Ixvi AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



NEAT-STOCK 



ISTORTHEND 



(Pt. 2), 191; 1861 (Pt. 1), 12, 41, 56 

 (Pt. 2), 172, 193, 377; 1863 (Pt. 1), 36, 

 56, 58, 74, 189 (Pt. 2), 36, 39, 91, 100, 

 134, 195, 198; 1864 (Pt. 1), 117 (Pt. 2), 



95, 102, 110; 1805 (Pt. 1), 45, 49, 53, 

 56; 1860 (Pt. 1), 80, 83, 80, 96, 103, 

 113, 189, 190; 1867 (Pt. 1), 17, 24, 26, 

 51, 70, 74, 279, 280; 1868 (Pt. 1), 301, 303 

 (Pt. 2), 62, 63, 175, 180; 1869 (Pt. 1), 

 79, 80, 94 (Pt. 2), 101, 170, 182; 1870 

 (Pt. 2), 22, 37; 1871 (Pt. 1), 178, 183, 

 189, 204, 265 (Pt. 2), 255, 202, 272; 

 1872 (Pt. 1), 77, 78, 207 (Pt. 2), 156, 

 168: 1873 (Pt. 1), 15, 49, 97, 102, 245, 

 250, 253, 258, 381; 1874 (Pt. 2), 92, 94, 



96, 98: 1875 (Pt. 1), 165; 1876 (Pt. 2), 

 146, 148, 150, 152; 1877 (Pt. 2), 86-88. 



Neat-Stock, cost of raising, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 70. 



— statistics of, 1860 (Pt. 2), 26. 

 Needham, Daniel, address by, on 



American labor and its position, 



1868 (Pt. 2), 33, 37. 

 on tlie stability of agriculture, 



1875 (Pt. 2), 1, 12. 

 Nerved manna-grass, characteristics 



of tlie, 1856 (Pt. 1), 42. 

 Neuropteea, characteristics of the, 



1862 (Pt. 1), 127. 

 Newhall, Cheever, statement of, on 



mixed crops, 1854 (Pt. 2), 196. 

 New-England Agricultural Society, 



plan to form a, 1863 (Pt. 1), 03. 

 organization of tlie, 1864 (Pt. 1), 



247. 



— farmers live better and more com- 

 fortably than any others, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 418. 



— climate, peculiarities of the, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 147; 1854 (Pt. 1), 30; 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 331. 



— farming, characteristics of, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 327; 1858 (Pt. 2), 46; 1860 

 (Pt. 2), 43; 1803 (Pt. 2), 31, 73, 91, 

 115, 143; 1869 (Pt. 2), 63, 68, 75; 1871 

 (Pt. 2), 65, 76; 1872 (Pt. 2), 10, 12, 14, 

 16; 1873 (Pt. 2), 15, IG, 24, 28, 41, GO, 

 79. 



— history of droughts in, 1854 (Pt. 1), 

 33, 



— home-life, characteristics of, 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 57, 60, 02. 



— homes, characteristics of, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 167, 170, 178. 



— opportunities of the farmer in, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 03, 68, 75. 



New England, proportion of im- 

 proved to unimproved lauds in, 1834 

 (Pt. 2), 21. 



New winter apples, premium offered 

 for desirable, 1877 (Pt. 2), 53. 



New Jersey, agricultural resources 

 of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 193, 194. 



Nichols, Dr. James R., address by, 

 on chemistry and farming, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 2C5. 



— statement of, on experiments with 

 manures, 1856 (Pt. 2), 229. 



— essay by, on bread and bread- 

 making, 1866 (Pt. 2), 119. 



on special fertilizers, 1868 (Pt. 2), 



114. 



— lecture by, on what chemistry has 

 accomplished for farming, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 228. 



on manures and fertilizers, 1870 



(Pt. 1), 179, 202. 

 on the food of plants and sources 



of supply, 1871 (Pt. 1), 80, 99. 

 on bowlder-rocks, 1875 (Pt. 1), 



96, 113. 

 Night-Hawk, characteristics and 



habits of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 112. 

 Night-Soil, use and value of, as a 



manure, 1863 (Pt. 1), 278; 1867 (Pt. 1), 



182, 269; 1877 (Pt. 1), 169, 178, 183, 



186, 189, 197. 



— analysis of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 175, 210. 

 Nile, rise and fall of the, 1870 (Pt. 2), 



48, 49. 

 Nitrates of soda and potash, value 



of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 367, 368; 1875 (Pt. 1), 



325; 1876 (Pt. 1), 252. 

 Nitrogen as an animal or plant food, 



importance of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 51, 122; 



1858 (Pt. 2), 76; 1862 (Pt. 1), 59; 18G8 



(Pt. 1), 127, 128; 1869 (Pt. 1), 44, 45; 



1873 (Pt. 1), 112, 11.3, 122, 125, 129, 



368; 1875 (Pt. 1), 20, 21, 24, 27; 1876 



(Pt. 1), 143, 149. 



— resources of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 112, 115, 

 122, 125, 367. 



NoTONECTiDiE, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 177. 



North Devon s, points of excellence 

 in, 1853 (Pt. 1), 106. 



— characteristics of the, 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 22. 



NoRTHEND, William D., report by, on 



manures, 1858 (Pt. 2), 178. 

 on pear-growing, 1865 (Pt. 2), 



36. 



