ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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POOR 



POTATO 



Poor, Amos, jim., statement of, on 



raisins Indian corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 153. 

 PooK, Jaiues, statement of, on native 



cows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 29G. 

 PooRE, Ben: Perley, report by, on 



poultry, 1855 (Pt. 2), 241. 

 on management of farms, 1871 



(Pt. 2), 159, 105. 



— address by, on early farming in 

 Essex County, 185G (Pt. 2), 1. 



Pope, A. R., address by, on agricultu- 

 ral liead work, 1856 (Pt. 2), 15. 



PopPELSDORF, agricultural college at, 

 description of the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 104. 



Population in Massachusetts, in- 

 crease of, 1871 (Pt. 2), 84. 



Pork, profit in raising, 1853 (Pt. 1), 92 

 (Pt. 2), 363. 



— weight of, on a given quantity of 

 food, 1853 (Pt. 2), 365. 



— prices of, how regulated, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 370. 



— packing in America, importance 

 of the business of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 54, 

 55, 360. 



— as food, advisability of the use of, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 195 (Pt. 2), 373; 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 15, 16. 



— amount of, in one hundred pounds 

 of corn, 1874 (Pt. 1), 132, 134, 135. 



Porter, William F., report by, on 

 comparative value of various crops 

 as cattle foods, 1853 (Pt. 2), 339. 



— statement of, on the use of mow- 

 ing-machines, 1855 (Pt. 1), 75, 156. 



Porter, Henry S., essay by, on drain- 

 age, 1867 (Pt. 1), 260. 



on the breeding and training of 



horses, 1869 (Pt. 1), 202. 



Position of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 452. 



Potash, value of, as a fertilizer, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 443; 1854 (Pt. 1), 23; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 202, 203; 1871 (Pt. 1), 89, 90, 

 101, 147; 1874 (Pt. 1), 83, 352-, 357; 

 1876 (Pt. 1), 244, 246. 



— water, use of, as a wash for trees, 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 448; 1858 (Pt. 2), 171, 

 172. 



— necessity for, in vegetable foods, 

 1865 (Pt. 1), 132; 1869 (Pt. 1), 46, 47. 



— salts, characteristics and value of, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 285. 



Potato, nutritive value of the, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 35 (Pt. 2), 211; 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 313, 314. 



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Potato, history of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 208; 1868 (Pt. 1), 314, 315. 



— habitat of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 209; 

 1876 (Pt. 2), 38. 



— uses of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 212. 



— what sized, should be planted for 

 seed, 1853 (Pt. 2), 215. 



— diseases of the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 33 

 (Pt. 2), 217; 1854 (Pt. 1), 56; 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 228 (Pt. 2), 349; 1858 (Pt. 1), 

 33; 1859 (Pt. 1), 54 (Pt. 2), 280; 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 136; 1869 (Pt. 2), 11; 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 120, 121, 123, 135; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 37, 38, 41. 



— experiments with diffei-ent fertil- 

 izers in gf owing the, 1854 (Pt. 1), 21; 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 229, 273; 1875 (Pt. 1), 26, 

 27, 126, 130, 135. 



— method of planting the, in swamps, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 46; 1854 (Pt. 1), 62. 



— cost of cultivation of the, and 

 yield of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 206, 217; 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 34, 99; 1855 (Pt. 2), 280; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 144, 237; 1858 (Pt. 2), 235; 

 1859 (Pt. 2), 74, 179, 185; 1830 (Pt. 2), 

 169, 176; 1862 (Pt. 2), 75, 103, 115; 



1866 (Pt. 1), 170, 171 (Pt. 2), 2, 56, 72; 



1867 (Pt. 2), 127; 1868 (Pt. 1), 324, 

 327; 1869 (Pt. 2), 131, 132; 1870(Pt.2), 

 159, 165; 1871 (Pt. 1), 90, 101, 147 

 (Pt. 2), 245, 250, 253; 1873 (Pt. 1), 20, 

 22, 175, 315, 316 (Pt. 2), 56, 79, 91, 

 100; 1874 (Pt. 2), 86; 1875 (Pt. 2), 

 129, 163; 1876 (Pt. 1), 188, 189 (Pt. 2), 

 37, 42, 119, 120, 127, 128. 



— characteristics and qualities of the, 



1868 (Pt. 1), 314, 318. 



of different varieties of the, 1868 



(Pt. 1), 318, 319. 



— productiveness of the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 320. 



— soils adapted to the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 323. 



— methods of digging and storing 

 the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 329. 



of originating new varieties of 



the, 1876 (Pt. 1), 37, 42. 



— decline in vitality, with increase 

 of age of the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 331. 



— blight, characteristics of the, 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 11. 



— insects attacking the, 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 122, 123, 131. 



— beetle, Colorado. See Colorado. 

 characteristics and natural his- 

 tory of the, 1857 (Pt. 1), 199. 



