xxxviii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



FARMIN^a 



FERTILIZERS 



Farming and its relations to Ameri- 

 can industry, 1858 (Pt. 2), 59, 



— the use of mind in, 1859 (Pt. 2), 37; 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 152 (Pt. 2), G6, 75; 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 20. 



— lands, injured by the flowage of 

 water raised by dams of mills, 18G0 

 (Pt. 1), 24i; 1874 (Pt. 1), 405-407. 



— importance of following specialties 

 in, 1867 (Pt. 1), 248. 



— aids to, 1867 (Pt. 2), 15, 20. 



— as a business, 1867 (Pt. 2), 21, 32; 



1868 (Pt. 1), 295. 



— elements of success in, 1863 (Pt. 2), 

 1; 1867 (Pt. 2), 33, 42; 1871 (Pt. 2), 

 100, 106; 1877 (Pt. 2), 9-13. 



— advantages of, compared with other 

 pursuits, 1868 (Pt. 1), 295; 1869 (Pt. 2), 

 71. 



— practical hints on, 1875 (Pt. 2), 23, 

 36,42. 



— relative value of, among the occu- 

 pations of life, 1872 (Pt. 1), 286. 



— does it pay ? 1873 (Pt. 2), 15, 18, 25, 

 27, 40, 55, 65, 79. 



— political aspects of, 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 24. 



— amount of capital needed in, 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 1, 6, 9. 



— interests, how affected by the cur- 

 rency, 1874 (Pt. 2), 10, 15, 21. 



Fattening cattle. See Cattle. 

 Fat, how the secretion of, is formed, 

 1861 (Pt. 1), 38. 



— cattle, feeding and management of, 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 225; 1867 (Pt. 2), 164; 



1869 (Pt. 2), 168, 169. 



Fats, action of, on milk, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 22-24. 



Fay, Farwell F., lecture by, on laws 

 relating to farm projierty, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 124, 130, 143. 



Fay, Richard S.. address by, on rais- 

 ing root-crops, 1854 (Pt. 2), 198. 



on farm implements, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



228. 



on the use of manures, 1854 



(Pt. 2), 442. 



— report by, on a plan for agricultu- 

 ral education, 1859 (Pt. 1), 130. 



on the protection of sheep and 



lambs, 1861 (Pt. 1), 63. 



— statement of, on Jerseys, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 228. 



Fay, Josiah, statement of, on reclaim- 

 ing meadows, 1855 (Pt. 2), 40. 



Feathee-Gkass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 38. 



Fecundation of animals, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 122, 123, 125. 



Feeding stock, experiments and ob- 

 servations in. See Cattle. 



— of cattle as a means of improving 

 breeds, 1870 (Pt. 1), 92, 9;;, 130. 



Felch, I. K., lecture by, on the breed- 

 ing and management of p(jultry, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 55. 



Felton, O. C, report by, on the reno- 

 vation of exhausted pastures, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 24. 



Felid^, characteristics of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 147. 



Female education, importance of, 

 in agriculture, 1869 (Pt. 1), 188. 



Fences and division walls, possible 

 improvement in, 1854 (Pt. 2), 18, 26; 

 18G7 (Pt. 1), 230. 



— and walls occupy land which could 

 be used to better advantage, 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 84; 1861 (Pt.l), 88. 



— wire, utility and economy of, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 208; 1861 (Pt. 1), 91. 



— and fence viewers, statutes relat- 

 ing to, 1859 (Pt. 2), 311. 



— are enormously expensive to main- 

 tain, 1861 (Pt. 1), 88. 



— extent and cost of, in different 

 States, 1861 (Pt. 1), 89. 



— durability of, 18G7 (Pt. 1), 231. 



— should be described in deeds, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 128, 129. 



Fermentation, action of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 14-lG, 18, 24. 



Ferns, prehistoric, size of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 105. 



Fern-Bark louse, description of the, 

 1869 (Pt. 1), 259. 



Fertility, means of increasing, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), G2, 74. 



Fertilizers, preparation and appli- 

 cation of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 73 (Pt. 2), 135, 

 141; 1854 (Pt. 1). 20 (Pt. 2), 25, 51, 

 136,436,493; 1855 (Pt. 2), 18,22, 32, 

 66, 102, 126, 178, 184, 216, 305; 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 269, 270, 272, 275 (Pt. 2), 51, 

 98, 105, 152, 171, 227 ; 1857 (Pt. 2), 153, 

 193, 197; 1858 (Pt. 2), 126, 178, 182, 

 184, 189, 191, 216; 1859 (Pt. 1), G, 10, 

 20, 37, 41, 75, 110 (Pt. 2), 152, 156; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 130; 18G1 (Pt. 2), 132; 1SG2 

 (Pt. 1), 23, 26, 42, 53, 61, 63, 89, 227, 

 261, 318 (Pt. 2), 45, 64, 77, 118, 124, 



