Ixxiv AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



POTATO 



POULTRY 



Potato, proper localities for growing 

 the, 187G (Pt. 2), 38. 



— tops, analysis of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 229. 



— crop, importance and extent of 

 the, 18G8 (Pt. 1), 312, 31.3. 



— rot, description of the, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 33 (Pt. 2), 217; 1858 (Pt. 1), 33; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 54 (Pt. 2), 280; 18G0 (Pt. 1), 

 136. 



history of the, 1859 (Pt. 2), 280. 



theories in relation to the, 1859 



(Pt. 2), 28l); 1869 (Pt. 2), 11. 

 possibly caused by old age of 



the varieties grown, 1859 (Pt. 2), 



281. 

 Potatoes, how to get early, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 216. 



— experiments with, in planting 

 seed in different forms and quanti- 

 ties, 1858 (Pt. 2), 235, 



— utility of mulching, 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 144. 



Potency of blood, 1870 (Pt. 1), 116. 



PouDRETTE, preparation, value, and 

 use of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 181, 182, 340, 

 341. 



Poultry husbandry profitable, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 93; 1855 (Pt. 2), 248; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 275, 344; 1859 (Pt. 2), 266; 

 1860 (Pt. 2), 222; 1864 (Pt. 2), 129, 

 130, 149; 1866 (Pt. 1), 299 (Pt. 2), 

 104; 18(i!) (Pt. 2), 184, 185, 187; 1871 

 (Pt. 2), 290, 291, 298, 302; 1872 (Pt. 2), 

 174, 176, 178, 206; 1874 (Pt. 2), 123, 

 126; 1876 (Pt. 1), 56, 57, 76, 77. 



importance and extent of the 



interest of, 1864 (Pt. 2), 128; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 192; 1870 (Pt. 2), 205; 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 55, 60. 



— methods of feeding, breeding, and 

 management in, 1853 (Pt. 2), 382; 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 391; 1855 (Pt. 2), 241, 

 247; 1856 (Pt. 2), 392; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 275, 344; 1858 (Pt. 2), 293, 297; 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 236; 1860 (Pt. 2), 221, 224; 

 1864 (Pt. 2), 128, 130, 133; 1866 (Pt. 2), 

 103,108,110; 1867 (Pt. 2), 189, 192; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 203, 210, 219; 1869 (Pt. 2), 184, 

 185, 187; 1870 (Pt. 2), 206, 207, 210, 

 212, 216; 1871 (Pt. 2), 290, 291, 298, 

 302; 1872 (Pt. 2), 174, 176, 178; 1874 

 (Pt. 2), 123, 126; 1876 (Pt. 1), 55, 63, 

 70, 72, 80, 86 (Pt. 2), 158, 160; 1877 

 (Pt. 2), 104. 



of keeping vermin from, 1867 



(Pt. 2), 188, 189. 



Poultry manure, or American gua- 

 no, value of. See American guano. 



— necessity for experiments with, in 

 various breeds, to determine the 

 profit in keeping, 1857 (Pt. 2), 344. 



— requisites in a breed of, for gener- 

 al use, 1860 (Pt. 2), 221. 



— house, mode of constructing. See 

 Hennery. 



— breeding in and in, effect of, among, 

 1876 (Pt. 1), 72, 73. 



— keeping, necessity for cleanliness 

 in, 1876(Pt. 1), 60, 61. 



— food for, should be of a varied char- 

 acter, 1860 (Pt. 2), 225; 18()7 (Pt. 2), 

 187, 188; 1868 (Pt. 2), 212, 213; 1870 

 (Pt. 2), 207, 209; 1876 (Pt. 1), 62,63, 78. 



— breeding, influence of the sire and 

 dam in, 1876 (Pt. 1), 68, 74. 



— should have pure air, 1860 (Pt. 2), 

 224; 1867 (Pt. 2), 188. 



— if fed on corn, fatten, but do not 

 lay well, 1860 (Pt. 2), 225. 



— diseases of, 1868 (Pt. 2), 218. 



— proper number of, in a flock, 1864 

 (Pt. 2), 133; 1867 (Pt. 2), 189; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 214; 1876 (Pt. 1), 63, 64. 



— management of, when sitting, 1864 

 (Pt. 2), 135; 1868 (Pt. 2), 215. 



— should have sufficient range, 1867 

 (Pt. 2), 187. 



— how to breed improved varieties 

 of. 1876 (Pt. 1), 68, 70. 



— utility of colonizing, 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 63, 64. 



— characteristics of the Brahma va/- 

 riety of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 385; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 296; 1868 (Pt. 2), 208, 222; 1869 (Pt. 2), 

 185,189; 1876 (Pt. 1), 57. 



the Black Spanish variety of, 1857 



(Pt. 1), i;34, 135; 1858 (Pt. 2), 294; 



1860 (Pt. 2), 222; 1864 (Pt. 2), 131; 1867 



(Pt. 2), 184, 185; 1868 (Pt. 2), 207. 

 the bantam variety of, 1868 



(Pt. 2), 209. 

 the Bolton Gray variety of, 1867 



(Pt. 2), 186, 792; 1868 (Pt. 2), 209. 

 the Cochin varieties of, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 382; 1876 (Pt. 1), 60. 

 the Creve-coeur breed of, 1869 



(Pt. 2), 185. 

 the Dominique breed of, 1867 



(Pt. 2), 187. 

 the Dorking breed of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 



135; 1864 (Pt. 2), 131; 18G7 (Pt. 2), 



184, 186; 1868 (Pt. 2), 208, 222. 



