Ixxii AGRICULTURR OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



rLEURO-PNEUMONIA 



POLLER 



Pleuro-Pneumonia an epizootic, 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 43, 52, 



— prevalense of, in New England, 

 18G3 <Pt. 1), 14. 



— effects of using meat of animals 

 diseased with, 18G3 (Pt. 1), 16. 



— cost to the State to extirpate, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 10. 



Plough, in America, introduction of, 



the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 6. 

 history of the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 6; 1873 



(Pt. 1), 17, 11), 27, 29, 299. 



— subsoil, use and value of the, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 27, 133; 1854 (Pt. 1), 68; 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 01 (Pt. 2), 29, 63, 352, 409. 



— draft of the, but slightly increased 

 by increase of weight or increase of 

 speed in ploughing, 1855 (Pt. 1), 56. 



necessary to move the, at certain 



depths, 1859 (Pt. 2), 148. 



— proper form of construction of the 

 mould-board of the, 1855 (Pt. 1), 57; 

 1859 (Pt. 2), 144. 



— early forms of the, 1855 (Pt. 1), 51, 

 57; 1859 (Pt. 2), 146. 



— changes in the form and working 

 of the, 1855 (Pt. 1), 52, 57, 59; 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 144. 



— desirable points to be observed in 

 the construction of the, 1857 (Pt. 1), 

 173; 1859 (Pt. 2), 144; 1867 (Pt. 1), 142. 



— history of the, 1859 (Pt. 2), 145. 



— improvements in the form of the, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 11; 1855 (Pt. 1), 52, 62; 

 1859 (Pt. 2), 144. 



— the side-hill, probably used by the 

 old Romans, 1859 (Pt. 2), 146. 



— description of the, invented by 

 James Small, 1859 (Pt.2), 147. 



the Collins, 1868 (Pt. 1), 336. 



the Doe, 1867 (Pt. 1), 286. 



the Deep Tiller, 1868 (Pt. 1), 334. 



— - the Hertfordshire, 1859 (Pt. 2), 

 146. 



Mead's Conical, 1868 (Pt. 1), 335. 



the Swivel, 1868 (Pt. 1), 338. 



tlie Telegraph No. 3, 1868 (Pt. 1), 



333. 

 the Victory, 1868 (Pt. 1), 339. 



— forms of the, adapted to different 

 soils, 1854 (Pt. 2), 126; 1855 (Pt. 1), 57. 



— trial at Amherst, report of the, 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 333. 



Ploughing, best time for, 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 136, 137; 1871 (Pt. 1), 19, 23. 



— - greensward, 1867 (Pt. 1), 268. 



Ploughing, conditions requisite for 

 success in, 1854 (Pt. 2), 125; 1838 

 (Pt. 2), 173; 1859 (Pt. 2), 140, 142; 

 18(i0 (Pt. 2), 125; 1807 (Pt. 1;, 135, 103, 

 165, 167, 171, 173, 178 (Pt. 2), 142, 143; 

 1877 (Pt. 2), 34, 35. 



— depth of, advisable, 1853 (Pt. 2), 27, 

 125, 128, 129; 1854 (Pt. 1), 70 (Pt. 2), 

 124; 1855 (Pt. 2), 61, 322; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 174; 1867 (Pt. 1), 135, 139, 143, 164, 

 173 (Pt. 2), 143, 144. 



— comparative utility of, in fall and 

 spring, 1867 (Pt. 1), 140, 141, 267. 



of deep or shallow, 1867 (Pt. 1), 



138, 139, 143, 164, 173. 



— in manure, utility of, 1867 (Pt. 1), 

 165, 190. 



— methods of, described, 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 230, 231 (Pt. 2), 8; 1869 (Pt. 1), 195, 

 196 (Pt. 2), 157, 158 ; 1871 (Pt. 1), 19, 23. 



— under green croj)S as a fertilizer. 

 See Green crops. 



— matches, when and why instituted, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 11; 1859 (Pt. 2), 148. 



Plum trees, management of, 1862 

 (Pt. 2), 170; 1875 (Pt. 1), 186, 187, 194 



— weevil, description and habits of 

 the. 1856 (Pt.2), 449; 1857 (Pt. 1), 199. 



methods for preventing the rav- 

 ages of the, 1856 (Pt. 2), 450; 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 199. 



Plymouth County, agricultural sur- 

 vey of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 271, 285. 



— soils and topography of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 271, 272. 



— climate of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 272. 



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

 274, 278. 



— fruit-growing In, 1865 (Pt. 1), 281. 



— principal crops of, 1865 (Pt, 1), 280, 

 282. 



— swine and sheep in, 1865 (Pt. 1), 

 279. 



Plymouth Rock fowls, characteris- 

 tics and value of, 1876 (Pt. 1), 57 

 (Pt. 2), preface. 



Points of perfection in different 

 breeds of cattle, 1853 (Pt. 1), 104. 



— of a good hog, 1853 (Pt. 2), 380. 



— - cow, 1875 (Pt. 1), 13, 14, 171, 172. 

 Poisons of the farmer's life, 1875 



(Pt. 2), 13, 18, 21, 

 Poland fowls, characteristics of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 385, 

 Pollen, peculiarities and offices of, 



1877 (Pt, 1), 165, 106, 



