning, 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 181. 



Carrots, methods and cost of culti- 

 vation, and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 35 

 (Pt. 2), 223; 1854 (Pt. 2), 210; 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 27, 96; 1856 (Pt. 2), 278; 



1857 (Pt. 1), 150 (Pt. 2), 159; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 104, 108 (Pt. 2), 116, 173, 178, 

 180, 184; 1860 (Pt. 2), 175, 177, 178, 

 184; 1862 (Pt. 2), 74; 1863 (Pt. 1), 227; 

 1865 (Pt. 2), 93; 1866 (Pt. 1), 173 

 (Pt. 2), 56, 71; 1870 (Pt. 1), 230, 240, 

 244; 1874 (Pt. 1), 113, 125; 1875 (Pt. 2), 

 160; 1876 (Pt. 1), 197, 198, 201 (Pt. 2), 

 123, 126. 

 Carrots, of little value for milch 

 cows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 340. 



— analysis and nutritive value of, 

 1865 (Pt. 2), 94. 



— shoiUd not be thinned early in the 

 season, 1853 (Pt. 2), 230, 233; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 187. 



— experiments in the cultivation of, 

 1855 (Pt. 1), 36; 1859 (Pt. 1), 104 

 (Pt. 2), 116. 



— time for sowing, 1866 (Pt. 1), 164. 



— require a deep, porous soil, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 116; 1865 (Pt. 2), 92; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 230, 240, 244. 



— l^reparation of land for gi-OAving, 

 1865 (Pt. 2), 92. 



— characteristics of varieties of, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 136. 



— harvesting and storing of, 1865 

 (Pt. 2),93; 1866 (Pt. 1), 161. 



— most i>rofitable varieties of, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 107 (Pt. 2), 173. 



Caribbean guano, characteristics and 

 value of, 1876 (Pt. 1), 258. 



Carnivorous plants, characteristics 

 of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 214, 215. 



Caseine, chemical elements of, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 38. 



Caswell, L. B., essay by, on our 

 forests, 1872 (Pt. 2), 90. 



Catarrhal epidemic among horses, 

 characteristics and treatment of, 

 1872 (Pt. 1), 145, 147, 165. 



Caterpillars, ravages by, and de- 

 struction of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 185; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 101. 



Cattle, first importation of, to Amer- 

 ica, 1853 (Pt. 1), 2. 81; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 44; 1860 (Pt. 2), 28. 



— price of, among the early colonists, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 2. 



— increase of weight of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 3. 



— improvement of, by the early colo- 

 nists, 1853 (Pt. 1), 81. 



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

 104. 



— foods, comparative value of vari- 



