Ixxviii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



ROBDC 



RURAL 



RoBix, foraging habits of the, 1S61 

 (Pt. 2), G2,V2; 1865 (Pt. 1), 102, lOi; 

 1868 (Pt. 2), 95. 



Robinson, Dean, report by, on plant- 

 ing forests, 1853 (Pt. 2), 115. 



Robinson, John H , report by, on 

 dairy-stock, 1853 (Pt. 2), 333. 



on dairy-products, 1853 (Pt.2),406. 



on milch cows, 1854 (Pt. 2), 341. 



Robinson, Joseph, statement of, on 

 carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 235. 



Robinson, "William, jun., statement 

 of, on dairy-managemont, 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 317. 



Robinson, E. "W., statement of, on 

 reclaiming low lands, 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 136. 



Robinson, Solon, address by, on the 

 farmer's errors, 1855 (Ft. 2), 347. 



Rockwell, Julius, address by, on 

 the farmer, 1855 (Pt. 2), 391. 



RocKWEKD, value of, is a fertilizer. 

 See Kelp. 



RoDENTiA, characteristics of the, 1861, 

 (Pt. 1), 138. 



Rodman, Edmund, reports by, on 

 poultry, 1867 (Pt. 2), 184, 191; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 188, 193; 1870 (Pt. 2), 210, 214; 

 1871 (Pt. 2), 291; 1874 (Pt. 2), 123. 



RoGEKs's hybrid grapes, characteris- 

 tics of the, 18G3 (Pt. 2), 133, 135, 136; 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 78, 79. 



Rogers, Richard S., statement of, 

 on experiments with manures, 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 135. 



Rogers, Professor "William B., address 

 by, on the relations between agri- 

 culture and positive science, 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 104. 



Root, T. P., address of welcome by, 

 to the Board, 1872 (Pt. 1), 12. 



— report by, on cheese-making, 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 182, 187. 



Root crops, importance of the culti- 

 vation of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 34 (Pt. 2), 223; 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 59, 198, 213; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 95, 370; 1853 (Pt. 2), 39, 276, 232; 1859 

 (Pt. 1), 101; 1860 (Pt. 1), 139, 168; 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 155(Pt. 2), 68, 71; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 229, 240; 1871 (Pt. 2), 245, 246. 



cultivation of, in Great Britain, 



1853 (Pt. 2), ,37; 1859 (Pt. 1), 112. 



— cellar, utility and plans of, 1868 

 (Pt. ]), 34, 35, 43; 1877 (Pt. 1), 30. 



— cutter. Excelsior, description of 

 the, 1867 (Pt. 1), 299. 



Root pits, method of constructing, 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 30, 31. 



— pruning, effect of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 43. 



Roots, cultivation, harvesting, and 

 storing of, 1859 (Pt. 1), 113; 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 145, 168; 1866 (Pt. 2), 68, 71; 

 1871 (Pt. 2), 245, 246; 1872 (Pt. 2), 139, 

 145, 148; 1873 (Pt. 2), 37, 91, 103, 104; 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 110, 116 (Pt. 2), 79, 83, 87; 

 1876 (Pt. 2), 113, 115; 1877 (Pt. 1), 30, 

 31. See also Beets, Carrots, Tur- 

 nips, Rutabagas, &c. 



— of Timothy grass, characteristics 

 of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 172, 174. 



— length of, 18G9 (Pt. 1), 115, 125, 126, 

 160. 



— and leaves, structure and func- 

 tions of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 167, 174; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 209; 1875 (Pt. 1), 42, 43, 156, 

 161. 



— lifting power of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 223. 



— value of, as a food for stock, 1876 

 (Pt. 2), 50, 51. 



Rotation of crops, importance of se- 

 curing, 1853 (Pt. 2), 260; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 322; 1874 (Pt. 2), 7-9. 



— should be adapted to the charac- 

 ter of the soil, 1853 (Pt. 2), 263. 



— systems of, 1868 (Pt. 1), 151, 153; 

 1869 (Pt. 1). 142, 154; 1870 (Pt. 1),317; 

 1871 (Pt. 1), 149, 150, 152. 



RoTHAMSTED in England, description 

 of agricultural experiments at, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 294. 



RouGH-STALKED mcadow-grass, char- 

 acteristics of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 47, 48, 120, 

 129. 



RowEN, value of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 25, 121, 

 209; 1868 (Pt.l), 213. fi-ee aZso After- 

 math. 



— method of curing, 1868 (Pt. 1), 213. 



Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 

 land, exhibition of the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 

 186. 



Ruggles, p., statement of, on yield 



of corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 171. 

 RuMiNANTiA, characteristics of the, 



1861 (Pt.l), 138. 

 Rural population of Massachusetts, 



why it has decreased, 1869 (Pt. 2), 



85, 86. 



— pursuits, increasing taste for, 1854 

 (Pt. 1), 162. 



advantages of, 1862 (Pt. 2), 46i 



1873 (Pt. 1). 98, 104, 111. 



