ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



XXXI 



DAIRY 



DESCENT 



(Pt. 1), 29, 35, 47, 48 (Pt. 2), 193, 211; 

 18G1 (Pt. 2), 172; 1864 (Pt. 2), 92, 95, 

 98; 1805 (Pt. 1), 40, 46,49 (Pt. 2), 103; 

 18G7 (Pt. 1), 51, 71 (Pt. 2), 211; 18G8 

 (Pt. 1), 301, 308; 1839 (Pt. 1), 79, 84, 

 89; 1871 (Pt. 1), 193, 256; 1872 (Pt. 2), 

 157, 163, 165, 168 (Pt. 1), 19, 21, 27, 29, 

 32, 41, 45; 1873 {Pt. 1), 255, 256 (Pt. 2), 

 58, 66; 1874 (Pt. 2), 92, 94, 96, 98, 101; 



1875 (Pt. 2), 174-176; 1876 (Pt. 1), 113, 

 114, 123 (Pt. 2), 146, 147, 150, 152; 1877 

 (Pt. 2), 86-88. 



DjUry stock and products, impor- 

 tance of cleanliness in management 

 of, 1872 (Pt. 1), 29, 31. 



— cattle, the most valuable, for New 

 England, 1864 (Pt. 1), 119; 1867 

 (Pt. 1), 51. 



— temperature of the, 1867 (Pt. 2), 

 213. 



— salt, description of the best, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 27, 29. 



— interests, magnitude of the, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 50, 51, 53; 1874 (Pt. 1), 11, 12, 

 (Pt. 2), 6, 55; 1876 (Pt. 1), 103, 105, 

 112, 116, 117. 



— section, confines of the, 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 122. 



— imperial, at Vincennes, France, de- 

 scription of the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 273. 



Dairying, value of, as a special in- 

 dustry, 1868 (Pt. 1), 185. 



Dam, influence of the, on progeny, 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 199; 1856 (Pt. 1), 48; 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 241; 1861 (Pt. 1), 18; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 105, 115; 1875 (Pt. 1), 76-78; 



1876 (Pt. 1), 68, 74, 



Darwin's investigations, utility and 

 value of, 1866 (Pt. 1), 72, 74; 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 98, 104, 105; 1877 (Pt. 1), 66. 



Darnel, or perennial rye-grass, char- 

 acteristics of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 64. 



Davis, A. B., essay by, on the educa- 

 tion of the ox, 1864 (Pt. 2), 38. 



— report by, on poultry, 1869 (Pt. 2), 

 186, 188. 



on working oxen, 1871 (Pt. 2), 



279, 283. 



Davis, Charles G., report by, on mark- 

 et days, 1859 (Pt. 1), 115. 



on the flowage of low lands, 1860 



(Pt. 1), 243. 



on agriculture of Plymouth 



County, 1865 (Pt.l), 271. 



— statement of, on reclaiming 

 Bwamps, 1860 (Pt. 2), 105. 



Davis, Charles G. , address by, on ag. 

 riculture in Europe, 1870 (Pt. 2), 94, 

 100. 



Davis, George C, statement of, on 

 the utility of the mowing-machine, 

 1855 (Pt. 1), 74. 



Davis, Mark H., statement of, on re- 

 claiming meadows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 53. 



Davis, Seth, report by, on reclaimed 

 swamps, 1856 (Pt. 2), 187. 



Dawes, H. L., address by, on agri- 

 cultural education, 1853 (Pt. 2), 467. 



Day, Leonard, statement of, on crop 

 of carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 236. 



Debt and success, relation between, 

 1873 (Pt. 2), 1, 3, 19, 22, 59. 



— wisdom of, in farming, 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 3-5, 22. 



Deciduous trees, and their value, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 159. 



Decline of agriculture in Massachu- 

 setts, 1869 (Pt. 2), 83, 85. 



— in New England, 1870 (Pt. 2), 14, 

 16, 21. 



Decrease in the number of birds, 



1872 (Pt. 2), 198. 



— average, in size of farms, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 62. 



Decomposition of animal manures, 



1873 (Pt. 1), 136, 137. 



Deep tillage, value and utility of, 



1853 (Pt. 2), 110; 1854 (Pt. 2), 118; 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 408. 



— as a preventive against drought, 



1854 (Pt. 1), 67 (Pt. 2), 112; 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 408. 



— secured by trenching, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 13, 85, 110, 216. 



by deep ploughing, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



117; 1855 (Pt. 2), 63,299,322,408; 1859 



(Pt. 2), 16, 141; 1864 (Pt. 2), 23, 24, 29; 



1867 (Pt. 1), 135, 143, 169, 171 (Pt. 2), 



145; 1873 (Pt. 2), 57. 

 Deer, American, description and 



habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 189. 

 Defects iu onr system of managing 



roads, 1870 (Pt. 1), 46, 49, 57, 64, 65. 

 Delaware grape, characteristics of 



the, 1863 (Pt. 2), 133, 142, 148. 

 Demands of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



480. 

 Denmark cattle, account of importar 



tions of, 1859 (Pt. 1), 43. 

 Descent of land, address on, by 



George S. Boutwell, 1853 (Pt. 2) 



433. 



