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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



HORSES 



now 



1876 (Pt. 2), 154, 157; 1877 (Pt. 1), 79, 

 94, 97. 



Horses, method of grooming, 18G0 

 (Pt. 1), 200. 



— characteristics of the ideal, 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 8;{, 97. 



— systems of training, for trials of 

 speed, 18G0 (Pt. 1), 205, 



— trotting, how to breed, 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 81. 



— system of educating, 18G0 (Pt. 1), 

 178, 213. 



— Ilarey's system of subjugating, 

 1860 (Pt. 1), 231. 



— how to determine the age of, 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 235. 



— grand show of, at the exhibition 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 of England, 1862 (Pt. 1), 198. 



— for the farm, value of good, 1802 

 (Pt. 2), 208. 



— for farm-work, management of, 



1877 (Pt. 2), 33. 



— descriirtion of epizootic aphtha 

 among, 1872 (Pt. 1), 19, 145, 147, 105. 



— American, characteristics and his- 

 tory of, 1800 (Pt. 1), 183; 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 6,57-59; 1875 (Pt. 1), 76, 77. 



demand for, in England, 1875 



(Pt. 1), 94, 95. 



— tripping and stumbling, shoes for, 

 1850 (Pt. 2), 299. 



— pumiced feet on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 302. 

 Horse's foot, description of the, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 297. 

 shoe for the, if contracted, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 298; 1877 (Pt. 1), 90, 91, 95, 



103, 109. 

 if fiat, 1859 (Pt. 2), 298. 



— feet, founder in, cause of, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 301. 



quarter cracks on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 



302. 



corns on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 302. 



thrush on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 303. 



wounds in the sole or crust of, 



treatment of, 1859 (Pt. 2), 303. 

 results from bad shoeing of, 1877 



(Pt. 1), 90, 91, 95, 99, 103, 10!). 



— shoes, clips on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 299. 

 tips on, 1859 (Pt. 2), 299. 



to prevent interfering, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 300. 

 to prevent over-reaching, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 200. 

 for the turf, 1859 (Pt. 2), 300, 



Horse's shoes, calks for, 1859 (Pt. 2), 



300. 

 with spring-heels, 1859 (Pt. 2), 



300. 

 Horsefly, habits of the, 1869 (Pt. 1), 



256. 

 HoRSE-HoE, the first, invented by 



Jethro TuU, 1855 (Pt. 1), 65. 



— Whittemore's, invented by Jethro 

 Tull, 1868 (Pt. 1), 341. 



— economy in the use of the, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 73, 74. 



HoRSE-PiTCHFORK, description of the, 



1867 (Pt. 1), 296. 

 Horse-Eacing at fairs, effects of, 1869 



(Pt. 2), 60, 61; 1874 (Pt. 2), 25, 26. 

 Horse-Rackets, utility and use of, 



1853 (Pt. 2), 419. 

 HoRSE-PtAKE, economy in the use of 



the, 1855 (Pt. 1), 88; 1856 (Pt. 1), 199, 



203. 

 Horse-Rakes, description of various, 



1867 (Pt. 1). 293, 294. 

 Horsford, Professor E. N., analysis 



by, of the cranberry, 1853 (Pt. 1), 45. 

 Horticultural education for wo- 

 men, value of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 156, 170, 



178, 308, 317. 



— societies in Massachusetts, general 

 statutes relating to the, 1859 (Pt. 2), 

 appendix. 



Hot-Bed used by market-gardeners, 



description of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 20, 27. 

 Houses, our farm, their location and 



surroundings, 1873 (Pt. 2), 33, 35, 37, 



38, 60. 

 HouDAN fowls, characteristics and 



value of, 1876 (Pt. 1), 59. 

 How to be better farmers, 1857 (Pt. 2), 



56. 



— to make the farm pay, 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 55, 57, 60. 



— farming pays, 1874 (Pt. 2), 39, 42, 

 40, 49. 



— six acres can summer twelve cattle, 

 1876 (Pt. 2), 52, 54. 



— to breed improved varieties of 

 fowls, 1876 (Pt. 1), 68, 70. 



— to feed young chickens, 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 79, 80. 



— to grow good potatoes, 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 188, 189. 



How, Joseph, statement of, on im- 

 proving pasture-lands, 1853 (Pt.2), 75. 



— report by, on apples, 1877 (Pt. 2), 

 63, 54, 56. 



