ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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POULTRY 



PYNCHON 



Poultry, characteristics of the Game 



breed of, 1864 (Pt. 2), 133; 1867 



(Pt. 2), 186; 1868 (Pt. 2), 222; 1876 



(Pt. 1), 81. 

 the Hamburg varieties of, 1864 



(Pt. 2), 131; 1867 (Pt. 2), 186; 1868 



(Pt. 2), 209. 

 the Leghorn varieties of, 1867 



(Pt. 2), 184; 1868 (Pt. 2), 209; 1869 



(Pt. 2), 184; 1876 (Pt. 1), 57, 70. 

 the Plymouth Rock variety of, 



1876 (Pt. 1), 57; (Pt. 2), preface. 

 the Poland breed of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 



385. 

 Pounds and field-drivers, statutes in 



relation to, 1859 (Pt. 2), 311. 

 Poverty and wealth, what are they ? 



1873 (Pt. 2), 1, 42. 

 Powers, Samuel, statement of, on 



farm-improvements, 1853 (Pt. 2), 30. 



on manures, 1853 (Pt. 2), 139. 



Practical farmer, what constitutes 



a, 1856 (Pt. 2), 96. 



— farming, suggestions on, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 370. 



— hints on farming, 1875 (Pt. 2), 29, 

 36,42. 



— questions of law relating to farm 

 property, 1872 (Pt. 1), 124, 130, 143. 



Pratt, A. G., statements by, on farm- 

 management, 1864 (Pt. 2), 51; 1865 

 (Pt. 2), 14. 



Pratt, Minot, report by, on bread- 

 making, 1861 (Pt. 2), 227. 



Premiums, rules for governing the 

 awards of, 1858 (Pt. 1), 42; 1871 

 (Pt. 2), 122. 



Preparation of lands for crops, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 74. 



Prepotency of races and individuals 

 1870 (Pt. 1), 99, 100. 



Preston, George M., address by, on 

 the relation of agriculture to the 

 sciences, 1857 (Pt. 2), 43. 



Proctor, J. "W., report by, on re- 

 claimed meadows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 44. 



on root-crops, 1854 (Pt. 2), 203. 



on farm implements, 1854 (Pt. 1), 



233. 



on mowing-machines, 1855 (Pt. 2), 



147. 



Procyon, characteristics of, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 163. 



— lotor, habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 163. 

 Productiveness of the earth, 1862 



(Pt. 2), 33. 



Professional education, the present 



want of agriculture, 1870 (Pt. 2), 66, 



71. 

 Progress of fruit-culture in this 



country, 1877 (Pt. 1), 302, 304, 305. 

 Propagation, law of, defined, 1872 



(Pt. 1), 87. 

 Proportion of gain in weight to 



weight of food given swine, 1874 



(Pt. 1), 132, 136, 197, 199. 



— of forests to other lands in Massa- 

 chusetts, 1875 (Pt. 1), 258-260. 



Prosperity and power of Massachu- 

 setts, 1871 (Pt. 2), 77, 90. 



Property, statutes protecting, 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 320. 



Pruning fruit-trees, methods and 

 times for. See Fruit-trees. 



Pteromys, characteristics of, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 172. 



— volucella, habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 

 172. 



Public and private debts, difference 

 in, 1873 (Pt. 2), 4. 



— highways of Massachusetts, statis- 

 tics of, 1870 (Pt. 1), 22, 23, 43. 



Pure-bred, meaning of the term, 1875 



(Pt. 1), 346 (Pt. 2), 74, 75. 

 Putnam, Ansel "W., essays by, on the 



comparative value of various crops 



as food for cattle, 1876 (Pt. 2), 43; 



1877 (Pt. 2), 36, 40. 

 Putnam, George, address by, on the 



farmer, 1863 (Pt. 2), 77. 

 Putnam, "William R., rejjort by, on 



improving pasture-lands, 1853 (Pt. 2), 



73. 



on milch cows, 1854 (Pt. 2), 277. 



on sheep-husbandry, 1860 (Pt. 2), 



204. 

 PuTORius, characteristics of, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 154. 



— pusillus, description and habits of 

 the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 154. 



— Cicognanii, description and habits 

 of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 154. 



— Richardsonii, description and hab- 

 its of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 155. 



— novaboracensis, description and 

 habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 156. 



— vison, description and habits of 

 the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 157. 



Putrefaction of meats, causes of, 



1868 (Pt. 1), 126, 128. 

 Pynchon, William, statement of, on 



farm-management, 1853 (Pt. 2), 36. 



