ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Ixi 



MANURES 



MEADOW 



Manukes, exjjeriments with. See 

 Fertilizers. 



— composition of different, 1838 

 (rt. 2), 183; 1850 (Pt. 2), 157; 18(3(3 

 (Pt. 1), 231; 1868 (Pt. 1), 95, 96, 104, 

 147, 150, 198. 



— requisites for an experiment on, 

 1859 (Pt. 1), 7, 15. 



— consist of tliree classes, carl)ona- 

 ceous, aiiimoniacal, and inorganic, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 61. 



— animal, decomposition of, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 136, 137. 



— injured by exposure to the 

 weather, 1872 (Pt. 1), 109. 



— on the farm, right of purchaser of 

 the farm to, 1872 (Pt. 1), 143, 144, 



— heat of fermenting, utilized, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 93, 94. 



— value of, X3er cord per annum, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 79; 1872 (Pt. 1), 168. 



— barnyard, use and value of, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 183; 1873 (Pt. 1), 125, 358. 



Manure-Cellar, utility of a, 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 34, 37, 45, 154. 



Maple sugar, times for, and descrip- 

 tion of methods of making, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 335; 1873 (Pt. 1), 162, 183, 185. 



— trees, characteristics and value 

 of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 142, 163, 270. 



beauty and utility of, 1854 (Pt. 1), 



149; 1857 (Pt. 2), 365. 



Maiicy, Oliver, address by, on edu- 

 cated farm-labor, 1856 (Pt. 2), 57. 



on the laws of vegetation, 1858 



(Pt. 2), 70. 



Mares, unsound, unfit for breeders, 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 372, 377. 



— breeding, should possess certain 

 qualities, 1869 (Pt. 1), 203; 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 85. 



Market days, advantage resulting 

 from estaljlishing regular, 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 327; 1859 (Pt.l), 115. 



efforts made to establish, in 



Massachusetts, 1858 (Pt. 2), 32; 1859 

 (Pt. 1). 115. 



— gardens, management of, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 186; 1870 (Pt. 1), 310, 321; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 31. 



soil for, 1864 (Pt. 1), 188; 1877 



(Pt. 1), 24. 

 require abundant manuring, 1864 



(Pt. 1), 189; 1877 (Pt. 1), 23, 25, 31. 



— gardening, importance of, and 

 methods of management of, 1870 



(Pt. 1), 312; 1871 (Pt. 1), 119, 123, 



124, 133, 138, 142, 144, 155; 1873 (Pt. 1), 



313,322; 1875 (Pt. 1), 14, 15. 

 Market gardening, iirofits of, 1870 



(Pt. 1), 311; 1877 (Pt. 1), 23, 25, 30, 



33, 45, 58. 

 Markets, open and free, value of, 



1862 (Pt. 1), 340; 1870 (Pt. 1), 141, 144, 



160 (Pt. 2), 99. 

 Marl, use and value of, as a manure, 



1867 (Pt. 1), 197; 1874 (Pt. 1), 49-51, 



194. 



— accumulations of, 1864 (Pt. 1), 114, 

 117; 1868 (Pt. 1), 113. 



— phosphatic deposits of, in South 

 Carolina. See Charleston. 



Marshall, J. E. and A. C, statement 



of, on nianageiuent of orchards, 



1853 (Pt. 2), 9(3. 

 Marston, George, address by, on the 



agricultural hall, 1862 (Pt. 2), 



56. 

 Marrow-Squashes, cultivation of, 



1876 (Pt. 1), 209. 



Martin, O., report by, on the horse, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 348. 



Marsh-Hawk, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 110. 



Marshes, salt, analysis of water ou, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 240. 



Marshfield, description of marshes 

 in, and their reclamation, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 328, 335; 1875 (Pt. 1), 238, 

 248; 1876 (Pt. 1), 219. 



Massachusetts Society for Promot- 

 ing Agriculture established in 1792, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 10. 



— one of the first States to give legis- 

 lative aid to agriculture, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 115. 



— area of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 103. 



— farmer, aildress on the, by Emory 

 Washburn, 1854 (Pt. 2), 459. 



— prosperity and power of, 1871 

 (Pt. 2). 77, 90. 



— farmers, why they should he con- 

 tent, 1860 (Pt. 2), 142. 



— list of species of birds of, 1803 

 (Pt. 1), appendix. 



— resources of, 1872 (Pt. 2), 37, 42. 

 ISIcKixsTRY, A. L., essay by, on soil- 

 ing cattle, 1870 (Pt. 2), 52. 



Meadow hay, value of, as a fodder, 



1877 (Pt. 2), 37, 39. 



— nuick, value of, as a manure. See 

 Muck. 



