xxiv AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



CHEESE 



CnURNESTG 



one cow, 18G5 (Pt. 1), 238; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 193; 1872 (Pt. 1), 32, 33. 

 Cheese, statistics of production of, 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 184; 1870 (Pt. 2), 187. 



— exports of, 1868 (Pt. 1), 184. 



— a gooil market for, 1863 (Pt. 2), 43, 

 61, 193; 1808 (Pt. 1), 185, 197. 



— consumption of, 1808 (Pt. 1), 185. 



— great consumi>tion of, in England, 

 1803 (Pt. 1), 50. 



— making, the acid process in, 1808 

 (Pt. 1), 187. 



— American, compared with English, 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 190. 



Cheever, a. "SV., statement of, on 

 experiments in feeding stock, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 193. 



on the hay crop, 1872 (Pt. 2), 127. 



on butter making, 1868 (Pt. 2), 



228. 



— lecture by, on the needs of the 

 Massachusetts dairy farmer, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 98. 



— report by, on milch cows, 1807 

 (Pt. 2), 157, 159. 



Cheever, Otis G., statement of, on 

 farm management, 1859 (Pt. 2), 98. 



Chriroptera, characteristics of the, 

 1861 (Pt. 1), 137. 



Chejiical tests, the only reliable 

 guides in buying commercial fer- 

 tilizers, 1868 (Pt. 1), 103, 111, 114, 120. 



— fertilizers. See Commercial fertil- 

 izers. 



Chemistry and farming, relations be- 

 tween, 1855 (Pt. 2), 295; 1850 (Pt. 2), 

 47; 1871 (Pt. 1), GO. 



— of plant-life, 1850 (Pt. 2), 48; 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 169, 170. 



— what it has accomplished for agri- 

 culture, 1866 (Pt. 1), 228. 



— of the stars, 1875 (Pt. 1), 97, 98. 



— teaching of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 296, .307, 

 332, 402; 18.58 (Pt. 2), 75; 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 47, 56, 74, 75, 80, 141, 143, 352, 384. 



Cheney, Mrs. E<luah D., address by, 

 on the horticultural education of 

 women, 1871 (Pt. 1), 156. 



Chekry-Tree, average time of blos- 

 soming in New England, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 149. 



Cherries, list of varieties recom- 

 mended for cultivation, 1859 (Pt. 1), 

 71, 101. 



Cherry-Cird, insects destroyed by 

 the, 1801 (Pt. 2), 71. 



Cherry-Trees, cultivation and man- 

 agement of, 1868 (Pt. 1), 63. 



Cherry- Wine, method of making, 

 1868 (Pt. 2), 158. 



Chess, characteristics and natural 

 history of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 59, 61, 120. 



Chewink, or Towhee bunting, char- 

 acteristics and habits of the, 1871 

 (Pt. 2), 117. 



Chestnut weevil, description of the, 

 1871 (Pt. 1), 345. 



— borer, description of the, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 345. 



Chicory, cultivation and properties 

 of, 1806 (Pt. 1), 253. 



Chickens, how to feed and raise, 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 217, 219; 1876 (Pt. 1), 79, 

 80. 



Chick.U)ee, beneficial habits of the, 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 112. 



China, the agriculture and products 

 of, 1873(Pt. 2), 8, 10, 11,13. 



Chinese breed of swine, characteris- 

 tics of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 375. 



— sugar-cane, cultivation and yield 

 of syrup from, 1857 (Pt. 1), 147 (Pt. 2), 

 157, 170, 222. 



experiments in growing, 1857 



(Pt. 1), 147 (Pt. 2), 222. 

 characteristics and value of, 1856 



(Pt. 1), 89, 91, 98, 270 (Pt. 2), 420. 



— yam, value of, as an esculent, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 427; 1857 (Pt. 2), 146. 



Chili saltpetre, analysis and value of, 

 1870 (Pt. 1), 252. 



CniMxiiY swallow, habits and charac- 

 teristics of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 112. 



Chlokoforivi, use of, in killing ani- 

 mals, 1873 (Pt. 1), 239. 



Chlorophyl, action of, on foliage of 

 plants, 1858 (Pt. 2), 75. 



Choate, David, reports by, on farms, 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 3; 1855 (Pt. 2), 1; 1850 

 (Pt. 2), 109; 1862 (Pt. 2), 60. 



on swine, 1854 (Pt. 2), 366. 



on ploughing, 1859 (Pt. 2), 142. 



— statement of, on the cultivation of 

 sorghum, 1857 (Pt. 2), 225. 



Church, C. A., report by, on breeding 



stock, 1854 (Pt. 2), 256^^ 

 Churn, description of an improved 



model of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 167. 

 Churning, conditions to be observed 



in, 1868 (Pt. 1), 195 (Pt. 2), 229. 



— milk, approved method of, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 19-21, 38, 40, 44. 



