Ixxx AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



SALT 



SCIENCES 



238, 240, 248; 1876 (Pt. 1), 219, 225; 



1877 (Pt. 1), 253. 

 Salt marshes, how the formation of, 



has been accomplished, 1874 (Pt. 1), 



328, 329. 

 analysis of soil of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 



338, 339; 1875 (Pt. 1), 242, 243, 245; 



187G (Pt. 1), 223. 

 of water on, 1875 (Pt. 1), 240; 



1876 (Pt. 1), 223. 

 character of, changed by diking, 



1875 (Pt. 1), 239. 

 of vegetation on, 1875 (Pt. 1), 



241, 246; 1876 (Pt. 1), 221, 222. 

 the neighborhood of, favorable 



for pear-growing, 1876 (Pt. 1), 50, 52. 



— peat, use of, in a compost, 1858 

 (Pt. 2), 194. 



Saltpetre waste, value of, as a fertil- 

 izer, 1876 (Pt. 1), 249. 



SALMONiDiE, habits of the, 1869 (Pt. 1), 

 132. 



Saltonstall, Leverett, address by, 

 on the American farmer, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 35. 



— report by, on the Percheron horse, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 232. 



on drainage, 1865 (Pt. 1), 210. 



— essay by, on the use of muck, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 211. 



Samson, Thomas H., statement by, 



on cranberry culture, 1853 (Pt. 2), 



254. 

 Samuels, Edward A., report by, on 



the mammalia of Massachusetts, 



1861 (Pt. 1), 137. 



— essay by, on the breeding and man- 

 agement of poultry, 1864 (Pt. 2), 128. 



on root culture, 1865 (Pt. 2), 82, 



90,95. 

 on the pests of the farm, 1868 



(Pt. 2), 81, 103. 



— lecture by, on the agricultural 

 value of birds, 1865 (Pt. 1), 94. 



Sanborn, Francis G., statement by, 

 on insects, 1857 (Pt. 1), 197. 



— report by, on insects beneficial to 

 agriculture, 1862 (Pt. 1), 124. 



— lecture by, on the habits of insects, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 139. 



Sand, use of, as a bedding, 1864 (Pt. 1), 



38, 39. 

 an absorbent of liquid manure, 



1873 (Pt. 1), 135. 

 Sand-Plain, improvement of, 1874 



(Pt. 2), 60. 



Sanderson, C, report by, on amend- 

 ing soils by mechanical means, 1868 

 (Pt. 1), 259. 



Sap blight in pear-trees, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 226; 1877(I't. 1), 235. 



— circulation and functions of, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 159, 170, 173, 180, 204; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 224, 229, 242, 247, 259. 



— pressure of, in trees, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 182, 183, 185, 186; 1874 (Pt. 1), 221, 

 224, 230, 242, 247. 



— times of flow of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 163, 

 183, 187. 



Sargent, Professor C. S., report by, 

 on tree-planting, 1875 (Pt. 1), 250; 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 267. 



— notes by, on trees and tree-plant- 

 ing, 1877 (Pt. 1), 267. 



Sargent, G. P., report by, on the 

 comparative value of crops as cattle 

 foods, 1858 (Pt. 2), 268. 



Saunders, Daniel, jun., address by, 

 on elements of success in farming, 



1863 (Pt. 2), 1. 



Sawin, Beujaraiu N., statement of, on 



crop of Indian corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 177. 



Scale insects, natural history of the, 



1864 (Pt. 1), 146; 1865 (Pt. 1), 228. 

 Scallops, characteristics of, 1861 (Pt. 



1), 145. 



— aquations, description and habits 

 of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 145. 



Scabby potatoes, causes of, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 121, 123, 135. 



Schletssheim, description of the agri- 

 cultural institute at, 1863 (Pt. 1), 210. 



Schleswig cattle, characteristics of 

 the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 111. 



Science defined, 1869 (Pt. 1), 62. 



— in agriculture, 1853 (Pt. 2), 440; 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 454, 466; 1855 (Pt. 2), 296; 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 47, 67; 1861 (Pt. 2), 8, 

 44. 



— what modern society owes to, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 228, 233. 



Scientific agriculture, the economy 

 of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 466; 1856 (Pt. 2), 47. 



— obstacles to the progress of, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 61, 75. 



— utility of, 1875 (Pt. 2), 68-70, 77, 

 90, 98. See also Farming and Agri- 

 culture. 



Sciences applicable to farming, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 47; 1873 (Pt. 2), 7, 17, 31, 41. 



— and their relations to agriculture. 

 See Agriculture. 



