ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Ixxxi 



SCIURLDiE 



SHEEP 



SciuKiDiE, characteristics of the, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 106. 

 SciuKus, characteristics of tlie, 1801 



(Pt. 1), 106. 



— Carolinensis, description and hab- 

 its of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 166. 



— Hudsonicus, description and habits 

 of, 1861(Pt. 1), 109. 



Scion, influence of tlie, on the parent 



stock, 1870 (Pt. 1), 295. 

 ScKAPiNG fruit-trees should be done 



carefully, 1859 (Pt. 2), 130. 

 ScuDDER, Daniel, report by, on the 



dairy, 1807 (Pt. 2), 211, 214. 

 Ska-fowl guano, characteristics and 



value of, 1876 (Pt. 1), 270. 

 Seaks, Marshall, report by, on plough- 

 ing, 1853 (Pt. 2), 131. 

 Seaweed, value of, as a fertilizer. 



See Kelp. 

 Sea s^jear-grass, characteristics of, 



1850 (Pt. 1) 49, 110. 

 Sea-Makshes of Europe, description 



and cultivation of the, 1874 (Pt. 1), 



329, 333. 



— character of soil of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 338, 

 339; 1870 (Pt. 1), 223. 



Seasons influence plant-growth, 1875 



(Pt. 1), 23. 

 Sedges, list of varieties of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 



113. 

 Seedling fruits, importance of the 



extensive cultivation of, 1850 (Pt. 2), 



87. 



— potatoes, where best originated, 



1870 (Pt. 2), 38. 



Seeding to grass with grain, utility 

 of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 7, 8. 



— down grass-lands, ^e Grass. 

 Seed beds, how formed, 1804 (Pt. 2), 49. 



— sower, descriirtion of the Im- 

 proved Danvers, 1867 (Pt. 1), 287. 



Seeds, importance of growing, 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 22, 23; 1805 (Pt. 1), 240, 248. 



of securing the best, for plant- 

 ing, 1805 (Pt. 1), 251, 253; 1869 (Pt. 1), 

 200 (Pt. 2), 13; 1870 (Pt. 1), 314, 315; 



1871 (Pt. 1), 139, 140, 144; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 32. 



— vitality of, 1860 (Pt. 2), 21, 22; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 181; 1873 (Pt. 1), 101. 



— methods of raising and jireserva- 

 tion of, 1865 (Pt. 1), 246, 249; 1869 

 (Pt. 2), 13, 14. 



of sowing, 1869 (Pt. 1), 195, 197; 



1870 (Pt. 1), 234, 236; 1877 (Pt. 1), 33. 

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Seeds, care should be taken in select- 

 ing land for raising, 1865 (Pt. 1), 250. 



— quantity of different, to sow to the 

 acre, 1870 (Pt. 1), 235-237. 



— germination of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 160, 161. 

 Seely, E.. H., report by, on fruit- 

 growing, 1853 (Pt. 2), 417. 



— address by, on what to do with 

 the farm, 1867 (Pt. 2), 114. 



Seelye, Julius H., address by, on our 



currency and farming, 1874 (Pt. 2), 



10, 21. 

 Semen of animals, characteristics and 



offices of, 1870 (Pt. 1), 83. 

 Sessions, H. M., report by, on swine, 



1854 (Pt. 2), 371. 

 on the apple, 1874 (Pt. 1), 343, 348. 



— essay by, upon Devon cattle, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 219, 228. 



Sewage, importance of utilizing, 1864 

 (Pt. 2), 16; 1807 (Pt. 1), 233^; 1872 

 (Pt. 2), 21; 1874 (Pt. 2), 53; 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 177, 191. 



Sewall, Charles C, report by, on 

 farm-improvements, 1853 (Pt. 2), 40. 



— - on bulls, 1854 (Pt. 2), 275. 



on forest-trees, 1856 (Pt. 2), 196. 



on cranberry-culture, 1850 (Pt. 2), 



284. 

 on farm- management, 1857 (Pt. 2), 



164; 1859 (Pt. 2), 78. 

 Sex in offspring, theories in relation 



to regulating, 1800 (Pt. 1), 86, 115; 



1870 (Pt. 1), 107, 111, 130. 

 Sexes, influence of the, on offspring. 



See Influence. 

 Sexcal intercourse, the first, influ- 

 ences subsequent offspring. See 



First. 

 Shade, effect of, on the quality of 



grass, 1855 (Pt. 2), 136, 143. 



— trees, value of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 333; 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 152. 



SHANGHiE fowls, history and charac- 

 teristics of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), ,382. 



Shakp-shinned hawk, characteristics 

 of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 109. 



Sheep, cost of keeping, 1864 (Pt. 2), 

 122, 123. 



— compared with other stock in de- 

 gree of profit, 1863 (Pt. 2), 58. 



— cause and treatment of catarrh 

 among, 1860 (Pt. 1), 130. 



of foot-rot among, 1860 (Pt. 1), 130. 



of gi-ubs in the head of, 1860 (Pt.l), 



131. 



