ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Ixxix 



RURAL 



SALT 



Rural pursuits, progress and influ- 

 ence of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 98, IM, 111. 



Russell, John L., report by, on the 

 artificial planting of trees, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 355. 



— address by, on agriculture an art, 

 18G0 (Pt. 2), 1. 



Russell, John E., report by, on 

 horses, 1870 (Pt. 2), 154. 



— paper by, on the breeding, train- 

 ing, and management of horses, 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 79, 94. 



Rushlike grasses, list of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 

 109. 



Rush salt grass, characteristics of, 

 185G (Pt. 1), 39, 119. 



Russia, condition of agriculture in, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 355, 356 (Pt. 2), 20. 



Rust on grains, characteristics of, 

 1872 (Pt. 1), 60. 



Rutabagas, methods and cost of culti- 

 vation and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 240, 

 241; 1855 (Pt. 2), 98; 1857 (Pt. 2), 238; 



1858 (Pt. 2), 232; 1859 (Pt. 1), 109 

 (Pt. 2), 182, 187; 1860 (Pt. 2), 173, 182, 

 1862 (Pt, 2), 74, 194; 1863 (Pt. 5), 168, 

 172; 1865 (Pt. 2), 86, 88; 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 159, 163; 1869 (Pt. 2), 134, 138; 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 145; 1873 (Pt. 2), 92, 93; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 115, 116 (Pt. 2), 82; 1875 

 (Pt. 2), 165; 1876 (Pt. 2), 118. 



— value of, as a food, 1853 (Pt. 1), 35; 



1859 (Pt. 1), 111; 1861 (Pt. 1), 45; 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 167; 1865 (Pt. 2), 89; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 159; 1874 (Pt. 1), 115, 116, 

 122, 124. 



— soil for growing, 1859 (Pt. 1), 109. 



— manures for growing, 1859 (Pt. 1), 

 110. 



— preparation of land for growing, 

 1865 (Pt. 2), 86; 1866 (Pt. 1), 158. 



— experiments in feeding stock with, 

 1859 (Pt. 1), 111. 



— time for sowing the seed of, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 163. 



— harvesting and storing of, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 88; 1866 (Pt. 1), 163. 



Rye, area and yield of, in former 

 years, 1853 (Pt. 1), 31. 



— profit of cultivation of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 31; 1856 (Pt. 2), 268, 269. 



— cultivation and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 196; 1854 (Pt. 2), 187; 1855 (Pt. 2), 91, 

 316; 1857 (Pt. 2), 217; 1858 (Pt. 2), 

 204; 1860 (Pt. 2), 158; 1864 (Pt. 2), 

 8'J; 1865 (Pt. 2), 63; 1866 (Pt. 2), 16, 



17; 1867 (Pt. 2), 124, 125; 1868 (Pt. 1), 

 269; 1871 (Pt. 2), 210, 226, 230, 231, 

 237; 1875 (Pt. 2), 149-151; 1876 (Pt. 2), 

 110, 111; 1877 (Pt. 2), 78, 79. 

 Rye, varieties of, 1856 (Pt. 2), 67. 



— soil for, 1868 (Pt. 1), 269. 



— manure for, 1868 (Pt. 1), 219. 



Sainfoin, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 108, 128, 130, 154. 



Sale of personal property, title in, 

 1872 (Pt. 1), 140, 141. 



Salt as a preventive against the at- 

 tacks of the currant-worm, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 257. 



— as a promoter of vegetable growth, 

 1869 (Pt. 1), 36, 40, 57, 59, 165. 



— injurious to many field-crops, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 37, 54. 



— necessary for vigorous animal 

 health, 1869 (Pt. 1), 31, 32. 



— chemistry of, 1869 (Pt. 1), 19, 22, 26, 

 30,31. 



— modes of manufacture of, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 20. 



— quantity and quality of, necessary 

 in butter and cheese making, 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 159; 1869 (Pt. 1), 28. 



— uses of, in agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 135; 1867 (Pt. 1), 237; 1869 (Pt. 1), 18, 

 28, 39, 55; 1873 (Pt. 1), 318, 319, 321, 

 322; 1876 (Pt. 1), 197. 



in meat-packing, 1868 (Pt. 1), 134, 



135; 1869 (Pt. 1), 24, 25. 



— coarse, manufacture of, 1869 (Pt. 1), 

 20. 



fine, manufacture of, 1869 (Pt. 1), 



21. 



— Turks' Island, analysis of, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 26. 



— and lime, mixture of, for manure, 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 135. 



— hay, value of, as a cattle food, 

 1853 (Pt. 1), 28; 1876 (Pt. 2), 45, 49. 



— Lake, description of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 65. 



Valley, condition of agriculture 



in, 1871 (Pt. 1), 73,74; 1875 (Pt. 1), 

 60, 65, 66. 



— marsh grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 38, 112, 118. 



— marshes, extent of, in Massachu- 

 setts, 1853 (Pt. 1). 28, 29. 



reclamation and improvement 



of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 29; 1856 (Pt. 1), 112; 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 328, 342, 403; 1875 (Pt. 1), 



