xxxvi AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



FAIRS 



FAKM 



Faxes, couuty, establishment of dates 

 of, by the Board, 187G (Pt. 1), 238; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 301. 



— agricultural, purposes of the, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 55, 62. 



effects of horse-racing at the, 1869 



(Pt. 2), 60, 61. 



utility and management of the, 



1866 (Pt. 1), 255; 1877 (Pt. 1), 295. 



abroad, how they are managed, 



1873 (Pt. 2), 45, 46, 52, 67. 



Fall feeding the aftermath of mow- 

 ing-lands, injurious to the grass, 185G 

 (Pt. 1), 209, 211 ; 1868 (Pt. 1), 219; 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 211, 212. 



— seeding grass-lands, utility of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 145, 148; 1871 (Pt. 1), 8, 57- 

 59. 



Fallowikg grass-lands, utility of the 

 practice of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 123, 207, 209, 

 219. 



— importance of, 1875 (Pt. 2), 38, 39. 

 False red-top grass, characteristics 



of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 52. 



Fall River, Mass., growth and in- 

 dustries of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 17. 



Fancy farmers, influence of, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 104; 1873 (Pt. 2), 16, 19, 58, 

 64. 



Fablow, Professor W. G., essay by, 

 on onion smut, 1876 (Pt. 2), 164, 168, 

 173, 174. 



— lecture by, on the diseases of fruit- 

 bearing trees, 1877 (Pt. 1), 218, 231. 



Farmer, the, as he was, is, and is to 

 be, 18.59 (Pt. 2), 48. 



— aids of the, 1858 (Pt. 2), 11. 



— character and life of the, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 77. 



— difficulties which beset the, 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 24, 25. 



— duty of the, to his calling, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 20. 



— experience of a practical, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 1, 10, 16. 



— position of the, 1857 (Pt. 2), 69. 



— social and civil position of the, 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 81. 



— American, position of the, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 35, 37, 38; 1858 (Pt. 2), 50, 81. 



— in New England, opportunities of 

 the, 1869 (Pt. 2), 63, 70, 75. 



— the Massachusetts, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 459. 



— the, and the Commonwealth, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 66. 



Farmer's home, tlie, embellishment 

 of, 1857(Pt. 2), 1. 



— conflict, the, 18(J9 (Pt. 2), 76, 81. 



— calling, characteristics of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 42; 1872 (Pt. 2), 20, 21. 



— life, characteristics of the, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 48. 



advantage of the, 1870 (Pt. 2), 85, 



87, 93. 



— house, proper site for the, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 131. 



— homestead, relation of the, to farm 

 thrift, 1876 (Pt. 1), 131, 142. 



Farmers' clubs useful, and the estab- 

 lishment of, desirable, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 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. 



general statutes relating to, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 311. 



— institutes, utility of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 110; 1869 (Pt. 1), 192; 1877 (Pt. 1), 314. 



— wants, 1855 (Pt. 2), 336. 



— errors, 1855 (Pt. 2), 347; 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 150. 



— homes as they were and as they 

 are, 1873 (Pt. 2), .33, 00. 



Farmers are the greatest wasters of 

 labor, 1855 (Pt. 2), 353. 



— in Essex County, position of, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 2, 12. 



— the education of, necessary. See 

 Agricultural education. 



— are long-lived men, 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 24. 



— intellectual condition of the, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 82, 83, 85, 88; 1872 (Pt. 2), 20. 



— improved condition of, 1871 (Pt. 2), 

 4. 



— can improve their condition, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 56, 100; 1872 (Pt. 2), 68, 74. 



Farm accounts, importance and util- 

 ity of keeping, 1853 (Pt. 2), 405; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 13, 50, 158; 1857 (Pt. 2), 174; 



1859 (Pt. 2), 74, 77, 103; 1861 (Pt. 1), 

 74 (Pt. 2), 6, 7, 95; 18G3 (Pt. 2), 229; 

 1864 (Pt. 2), 51; 1865 (Pt. 1), 2.39, 

 (Pt. 2), 3, 6, 15; 1866 (Pt. 2), 8, 9; 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 22, 24, 27, 71; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 322, 320; 1872 (Pt. 2), 35. 



systems of keeping, 1863 (Pt. 2), 



229; 1864 (Pt. 2), 51; 1865 (Pt. 1), 239, 

 241 (Pt. 2), 3, 6, 15; 1806 (Pt. 2), 8, 9; 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 22, 24, 27, 71; lSGS(rt. 1), 

 148. 



