ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Ixv 



MOWING-MACHINES 



NEAT-STOCK 



67, 77(Pt. 2), 125, 128; 185G (Pt, 2), 

 66, 132, 292; 1S58 (Pt. 2), 2C7. 

 Mowing-Machines, economy of the 

 use of, 1855 (Pt. 1), 69, 72 (Pt. 2), 

 130; 1856 (Pt. 2), 292; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 158; 1858 (Pt. 2), 237; 1867 (Pt. 2), 

 16. 



— trials of, in competition, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 125; 1808 (Pt. 2), 168, 170. 



Muck, meadow or peat, use and value 

 of, as a fertilizer, 1853 (Pt. 2), 39, 74, 

 81, 142; 1854 (Pt. 1), 90, 93 (Pt. 2), 

 140, 50G; 1855 (Pt. 2), 71, 102, 306, 

 354; 1856 (Pt. 2), 54; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 187 ; 1861 (Pt. 2), 156, 158 ; 1864 (Pt. 2), 

 22; 1867 (Pt. 1), 181, 187, 191, 196, 

 234; 1888 (Pt. 1), 99 (Pt. 2), 116; 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 199, 212; 1870 (Pt. 1), 221, 

 227; 1873 (Pt. 1), 134, 142, 207; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 66, 67. 



— definition of the term, 1861 (Pt. 2), 

 156; 1869 (Pt. 1), 211, 212. 



— analyses of different samples of, 

 1861 (Pt. 2), 158; 1808 (Pt. 1), 99. 



— value of, as an absorbent of liquid 

 manure, 18G1 (Pt. £), ICO; 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 181, 100, 2r.5; 18G8 (Pt. 2), 110; 1809 

 (Pt. 1), 19;), 213; 1873 (Pt. 1), 134, 

 142, 207. 



— soils on which it is valuable, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 160. 



MtriiE, origin and characteristics of 



the, 1800 (Pt. 1), 238, 239. 

 Mulching as an expedient against 



droughts, 1853 (Pt. 1), 161. 



— fruit-trees desirable, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 112; 1854 (Pt. 2), 420; 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 131. 



— utility of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 161 (Pt. 2), 

 112; 1854 (Pt. 2), 420; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 144; 1865 (Pt. 1), 171, 172; 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 131; 1871 (Pt. 1), 202, 203, 220, 276; 

 1873 (Pt. 2), 71, 73. 



MUUIDJ3, characteristics of the, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 177. 

 Murray, Robert, statement of, on 



farm-management, 1854 (Pt. 2), 



11. 

 Murray, Rev. "W. H. H., lecture by, 



on the breeding and management 



of horses, 1875 (Pt. 1), 70, 80, 86. 

 MuRZTiiALER cattle, characteristics of 



the, 1803 (Pt. 1), 110, 202. 

 Muriate of potash, sources and value 



of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 98, 101, 102; 1875 



(Pt. 1), 295; 1876 (Pt. 1), 245. 

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

 179. 



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

 179. 



— musculus, description and habits 

 of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 180. 



MusciDJE, characteristics and habits 



of, 1862 (Pt. 1), 185. 

 Musk-Rat, or musquash, descriptioa 



and habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 185, 

 Mutton, the production of, profitable, 



1863 (Pt. 1), 68. 



— loss of, in cooking, 1860 (Pt. 1), 97. 



— value of, as a food, 1860 (Pt. 1), 97; 

 1874 (Pt. 2), 114, 115. 



Mutual dependence of our industries, 

 1870 (Pt. 2), 59, 62. 



Nantucket County, agricultural sur- 

 vey of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 256. 



— farms in, 1805 (Pt. 1), 261. 



— peat deposits in, 1865 (Pt. 1), 261- 

 203. 



— thoroughbred stock in, 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 200. 



Nash, J. A., address by, on British 



and American agriculture, !&>*■. 



(Pt. 2), 470. 

 on how to be better farmers, 1857 



(Pt. 2), 56. 

 Nash, Samuel, report by, on swine, 



1853 (Pt. 2), 363. 

 Nativ^e cattle, characteristics of, 1857 



(Pt. 1), 43, 40; 1803 (Pt. 2), 195, 199; 



1864 (Pt. 1), 120; 1876 (Pt. 1), 127. 

 National industry the true source of 



national greatness, 1858 (Pt. 2), 92. 



Nature's modes of distributing 

 plants, 1870 (Pt. 1), 287, 304. 



Navassa phosphate, value of the, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 373. 



Neapolitan breed of swine, charac- 

 teristics of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 379. 



Near markets, value of, 1874 (Pt. 2), 

 4,53. 



Neat-Spock, sj'stemsof breeding, and 

 management of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 81, 104 

 (Pt. 2), 268, 295, 30D, 320, 333, 339, 

 344,401; 1854 (Pt. 1), 15 (Pt. 2), 13, 

 252, 258, 277, 309, 321, 334, 346; 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 11, 44 (Pt. 2), 178, 225; ISm 

 (Pt. 1), 242, 244, 261 (Pt. 2), 81, 166, 

 167, 360; 1857 (Pt. 1), 31, 42, 60, 217 

 (Pt. 2), 244, 252; 1858 (Pt. 2), 40, 129, 

 229, 244, 249, 269, 272; 1859 (Pt. 1), 2i>. 

 40, 111, 167 (Pt. 2), 32, 193, 199, 1%0 



