xxvi AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



CLUBS 



COMMON 



Clubs, farmers', value and utility of, 

 1853 (Pt. l),100(Pt.2),43; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 340, 365; 1858 (Pt. 2), 8; 1859 (Pt. 1), 

 128; 1860 (Pt. 2), 83, 84; 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 73; 1874 (Pt. 2), 35. 



Clydesdale horses, characteristics 

 of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 102; 1860 (Pt. 1), 182. 



CoAL-AsiiES, use and value of, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 46, 47, 51; 1871 (Pt. 1), 110, 

 112, 114; 1873 (Pt. 1), 140, 142. 



CocciNELLiD^, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 144. 



CocHiK fowls, are they identical with 

 the Shanghaes? 1853 (Pt. 2), 382. 



— characteristics and value of, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 60. 



Cock of the domestic fowl brooding 



chickens, instance of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



384. 

 CoDLiNG-MoTH, haWts of the, 1861, 



(Pt. 2), 91. 

 Colby, George J. L., address by, on 



the relations of agriculture to man, 



1861 (Pt. 2), 1. 



CoLEOPTERA, Characteristics of the, 



1862 (Pt. 1), 126. 



CoLLAMORE, Horacc, statement of, on 



manures, 1853 (Pt. 2), 147. 

 Colonial agriculture, restrictions on, 



1873 (Pt. 2), 23, 25. 



— Indian corn, 1843 (Pt. 2), 183. 

 Colorado potato-beetle, advance of 



the, eastward, 1870 (Pt. 1), 353; 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 131; 1876 (Pt. 1), 88, 89, 



— destructiveuess of the, 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 131. 



— enemies of the, 1876 (Pt. 1), 92. 



— spread of the, in Massachusetts, 



1876 (Pt. 1), 86, 90, 94, 95 (Pt. 2), 35. 



— habits of the, 1876 (Pt. 1), 90, 91. 



— remedies against the ravages of tlie, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 131, 137, 207; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 92,93,96, 151, 293, 295; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 61. 



Colt, how to teach a, to come when 

 called, 1860 (Pt. 1), 220. 



to lie down, 1860 (Pt. 1), 221. 



to roll over, 1860 (Pt. 1), 222. 



to sit up, 1860 (Pt. 1), 223. 



Colts, breeding, training, and man- 

 agement of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 371; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 270; 1860 (Pt. 1), 218, 220, 223; 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 121; 1869 (Pt. 1), 204; 



1877 (Pt. 1), 88, 89. 



— unsoundness of, caused by care- 

 lessness, 1856 (Pt. 2), 372. 



Colts, raising of, profitable, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 374. 



Co-operation among farmers advisa- 

 ble, 1875 (Pt. 1), 53, 60, 65. 



Co-opekative labor, how it is profita- 

 ble, 1871 (Pt. 1), 73, 74. 



Coopers' hawk, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 109. 



Commercial fertilizers, application 

 and value of, 1858 (Pt. 2), 183; 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 150; 1862 (Pt. 1), 54; 18(36 

 (Pt. 1), 170, 185, 236; 1867 (Pt. 2), i;M, 

 175; 1868 (Pt. 1), 93, 100, 109, 115, 

 281 (Pt. 2), 114; 1869 (Pt. 1), 40, 45; 

 1870 (Pt. 1), 181, 196, 198; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 93, 94, 96, 103, 125; 1872 (Pt. 1), 175, 

 178, 194 (Pt. 2), 27-30, 82; 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 61, 02, 130, 137, 143, 147, 156, 157, 352, 

 373; 1874 (Pt. 1), 83, 84, 141, 352, 384; 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 17, 24,28, 33, 38-40, 45,50, 

 53, 329, 342 (Pt. 2), 33, 37, 40, 46, 77, 79, 

 90, 97, 98; 1876 (Pt. 1), 148, 151, 162, 

 170, 174, 182, 241, 256; 1877 (Pt. 1), 46, 

 50, 52, 201, 208, 209, 279, 315, 328 

 (Pt. 2), 46, 48, 50, 58, 73, 74. 



— reports on, by state inspector of 

 1873 (Pt. 1), 352; 1874 (Pt. 1), 351; 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 293, 330, 343; 1876 (Pt.l), 

 241, 304; 1877 (Pt. 1), 313, 328. 



— swindling in the sales of, 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 104, 120, 282, 284, 288; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 195, 197, 220, 524; 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 95, 96. 



— necessity for the appointment of a 

 state inspector of, 1808 (Pt. 1), 289. 



— diffusion of, and growth of trade in, 

 1873 (Pt. 1), 61, 62, 352, 302, 365. 



— laws of Massachusetts in relation 

 to, 1873 (Pt. 1), 130, 133, 137, 157. 



— a chemical test of the only safe 

 guide in buying, 1868 (Pt. 1), 103, 

 120, 121. 



— importance of a knowledge of the 

 value of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 83, 84, 141, 380, 

 392. 



— not uniform in composition, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 95, 90. 



— formulas for the preparation of, 

 1875(Pt. 1),47, 48. 



Committees at fairs, duties of, 1869 



(Pt. 2), 58. 

 Common' canary-grass, characteristics 



of, 1820 (Pt. 1), 84. 



— spear-grass, 1856 (Pt. 1), 43, 45. 



— reed-grass, 1856 (Pt. 1), 64, 118. 



— manna-grass, 1856 (Pt. 1), 50, 118. 



