ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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SHEEP'S 



SillTH 



Sheep's fesciie-grass, characteristics 

 of, 1S5G (Pt. 1), 55, 5G, 118, 154. 



SuELDON, Asa G., statement of, on 

 reclaiming meadows, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 64. 



— - on dairy-cows, 1855 (Pt. 2), 200. 

 SHEK3IAN, E. F., address by, on arti- 

 cles of food, 1857 (Pt.2), 30. 



Shetland cattle, characteristics of, 



1850 (Pt. 2), 94. 

 Shoeing horses and oxen, methods 



of, 1851) (Pt. 2), 295; 1877 (Pt. 1), 90, 



91, 95. 

 Shokey, John L., address by, on 



capital in farming, 1874 (Pt. 2), 1, 9. 

 SHOKTnoRN cattle, characteristics of. 



See Cattle. 

 history of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 10; 1859t 



(Pt.2), 231; 1870 (Pt. 1), 92. 

 early importation of, to this 



country, 18G0 (Pt. 2), 29; 1853 (Pt. 1), 



84. 

 distinguished from improved 



Shorthorns, 1859 (Pt. 2), 205, 235. 

 better, produced iu this country 



than in England, ISCO (Pt. 2), 35; 



1S(J6 (Pt. 1), 104. 

 splendid show of, at the exhibi- 

 tion of the Royal Agricultural 



Society, 18G2 (Pt. 1), 190, 191. 

 grades, value of, 1803 (Pt. 2), 30; 



1864 (Pt. 1), 123, 



— cows, strains of, valuable for 

 dairy-purposes, 1869 (Pt. 1), 86; 

 1871 (Pt. 1), 297, 298. 



Shrew, description and habits of 



Forster's, 1861 (Pt. 1), 142. 



of the long-nosed, 1861 (Pt. 1), 143. 



of Cooper's, 1861 (Pt. 1), 143. 



of the short-tailed, 1861 (Pt. 1), 



144. 



of the mole, 1861 (Pt. 1), 145. 



Silk culture, experiments iu, 1864 



(Pt. 1), 104, 106, 111, l(i8, 180. 

 SoiMENTHAL, Characteristics of cattle 



in, 1863 (Pt. 1), 114. 

 Sire, influence of the, on offspring. 



See Influence. 

 Size and conduct of Massachusetts 



farms, 1876 (Pt. 1), 215, 218. 

 Skunk, common, description and 



habits of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 161; 1868 



(Pt. 2), 88, 89. 

 Slade, Avery P., report by, on the 



agriculture of Bristol County, 1806 



(Pt. 1), 304. 



Slade, Avery P., report by, on hedges 

 and farm-fences, 1867 (Pt. 1), 229. 



on small fruit culture, 1868 (Pt. 1), 



276. 



on the Massachusetts Agricultu- 

 ral College, 1869 (Pt. 1),.205. 



— remarks by, ou the cultivation of 

 fruits, 1875 (Pt. 1), 176, 179. 



— address by, on markets for the 

 farmer, 1870 (Pt. 1), 141. 



Slade, Professor D. D., lecture by, 

 upon the catarrhal epidemic among 

 horses, 1872 (Pt. 1), 145, 165. 



upon the humane destruction of 



animals, 1873 (Pt. 1), 234. 



Slender hairy lyme-grass, character- 

 istics of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 70. 



— spiked fescue-grass, characteris- 

 tics of, 1856 (Pt. i), 58, 154. 



Small faruis, utility of cultivating, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 2, 9; 1870 (Pt. 2), 7, 10, II. 



— fruits, necessity for the more ex- 

 tensive cultivation of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 373; 1867 (Pt. 2), 3; 1868 (Pt. 1), 276. 



Small, James, description of ijlough 

 invented by, 1859 (Pt. 2), 149. 



Smith, Austin and Sons, statement 

 by, on farm-improvements, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 28. 



— - on farm-management, 1854 (PtJ2), 

 38. 



Smith, Ednmnd, statement by, on re- 

 claiming swamj) lands, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 60, m. 



— report by, on bee-culture, 1SC3 

 (Pt. 2), .321. 



Smith, N. and B., statement by, on 



Indian corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 159. 



on wheat, 1853 (Pt. 2), 188. 



on rye, 1853 (Pt. 2), 198. 



Smith, Edward, stateuient by, on 



crop of wheat, 1853 (Pt. 2), 187. 

 Smith, Converse, statement by, on 



cows, 1853 (Pt. 2), 300. 

 Smith, R. Wales, statement by, £>u 



farm-management, 1854 (_Pt. 2), 45. 

 Smith, J. M., report by, on agrictdiu- 



ral survey of Franklin County, 1865 



(Pt. 1), 306. 

 on manure and its applicatian, 



1867 (Pt. 1), 232. 



— essay by, ou the management -of 

 agricultural fairs, 1866 (Pt. 1), 255. 



Sjhth, Rev. Benton, address of wel- 

 come by, and a review of the indus- 

 tries of Waltham, 1877 (Pt. 1), lfi^2. 



