xxxiv AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



DUTCH 



EMERSON 



Dutch, the, among the first people 

 to improve the form of the plough, 



1855 (Pt. 1), 52. 



— cattle, characteristics of, 1857 (Pt. 

 1), G3; 18G1 (Pt. 1), 22; 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 lOD; 1873 (Pt. 2), 117, 119; 1874 (Pt. 2), 

 77, 99, 100. 



versus Holstein, 1873 (Pt. 2), 117, 



130. 



Duties and opportunities of an agri- 

 cultural society, 1858 (Pt. 1), 1. 



Duty of the farmer to his calling, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 20. 



Dwight, Daniel, essay hy, on size and 

 '^onduct of Massachusetts farms. 

 187G (Pt. 1), 215. 



DYTisciDiE, characteristics and habits 

 of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 143. 



Early farming in Essex County, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 1. 



— history of stock-raising in Massa- 

 chusetts, 1853 (Pt. 1), 83, 84. 



— lambs, profits of, 1863 (Pt. 2), 207, 

 209, 215. 



— settlers, description of the domes- 

 tic life and agricultural operations 

 of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 1. 



— Vermont potato, characteristics of 

 the, 1873 (Pt. 1), 315. 



Earth, epochs in the history of the, 



1856 (Pt. 2), 62. 



— productiveness of the, 1862 (Pt. 2), 

 33. 



Earths, cost of handling and moving, 

 in road-making, 1869 (Pt. 2), 212, 213, 

 243. 



— shrinkage in, and moving, in road- 

 making, 1869 (Pt. 2), 216. 



Earth's crust, description of the for- 

 mation of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 60, 63. 



East and "West, comparative advan- 

 tages of the, 1873 (Pt. 2), 18, 24, 28, 

 41, 85. 



— relations between, the, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 377. 



Eastwood, Rev. B., essay by, on cran- 

 berry culture, 1855 (Pt. 2), 116. 



Economy of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 429. 



Eddy, Kenry, statement of, on bee- 

 culture, 1857 (Pt. 2), 278. 



Education, importance and value of, 

 to the farmer, 1853 (Pt. 1), 116 (Pt. 2), 

 467, 476; 1856 (Pt. 2), 14, 58, 59; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 83, 126, 127; 1858 (Pt. 2), 5; 



1859 (Pt. 1), 130 (Pt. 2), 10, 26; 1861 



(Pt. 2), 1 ; 1866 (Pt. 1), 311 ; 1868 (Pt. 



2), 24, 32; 1870 (Pt. 2), 63, 66, 71 ; 1872 



(Pt. 2), 75, 77, 79; 1873 (Pt. 2), 6, 18, 



31, 41, 57. 

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

 Edwards, Elisha, report by, on 



ploughing, 1853 (Pt. 2), 12G. 

 E^■GLA^"T>, climate of, compared with 



that of New England, 1853 (Pt. 1), 



155. 

 Egg, constituents of the, 1872 (Pt. 1), 



294, 295. 

 Eggs, all animals reproduced through, 



1873 (Pt. 1), 225. 



— of different animals, similar in 

 form, 1873 (Pt. 1), 225, 226. 



— and poultry, extent of the produc- 

 tion of, 1869 (Pt. 2), 192; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 55. 56. 



Elderberry-Wine, method of mak- 

 ing, 1868 (Pt. 2), 156. 



Eldridge, John S., address by, on 

 national industry the true source 

 of national greatness, 1858 (Pt. 2), 92. 



Elements of success in farming, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 1; 1867 (Pt. 2), 33, 42; 1877 

 (Pt. 2), 9-13. 



Eliot, Rev. Jared, beneficial effect 

 of his early essays on agriculture, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 8. 



Ellis, George E., address by, on re- 

 wards of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 447. 



Elcsworth, John T., statement of, 

 on crop of carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 233. 



— on farm, 1877 (Pt. 2), 28. 



— report by, on management of the 

 dairy, 1871 (Pt. 1), 256, 273. 



Ellsworth, Samuel, statement of, on 

 dairy-stock, 1853 (Pt. 2), 314. 



Elm, American, characteristics and 

 value of the, 1854 (Pt. 1), 150; 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 154, 158, 269, 271; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 272. 



— English, characteristics of the, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 152, 154, 157, 271, 272. 



Elm-Tree borer, description of the, 



1871 (Pt. 1). 346. 

 Embargo of 1807, the, effect of, on our 



agricultural interests, 1853 (Pt. 1), 13. 

 Embryology, facts in relation to, 1873 



(Pt. 1), 226, 228, 234; 1874 (Pt. 1), 161 



162, 164. 

 Emerson, George B., lecture by, on 



restoration of the forests, 1875 (Pt, 1), 



140, 151. 



