Iviii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



LACKEY 



lifting- 



Lackey caterpillar, natural history 

 and habits of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 445; 

 1857 (Pt. 1), 200. 



Lactometer, use and vahie of the, 



1873 (Pt. 1), 66, 67, 84, 85, 97. 

 Ladv-bikd beetles, characteristics 



and habits of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 144. 



Lajmbs, care of, and value of early, 

 1860 (Pt. 1), 121, 127; 1864 (Pt. 1), 166. 



Lamson, Alvan, address by, on farm- 

 ing, in some of its intellectual as- 

 pects, 1857 (Pt. 2), 75. 



Land, the permanent improvement 

 of, desirable, 1855 (Pt. 1), 46. 



— tenure of, in this country compared 

 ■with that of others, 1858 (Pt. 2), 55, 

 89,96; 1860 (Pt. 2), 50; 1861 (Pt. 2), 14. 



— the attempt to cultivate too much 

 of, wasteful, 1861 (Pt. 1), 107. 



Lands, how our, should be worked, 



1874 (Pt. 2), 2, 4, 7, 22, 53, 57, 65, 66. 

 Larch, quick growth of the, 1854 



(Pt. 2), 104; 1856 (Pt. 2), 103, 215. 



— characteristics and value of, 1854 

 (Pt, 2), 104; 1856 (Pt. 2), 103, 215; 



1875 (Pt. 1), 276-279. 

 Lawn-Gkasses, varieties suitable to 



mix for, 1856 (Pt. 1), 161, 162, 

 Laws relating to farm property, 1872 



(Pt. 1), 124, 128, 131. 

 to agricultural societies, 1876 



(Pt. 2), 180, 184. 

 to the Board of Agriculture, 1876 



(Pt. 2), 177, 179, 



— of propagation, 1872 (Pt, 1), 75, 79, 

 81, 102, 158. 



Lathrop, Paoli, report by, on man- 

 agement of orchards, 1853 (Pt. 2), 88. 



on tobacco-culture, 1862 (Pt. 1), 



63. 



Lathers, Richard, address by, on the 

 management of fai'ms, 1874 (Pt. 2), 2. 



on practical hints on farming, 



1875 (Pt. 2), 29. 



Law, Professor James, lecture by, on 

 the principles of breeding, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 82, 111. 



Lawes aud Gilbert, experiments by, 

 1803 (Pt. 1), 2<)5; 1874 (Pt, 1), 133-135, 

 142, 143. 



Lawson, Peter, observations of, on 

 feeding stock, 1853 (Pt. 2), 343, 



— reports by, on milch cows, 18()2 

 (Pt. 2), 200; 1863 (Pt. 2), 191. 



Lawson, William, communistic ex- 

 periment of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 59, 60. 



Leached ashes, value of, for manure, 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 154, 170; 1858 (Pt. 2), 78, 

 188; 1869 (Pt. 1), 42, 44, 46; 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 105; 1873 (Pt. 1), 138, 140, 211, 



Leaves, A^alue of, as a manure, 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 115. 



— of plants, structure and functions 

 of, 1858 (Pt. 2), 74; 1869 (Pt. 2), 35, 

 36; 1873 (Pt. 1), 167, 176, 181; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 213. 



— of mangolds, should they be fed to 

 stock, 1874 (Pt. 1), 118, 124, 125. 



Lee, Daniel, address by, on the study 

 of soils, 1853 (Pt. 2), 459. 



Leghorn fowls, characteristics and 

 value of, 1867 (Pt. 2), 184; 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 209; 1809 (Pt. 2), 184, 185; 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 57, 70, 71, 75, 83, 



Leicester sheep, origin and charac- 

 teristics of the, 1857 (Pt. 1), 114, 115; 

 1860 (Pt. 1), 103; 1803 (Pt. 2), 40, 60; 

 1864 (Pt, 2), 119, 120. 



— breed of cattle, characteristics of 

 the, 1859 (Pt. 2), 206. 



Leonard, Sjiencer, statements of, on 

 experiments with manures, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 150; 1864 (Pt. 2), 73, 77, 



Leonard, N. T., report by, on milch 

 cows, 1865 (Pt. 2), 98. 



Lepidoptera, characteristics of the, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 127. 



LEPOKiD.a5, characteristics of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 187, 



Lepus, characteristics of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 

 187. 



— Sylvaticus, description of, and hab- 

 its, 1861 (Pt. 1), 188. 



— Auiericanus, 1861 (Pt. 1), 187, 

 Lettuce, metliods of culture of, in 



glass houses, 1874 (Pt. 1), 94, 104,108, 

 110; 1877 (Pt, 1), 27, 

 Lewis, Harris, address by, on dairy- 

 husbandry, 1872 (Pt. 1), 18, .30. 



— lecture bj', on milk, 1873 (Pt. 1), 65, 

 G9, 73, 80. 



Lewis, .James S., report by, on the 

 forest trees and shrubs of Hingham, 

 18()7 (Pt. 2), 10,"). 



Lichtenhoff, description of the agri- 

 cultural school at, 1863 (Pt. 1), 216. 



Liebig's process for preserving meat, 

 1867 (Pt. 1), 302. 



Life, origin of, in the cell, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 150, 151, 180, 102. 



Lifting power of the squash, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 208, 210, 220, 



