AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



HEREFORDS 



HOLLAND 



Herefords, experiments in feeding, 

 1857 (Pt. 1), ni. 



— fatten more economically than do 

 Sliorthorns, 1857 (Vt. 1), 32, 35. 



— history of importations of, to the 

 United States, 1857 (Pt. 1), 34. 



Hero, J. H., report by, on poultry, 



1877 (Pt. 2), 104, 106, 108. 

 Hesperomys, characteristics of, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 180. 



— leucopns, description and habits of, 

 1861 (Pt. 1), ISO. 



Hessian-Fly enemies of the, 1862 



(Pt. 1), 174. 

 Heteroptera, characteristics and 



habits of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 76. 

 Herschel, Clemens, prize essay by, 



on road-making, 1869 (Pt. 2), 207, 



263. 

 Hersey, Edmund, essay by, on the 



best methods of offering premiums 



by agricultural societies, 1877 (Pt. 1), 



295. 



— statement of, oa Indian corn, 1877 

 (Pt. 2), 73. 



Hickory-Trees, characteristics and 

 value of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 144, 156, 268, 

 269. 



High prices for poultry, 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 67. 



— farming, address upon, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 503. 



means good farming, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



503. 

 Highways of Massachusetts, number 



of miles, and statistics of the, 1870 



(Pt. 1), 23, 43. 



— trees that should be planted along 

 the, 1866 (Pt. 1), 277. 



HiLLiAUD, George S., address by, on 



why a Massachusetts farmer should 



be content, ISGO (Pt. 2), 42. 

 HiLDRETH, Lewis n., statement of, 



on farm-management, 1854 (Pt. 2), 15. 

 Hill, Aug , report by, on bulls, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 288. 

 Hill, Thomas, aildress by, on educa- 

 tion in agriculture, 1868 (Pt. 2), 24, 



32. 

 Hilling corn, origin of the practice 



of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 354. 

 Hills should be covered with trees, 



1875 (Pt. 1), 148, 149. 

 Hinckley, Frederick, address by, on 



the fanner and the man, 1858 (Pt. 2), 



20. 



HixGHAM, list of forest-trees and 

 shrubs of, 1867 (Pt. 2), 109, 115. 



Hints for the management of agri- 

 cultural societies. See Agricultural 

 societies. 



History of early stock-raising in 

 Massachusetts. See Cattle. 



— of different epochs in the formation 

 of the earth, 1856 (Pt. 2), 62. 



— of agricultural education in Massa- 

 chusetts, 1870 (Pt. 2), 70, 72, 74. 



— of glass-house gardening, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 89-91. 



Hitchcock, Edward, address by, on 

 sciences applicable to farming, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 47. 



on poisons of the farmer's life, 



1875 (Pt. 2), 13, 21. 



Hoe, Plumer's Adjustable, descrip- 

 tion of the, 1867 (Pt. 1), 288. 



Hog, points of a good, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 362, 380. 



— peculiarities of the, 1854 (Pt. 2), 372. 



— management of the, 1865 (Pt. 1), 92; 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 130, 199, 202. 



— breeding of the, profitable, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 130, 199, 202. 



— experiments in feeding the, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 132, 134, 135, 140. 



— feeding and management of the. 

 See Swine. 



— manure, value of, as a fertilizer, 

 1854 (Pt. 1), 22; 1874 (Pt. 1), 141, 194, 

 196, 198. 



Hogs, characteristics of the Suffolk 



breed of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 366, 376; 1854 



(Pt. 2), 374; 1857 (Pt. 1), 127. 

 of the Chinese breed of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 375. 

 of the Middlesex breed of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 377. 

 of the Neapolitan breed of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 378; 1857 (Pt. 1), 127. 

 of the imiiroved Essex breed of, 



1853 (Pt. 2), 379; 1857 (Pt. 1), 129. 

 of the Mackay Essex breed of, 



1858 (Pt. 2), 288. 



— raising, profitable, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 872; 1858 (Pt. 2), 290. 



HoHENHEiM, description of the agri- 

 cultural institute at, 1862 (Pt. 1), 304; 

 1803 (Pt. 1), 109. 



Holland, condition of agriculture in, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 313; 1863 (Pt. 1), 108. 



— cattle-husbandry in, 1802 (Pt. 1), 

 314. 



