Ixii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



MEADOW 



METEOROLOGICAL 



Meadow fescne-grass, characteristics 

 of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 55, 5G, 119, 154. 



— brome-grasa, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), C4, 65. 



— or swale hay, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 111, 112, 117. 



— spear-grass, cliaracteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 42, 126. 



— soft-grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 76, 77, lin, 126, 154. 



— oat-grass, characteristics of, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 74, 118. 



— foxtail-grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 20, 21, 25, 76, 119, 124, 

 126, 129. 



Meadows, methods and utility of 

 reclamation of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 44, 47, 

 49, 67, 70; 1854 (Pt. 1), 62 (Pt. 2), 16, 

 37, 64; 1855 (Pt. 2), 26, 42; 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 140; 1860 (Pt. 2), 105; 1870 

 (Pt. 2), 109, 111; 1874 (Pt. 2), 63, 66, 

 67, 69; 1877 (Pt. 2), 41. 



— flowage of, by mill-owners, 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 404, 405. 



Meat, production of, profitable, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 67, 73, 191 ; 1867 (Pt. 1), 22, 51. 



— packing business, history and 

 growth of, in this country, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 54, 55, 358. 



Meats, description of methods of 

 preserving, 1867 (Pt. 1), 301; 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 124, 129, 131, 135, 137, 226. 



— preservation of, by the use of anti- 

 septic salts, 1868 (Pt. 1), 136. 



by the use of carbonic oxide gas, 



1868 (Pt. 1), 137. 



by the use of sulphurous acid gas, 



1868 (Pt. 1), 139. 



Mechi, M., description of experiment- 

 al farm of, 1802 (Pt. 1), 225, 278. 



Mechanics in agriculture, progress 

 of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 19, 27, 33, 37, 41, 101. 



Mellen, L. F., address by, on New- 

 England farm-life, 1876 (Pt. 2), 11. 



Mental faculties of domestic ani- 

 mals, 1874 (Pt. 1), 395, 403; 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 283, 288, 293. 



Mephitis, characteristics of, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 100. 



— mephitica, habits of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 

 161. 



Mercurial gauges, description of, 



1874(Pt. 1), 251, 273. 

 Merino sheep, introduction of, into 



Massachusetts, 1853 (Pt. 1), 86, 88. 



— characteristics and value of, 1857 



(Pt. 1), 122; 1860 (Pt. 1), 101; 1862 

 (Pt. 2), 216, 218; 1863 (Pt. 1), 60, 128 

 (Pt. 2), 00; 1864 (Pt. 1) 161, 162 

 (Pt. 2), 120; 1865 (Pt. 1), 122; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 199. 

 Merino sheep, Saxon, characteristics 

 and value of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 128 (Pt. 2), 

 60. 



— Vermont, characteristics and value 

 of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 60, 1.36, 137. 



— Spanish, characteristics and value 

 of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 1.31. 



— of Rambouillet, characteristics and 

 value of, 1863 (Pt. 1), 133. 



— great prices obtained for, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 161. 



Meriam, Messrs., statement of, on 

 farm-improvement, 1853 (Pt. 2), 14. 



Meriam, Royal A., statement of, on 

 reclaiming meadows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 49. 



Meriam, T. and I. S., statement of, 

 on reclaiming swamp-lands, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 58. 



on manures, 1853 (Pt. 2), 138. 



Merriam, J. A., statement of, on 

 farm-improvements, 1854 (Pt. 2), 34. 



Merrick, S. F., juu., statement of, on 

 reclaiming swamp-lands, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 67. 



Merrick, J. M., essay bj^, on the po- 

 tato, 1853 (Pt. 2), 208. 



— reports by, on management of 

 farms, 1854 (Pt. 2), 55; 1855 (Pt. 2), 22; 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 161; 1857 (Pt. 2), 137. 



— on Indian-corn, 1854 (Pt. 2), 157. 



— address by, on agricultural socie- 

 ties, 1855 (Pt. 2), 411. 



Merrifield, "W. T., statement of, on 

 carrot-crop, 1854 (Pt. 2), 213. 



Merrill, Samuel A., statement of, 

 on farm-management, 1864 (Pt. 2), 

 45, 47. 



Meserve, Isaac H., statement of, on 

 Indian-corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 176. 



on crop of carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 238. 



Metcalf, a. H., statement of, on 

 planting and growing forest-trees, 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 201. 



Meteorology, importance and meth- 

 ods of study of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 147, 149. 



— of New England, 18,53 (Pt. 1), 147. 



Meteorological observations, rec- 

 ords of, 1855 (Pt. 1), appendix; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 453; 1873 (Pt. 1), 191; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 273. 



