XXX AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



CROPS 



DAIRY 



ture, 18G2 (Pt. 1), 117; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 225; 18G5 (Pt. 1), 210. 

 Crops, adaptation of soils to, 1866 

 (Pt. 1),269; 1870 (Pt. 1), 162. 



— and manures, plan for experiments 

 on, 1872 (Pt. 1), 22, 176. 



— nitrogen in, removed from the soil, 

 1873 (Pt. 1), 124, 125, 367. 



Crosby Josiali, statement of, on 

 farm improvements, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 1. 



— report by, on horses, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 352. 



Cross fertilization, effect and influ- 

 ence of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 23, 26; 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 104; 1864 (Pt. 1), 79, 133, 135; 



1869 (Pt. 1), 107, 108; 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 297, 298; 1875 (Pt. 1), 199; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 235; 1877 (Pt. 1), 156, 160, 169. 



Crosses in breeding, effects and utility 

 of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 27, 37, 44, 48, 50, 57, 

 71; 1865 (Pt. 1), 28, 32; 1872 (Pt. 1), 

 89-91; 1873 (Pt. 2), 114, 115; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 189, 190. 



Crowell, Joshua, statement of, on 

 crop of carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 243. 



Crows, foraging habits of the, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 115. 



Crude carnalite, analysis of, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 301. 



Crushed stones, value of, in road- 

 building, 1869 (Pt. 2), 222, 227,235; 



1870 (Pt. 1), 53. 



Crystal Palace at London, descrip- 

 tion of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 238. 



Cuckoos, characteristics of the, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 97. 



Cucumber beetles, striped, habits of 

 the, 1868 (Pt. 2), 102. 



— culture under glass, methods of, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 106, 107. 



Cultivation of less land desirable, 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 348. 



Culture and social position, impor- 

 tance of, to the farmer, 1867 (Pt. 2), 

 43, 54, 55. 



CuRCULio, natural history and habits 

 of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 449; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 199; 1861 (Pt. 1), 9, 104; 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 225; 1867 (Pt. 1), 122; 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 186, 187. 



— modes of preventing the ravages 

 of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 450; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 199. 



Curds, floating, characteristics of, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 36. 



Currants, varieties and culture of, 

 1859 (Pt. 1), 63, 71, 102. 



Currant worms, methods of pre- 

 venting the ravages of, 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 103. 



— wine, method of making, 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 155. 



— insects infesting the, 1868 (Pt. 2). 

 103; 1869 (Pt. 1), 243. 



CusHiNG, P. L., statement of, on pear- 

 culture, 1865 (Pt. 2), 51. 

 Cut-Worms, habits of, 1868 (Pt. 2), 103. 



— methods of preventing the ravages 

 of, 1868 (Pt. 2), 103. 



Dairy management, descriptions of 

 different systems of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 394, 400; 1854 (Pt. 2), 297, 311, 406; 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 177, 180, 202, 253; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 307, 320, 350, 394; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 160, IGl, 163 (Pt. 2), 253; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 246, 251, 307; 1859 (Pt. 2), 268; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 226; 1862 (Pt 2), 238; 1866 

 (Pt 2), 217, 220; 1864 (Pt. 2), 92, 94, 

 98; 1865 (Pt. 1), 233, 235 (Pt. 2), 103; 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 308, 311 (Pt. 2), 111, 115, 

 118, 240; 18G7 (Pt. 1), 71 (Pt. 2), 195, 

 198, 211; 1868 (Pt. 1), 195 (Pt. 2), 225, 

 228; 1869 (Pt. 2), 193, 198; 1870 (Pt. 2), 

 216, 218; 1871 (Pt. 1), 18, 25, 30, 49, 

 256, 268, 270, 273, 288, 294 (Pt. 2), 305, 

 317; 1872 (Pt. 2), 179, 182, 189; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 20, 21, 25, 29, 40, 43, 46; 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 176; 1876 (Pt. 1), 102, 110, 116, 

 120, 123 (Pt. 2), 146, 148. 



great improvement has been 



made in, 1863 (Pt. 2), 43; 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 190. 



— importance of improvement in the, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 306, 326; 1854 (Pt. 2), 300. 



— products, average yield of, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 320, 350, 362. 



— - statistics of, 1868 (Pt. 1), 182, 184. 



— cows, warm water best for, in win- 

 ter, 187() (Pt. 1), 125. 



— cow, characteristics of the, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 79, 80. 



— bull, characteristics of a good, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 47. 



— stock, feeding and management of, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 295, 309, 320, 399; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 13, 252, 277, 297, 321; 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 11, 44 (Pt. 2), 178 ; 1856 (Pt. 1), 

 242, 244, 261 (Pt. 2), 81, 207, 307, 324, 

 360; 1857 (Pt. 1), 60, 61, 217 (Pt. 2), 

 252; 1858 (Pt. 2), 243, 244; 1859 



