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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



HYDE 



INDIAX CORN 



Hi'PE, Alexander, report by, on ap- 

 ple-culture, 18G7 (Pt. 1), 251. 



ou the potato crop, 1808 (Pt. 1), 



312, 332, 



on the management of farms, 



ISGit (Pt. 2), 97, 102. 



— address by, on culture and social 

 position, 1867 (Pt. 2), 4:J. 



on the hay crop, 18G8 (Pt. 1), 200, 



20G. 

 on intellect in farming, 1SG8 



(Pt. 2), G6, 75. 

 ou the agriculture of Berkshire 



County, 1869 (Pt. 1), 11, 17. 

 on farmers' homes, 1873 (Pt. 2), 



33, 38. 

 Hyde, James F. C, address by, on 



fruit-culture, 1868 (Pt. 1), 52, 74. 

 Hydraulic ram, value and utility of 



the, 185-1 (Pt. 1), 67 (Pt. 2), 49. 

 Hydkometrid.e, characteristics and 



habits of tlie, 1862 (Pt. 1), 178. 

 Hymexoptera, characteristics of the, 



1862 (Pt. 1), 127, 164. 



Ice, action of, in- the formation of 

 agricultural soils, 1864 (Pt. 1), 168; 

 18G5 (Pt. 1), 64; 1866 (Pt. 1), 226; 18G8 

 (Pt. 1), 163. 



Icebergs, origin of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 180. 



IcHNEUMONiDiE, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 18G2 (Pt. 1), 1G5; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 336, 337. 



Imagination, influence of, in breed- 

 ing, 1870 (Pt. 1), 9G. 



Implements of the farm, history aud 

 improvements in, 1873 (Pt. 1), 17, 27, 

 29, 31, 33, 40. 



Importance of collating agricultural 

 statistic-^, 1853 (Pt. 1), 17. 



— of selecting superior plants to raise 

 seeds from, 1865 (Pt. 1), 250, 252. 



— of good market facilities, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 142. 



— of deep and thorough tillage, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 110; 1854 (Pt. 2), 118; 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 408; 1871 (Pt. 1), 6, 122, 

 144. 



— of studying commercial fertilizers, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 83, 141, 380, 386, 392. 



— of the dairy interests, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 11, 12. 



— of having good roads, 1874 (Pt. 2), 

 23, 24, 



Impotencv in the male, causes of, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 87-89. 



Impregnation. See First impregna- 

 tion. 



Improv^ement of pastures. See Pas- 

 tures. 



— of swamps and waste lands, meth- 

 ods of. See Swamps. 



Improvements on the farm, progress 



and influence of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 23, 55, 



333, 351. 

 laiPROviNG our agricultural society, 



essay upon, 1871 (Pt. 2), 121, 128. 

 Indian Corn, mode of cultivation of, 



by the early settlers, 1853 (Pt. 1), 5; 



1858 (Pt. 2), 196. 



— average yield of, in 1850, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 20; 1858 (Pt. 1), 47. 



— our leading staple, 1853 (Pt. 1), 163 

 (Pt. 2), 485; 1858 (Pt. 1), 45. 



— difference of shrinkage in weight 

 in different varieties of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 150, 174; 1855 (Pt. 2), 86; 1858 (Pt. 1), 

 87; 1859 (Pt.2), 160, 162; 1877 (Pt.2),67. 



— if closely planted, yield of, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 170; 1858 (Pt. 2), 198. 



— origin of the practice of hilling, 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 354; 1858 (Pt. 1), (^ 

 (Pt. 2), 196. 



— action of pollen on, in growth of, 

 185G (Pt. 1), 14; 1858 (Pt. 1), 64. 



— methods and cost of cultivation 

 and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 5 (Pt. 2), 14, 

 133, 148, 154, 178, 180, 184; 1854 (Pt. 1), 

 19, 55, 152 (Pt. 2), 152, 162; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 71, 75, 81; 185G (Pt. 2), 241, 249, 256, 

 262; 1857 (Pt. 2), 148,210; 1858 (Pt. 1), 

 20, 74, 84 (Pt. 2), 91, 196, 198, 202; 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 158, 160, 162; 18G0 (Pt. 2), 135, 

 139; 1861 (Pt. 2), 163; 1862 (Pt. 2), 183, 

 184; 18G3 (Pt. 1), 55 (Pt. 2), 96, 117, 

 119, 126, 159, 161, 164; 1864 (Pt. 1), 55, 

 63, 126 (Pt. 2), 57, 89; 18G5 (Pt. 2), 56, 

 58, 68, 70; 1866 (Pt. 1), 190, 191 (Pt. 2), 

 61, 64, 65; 1867 (Pt. 1), 205 (Pt. 2), 20, 

 60, 76, 119, 138, 144; 1868 (Pt. 1), 156, 

 271 (Pt. 2), 20, 60, 76, 119, 138, 144; 

 18G9 (Pt. 2), 127, 128; 1870 (Pt. 1), 187, 

 189, 219 (Pt. 2), 147, 150, 153, 155; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 115, 116 (Pt. 2), 209, 211, 213, 

 215, 217, 225, 227, 231, 233, 235; 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 80, 87, 133-135, 139; 1873 

 (Pt. 2), 79, 89, 101, 105, 108; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 88-91; 1875 (Pt. 1), 25, 29, .33, 

 34, 38, 45, 50, 53 (Pt. 2), 70, 78, 90, 98, 

 139, 141, 143, 144, 147; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 1.56, 158, IGO, 171, 178, 183 (Pt. 2), 101, 

 105, 108; 1877 (Pt. 2), 67. 



