Ixviii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



ORCHARDS 



PARKER 



of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 101; 1855 (Pt. 2), 4, 

 47; 1857 (Pt. 2), 316. See Fruit. 

 Okchards, proper mode of pruning 

 trees in, 1854 (Pt. 2), 101; 1857 (Pt. 

 2), 31G; 1862 (Pt. 1), 81; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 23, 24, 44, 45. 



— proper distance apart for trees in, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 79, 101; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 155. 



— soil and location for, 1859 (Pt. 1), 

 73; 1862 (Pt. 1), 69; 1873 (Pt. 2), 72. 



— manure for, and its application, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 84, 96, 111, 413; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 100; 1859 (Pt. 1), 68, 75. 



— peach, require severe pruning, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 127. 



— importance of improving old, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 94; 1859 (Pt, 2), 128; 1867 

 (Pt. 1), 252, 253. 



— affected by climatic and meteoro- 

 logical agencies, 1859 (Pt. 1), 74; 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 70. 



— pasturing of, to be recommended, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 192; 1876 (Pt. 1), 20. 



OEiGiNAii investigations, require- 

 ments of, 1855 (Pt. 1), 49. 



Origix of species, 1872 (Pt. 1), 103, 

 104, 107. 



— and development of cultivated 

 plants, 1877 (Pt. 1), 61, 78. 



Organic matter in salt marshes, 1876 



(Pt. 1), 225. 

 Ornamental plants about a house, 



value of, 1873 (Pt. 2), 35, 43. 



— trees, utility of culture of, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), .32, 54, 333, 374. 



and shrubs, characteristics of 



different, 1862 (Pt. 2), 152. 



Orthoptera, characteristics of, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 126. 



Osborne, "William, statement of, on 

 reclaiming meadows, 1855 (Pt. 2), 37. 



Osmose, theory of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 179, 

 183. 



Otis, Amos, report by, on fruit-cul- 

 ture, 1853 (Pt. 2), 113. 



on forest-tree-planting, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 119. 



Otter, Canada, or American, de- 

 scription and habits of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 160. 



Ovum, fertilization of the, 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 83,84. 



Owls beneficial to agriculture, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 95. 



— characteristics of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 96. 



Oxen more expensive on the farm for 

 work than horses, 1855 (Pt. 1), 73, 76. 



— working, training, and manage- 

 ment of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 2 (Pt. 2), 335, 

 347; 1855 (Pt. 1), 73, 76; 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 70, 73; 1859 (Pt. 2), 239; 1866 (Pt. 2), 

 85, 89; 1871 (Pt. 2), 279, 283; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 106-108; 1877 (Pt. 2), 30. 



— how they may be improved, 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 71, 74. 



— methods of educating, 1864 (Pt. 2), 

 38, 40. 



Ox, the foot of the, is less compli- 

 cated than that of the horse, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 305. 



— shoeing, methods of, recommend- 

 ed, 1859 (Pt. 2), 295. 



Ox-ete daisy, how to exterminate 



the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 97. 

 Oxfordshire Down sheep. See 



Sheep. 

 Oyster-shell lime, value of, for a 



manure, 1853 (Pt. 2), 142. 



Packard, Dr. A. S., reports by, on 

 insects, and their relations to agri- 

 culture, 1869 (Pt. 1), 235, 250, 263; 

 1870 (Pt. 1),351,379; 1871 (Pt. 1), 331, 

 347; 1872 (Pt. 1), 2.37, 250, 265. 



— paper by, on the Colorado potato- 

 beetle, 1876 (Pt. 1), 86, 94. 



Page, Adino, statement of, on recla- 

 mation of swamp-lands, 1853 (Pt.2), 

 47. 



Page, Nathan, jun., essay by, on cran- 

 berry-culture, 1861 (Pt. 1), 79. 



Painting farm-buildings adds to their 

 value,1857(Pt. 2), 8. 



Palmer, Frank H., essay by, upon 

 the utility of birds, 1871 (Pt. 2), 107, 

 120. 



upon insect-eating birds, 1872 



(Pt. 2), 194, 210. 



Palmer-Worm, description and hab- 

 its of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 447. 



Palm-Trees, characteristi(!s and val- 

 ue of, 1867 (Pt. 1), 158, 159. 



Parents, relative influence of, on 

 progeny. See Influence. 



Paring and burning the surface of 

 rough lands, utility of, 1853 (Pt. 2),70. 



Parker, E. C, statement of, on In- 

 dian corn, 1877 (Pt. 2), 72. 



Parker, H. W., address by, on wo- 

 man, and home science, 1870 (Pt. 2), 

 38, 45. 



