Ixx AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



PEAR 



PINE 



Pear gradual decline of varieties of 

 the, 1869 (Pt. 1), lOi. 



— tree, Endicott, liistory of the, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 42. 



— trees, dwarf, characteristics and 

 luanageraent of, 1866 (Pt. 1), 214; 

 1872 (Pt. 2), 155; 1874 (Pt. 2), 70, 73. 



care should be exercised in select- 

 ing, 1^65 (Pt. 2), 38; 1873 (Pt. 2), 73, 

 74; 1874 (Pt. 2), 66, C7. 



diseases of, 1858 (Pt. 2), 313; 1862 



(Pt. 2), 16!); 1872 (Pt. 2), 153. 



blight on, characteristics of, 1866 



(Pt. 1), 217; 1877 (Pt. 1), 235. 



methods of priming, 1873 (Pt. 2), 



75. 



Pears, gathering and preserving, 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 83; 1865 (Pt. 2), 42; 1866 

 (Pt. 2), 130; 1869 (Pt. 1), 102, 118, 119; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 311. 



— causes for their cracking unknown, 

 1867 (Pt. 1), 93. 



— climatic influences on, 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 93. 



Peat for fuel, value of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 26; 1866 (Pt. 1), 322, 324, 331. 



— what is it ? 1866 (Pt. 1), 323. 



— old process of preparing, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 324. 



— machines for preparing, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 326, 328. 



— how to test, for fuel, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 339. 



— muck, value of, for a manure. See 

 Muck. 



Pedigree, meaning of, 1872 (Pt. 1), 

 86, 111. 



— importance of keeping a, in stock- 

 breeding, 1854 (Pt. 2), 257; 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 182, 184, 186; 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 114. 



Percheron horse, history and charac- 

 teristics of the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 232. 



Perkins, C. O., report by, on farm- 

 buildings, 1864 (Pt. 1), 213. 



on farm-accounts, 1865 (Pt. 1), 



239, 246. 



— essay by, on agricultural educa- 

 tion, 1866 (Pt. 1), 341. 



— address by, on elements of success 

 in farming, 1867 (Pt. 2), 33. 



Perennial rye-grass, characteristics 

 of, 18.")6 (Pt. 1), 64, 118, 154; 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 133. 



Perry, A. L., address by, on the farm- 

 er's advantage, 1870 (Pt. 2), 85, 93. 



Perry, Samuel, statement of, on car- 

 rot crop, 1854 (Pt. 2), 214. 



Peruvian guano, characteristics and 

 value of, as a fertilizer, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 353, 354; 1874 (Pt. 1), .361, 3(35, 368, 

 370; 1875 (Pt. 1), 303, 305, 307, 309. 

 310; 1876 (Pt. 1), 260, 261. See 

 Guano. 



Petals of flowers, purpose of, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 62. 



Petrifaction, process of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 62, 63. 



Philbrick, "William D., paper by, on 

 market-gardening and vegetable 

 culture, 1877 (Pt. 1), 23, 30, 35. 



Philosophy of breeding, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 145, 150, 155, 165, 180, 192. 



Phinney, S. B., statement of, on im- 

 proving farm-lands, 1855 (Pt. 2), 29. 



— report by, on the culture of the 

 cranberry, lb63 (Pt. 1), 95. 



on the cultivation of the pitch- 

 pine on the seacoast, 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 209. 



Phippen, George D., report by, on 

 flowers, 1858 (Pt. 2), 319. 



Phosphate beds of South Carolina. 

 See Charleston. 



Phosphates, necessity and value of, 

 in fertilizers, 1853 (Pt. 2), 145; 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 96; 1874 (Pt. 1), 66, 67, 72, 

 196, 376. 



Phosphorus, characteristics of, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 88. 



Pierce, S. H., report by, on Dutch 

 cattle, 1873 (Pt. 2), 117, 130. 



Pigs. See Swine. 



Pine, pitch, habitat of the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 72; 1875 (Pt. 1), 144. 



great extent of plantations of 



the, in Barustable County, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 210. 



— - soil for the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 119; 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 210. 



cultivation of the, on the sea- 

 coast, 1864 (Pt. 1), 208. 



value of, for fuel, 1853 (Pt. 2), 119. 



seed of the, necessary to plant 



an acre, 1864 (Pt. 1), 209. 



— -white, characteristics and value of 

 the, 1854 (Pt. 1), 143 (Pt. 2), 105; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 197; 1861 (Pt. 2), 117. 



— Norway, characteristics of the, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 210. 



— seeds, modes of gathering, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 120; 1864 (Pt. 1), 211. 



