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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



FISH 



FOOD 



1875 (Pt 1), 312-314, 316, 320; 1876 



(Pt. 1), 270. 

 Fish breeding, artificial, importance 



of, as an industry, 1869 (Pt. 1), 127, 



128. 

 essentials in, 1869 (Pt. 1), 132, 134, 



136. 

 Fisher, Jabez, statement of, on con- 



stiiiction of gravel and lime walls, 



1854 (Pt. 2), 246. 

 on the management of orchards, 



1857 (Pt. 2), 320. 

 on grape-growing, 1864 (Pt. 2), 



82. 



— experiments of, with manures, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 66. 



— reports by, on fruits, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 274; 1869 (Pt. 2), 150. 



on the management of orchards, 



1859 (Pt. 2), 127. 

 on farm-management, 1865 (Pt. 2), 



6,10. 

 on poultry-management, 1870 



(Pt. 2), 205, 208. 



— essay by, on successful agriculture, 



1862 (Pt. 2), 251. 



— lecture by, on grape-culture, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 274. 



Flagg, Wilson, essay by, on the iitil- 

 ity of birds, 1861 (Pt. 2), 50. 



on inquiries in relation to experi- 

 mental farming, 1857 (Pt. 2), 337. 



on the potato disease, 1859 (Pt. 2), 



280. 



Flamand cattle, characteristics of, 



1863 (Pt. 1), 126, 127. 

 Flanders, condition of agriculture 



in, 1854 (Pt. 2), 433; 1859 (Pt. 1), 121; 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 317. 

 Flax, cultivation of, in Massachu- 

 setts, 1853 (Pt. 1), 64. 



— demand for, 1853 (Pt. 1), 65. 



— soil adapted to growing, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 65. 



— methods of cultivation of, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 291 (Pt. 2), 177, 179. 



— preparation of the soil for, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 291 (Pt. 2), 178, 180. 



— sowing the seed of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 292 (Pt. 2), 179, 181. 



— weeding of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 293. 



— pulling and handling, 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 294 (Pt. 2), 182. 



Flint, Addison, statement of, on 



raising cranberries, 1853 (Pt. 2), 244. 



Flint, Charles L., address by, on the 



future of agiiculture, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 363. 

 Flint, Charles L., address by, on 

 practical farming, 1855 (Pt. 2), 370. 



— - on the management of the state 

 farm, 1856 (Pt. 2), 69. 



on the practical farmer, 1856 



(Pt. 2), 96. 



on the expediency of locating 



breeding establishments for thor- 

 oughbred stock at state farms, 1865 

 (Pt. 1). 27. 



— account by, of trips to Europe, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 186; 1863 (Pt. 1), 105. 



— report by, on the international ex- 

 hibition at Hamburg, 1863 (Pt. 1), 

 105, 149. 



— lecture by, on roads and road-mak- 

 ing, 1870 (Pt. 1), 20, 40, 63. 



on one hundred years' progress 



in American agriculture, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 11, 30, 64. 



on the phosphate-beds of South 



Carolina, 1874 (Pt. 1), 47, 50, 55, 64. 



— paper by, on the grass and hay 

 crop, 1877 (Pt. 1), 121, 147. 



— action by the Board on the resigna- 

 tion of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 258, 260. 



Floating curds, characteristics of, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 36. 



— foxtail-gi-ass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 22, 118. 



— meadow-grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 50. 



Flowage of low lands, statutes in 

 relation to fflie, 1860 (Pt. 1), 243. 



— of meadows by mill-owners, dam- 

 age done by, to the agricultural in- 

 terests, 1860 (Pt. 1), 244; 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 405, 407. 



Flowers, influence of, on the charac- 

 ter, 1855 (Pt. 2), 268. 



— culture of, 1867 (Pt. 2), 128, 130. 



— annual sale of, in the United States, 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 131. 



Flyaway grass, characteristics of, 



1856 (Pt. 1), 29. 

 Fly-Catchers, foraring liabits of the, 



1861 (Pt. 2), 59; 1865 (Pt. 1), 102. 

 Fodder-Corn, use and value of. See 



Indian corn. 

 Fodder-Cutters, use and value of, 



1867 (Pt. 1), 298; 1868 (Pt. 1), .343. 

 Foetus, formation and nutrition of 



tlie, 1870 (Pt. 1), 85, 83. 

 Food of animals, the nutritive value 



