Ixxxiv AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



SMITH 



SPOFFORD 



SinTH, Milo J., paper by, on green 

 crops as a manure, 1877 (Pt. 1), 298, 

 300. 



SatPT on the onion, description of, 

 1876 (Pt. 2), 1G4-174; 1877 (Pt. 1), 38. 



Snails, injurious to the strawberry- 

 plant, 1872 (Pt. 1), 249. 



Soil, analysis and study of, impor- 

 tance and utility of the, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 449, 459; 1856 (Pt.' 2), 52; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 347; 1864(Pt.l), 106,108; 1866 (Pt.l), 

 239; 1870 (Pt.l), 200, 201. 



— depth to which water penetrates 

 the, 1854 (Pt. 1), 73. 



— frequent stirring the, advisable, 

 1854 (Pt. 1), 72, 83, 106. 



— evaporation from, extent of, 1854 

 (Pt. 1), 73. 



— eheuiical changes in the, 1854 

 (Pt. 1), 82; 1856 (Pt. 2), 52; 1864 

 (Pt. 1), 107, 109; 1866 (Pt. 1), 238. 



— influence of the, on the grasses, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 10, 27, 121, 152. 



— impoverishment of the, a result of 

 bad farming, 1856 (Pt. 2), 16, 18. 



— ef Johannesberg, characteristics 

 of the, 1868 (Pt. 1), 122. 



— eulture, relation of to soul-culture, 

 1869 (Pt. 2), 45, 54. 



SotLiNG cows, utility and economy of. 

 See Cows. 



— best crop for, 1872 (Pt. 1), 24, 25. 

 Soils vary in character, 1853 (Pt. 2), 



485; 1855 (Pt. 1), 41; 1856 (Pt. 2), 

 53; 1860 (Pt. 1), 144; 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 101, 112,172; 1866 (Pt. 1), 270; 1867 

 (Pt. 1), 163; 1870 (Pt. 1), 179, 180, 

 200. 



— origin of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 296, 298; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 51, 64; 1864 (Pt. 1), 104, 106, 

 111, 168, 180; 1865 (Pt. 1), 64; 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 266; 1868 (Pt. 1), 161, 169, 

 259; 1869 (Pt. 1), 144, 145. 



— methods of improving, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 123, 124, 127. 



— constituents of, 1855 (Pt. 2), 303, 

 404; 18(;4'(Pt. 1), 104, 108. 



— importance of mixing, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 127.' 



— diversity of, in Massachusetts, 1863 

 (Pt. 1), 42; 1864 (Pt. 1), 101, 108, 118; 

 1866 (Pt. 1), 270. 



— of the Northern States, all of for- 

 eign ori,',dn, 1864 (Pt. 1), 172; 1866 

 (Pt.l), 266; 1868 (Pt. 1), 161; 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 96, 99, 104. 



Soils in which drainage is necessary, 

 1871 (Pt. 1), .31, 44, 45, 122, 275. 



— of New England, character of the, 

 1864 (Pt. 2), 29; 1871 (Pt. 2), 40, 58, Gl. 



— adaptation of plants to, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 269. 



— nature of, indicated by the charac- 

 ter of the plants growing on, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 265. 



— amending of ,by mechanical means, 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 259, 



— influence of various, on animal 

 life, 1870 (Pt, 1), 94, 95. 



on crops, 1875 (Pt. 1), 18, 23, 29, 



30, 36, 38, 51. 

 Soluble phosphoric acid, cost and 



value of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 387. 

 SoKGHUM, characteristics of, 1856 



(Pt. 1), 89, 91, 98, 276 (Pt. 2), 426; 



1857 (Pt. 2), 157, 170, 222. 



— experiments in the cultivation of, 

 1857 (Pt. 1), 147 (Pt. 2), 157, 222. 



S0RICID.E, characteristics of the, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 142. 



SoKEX Forsteri, description and hab- 

 its of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 142. 



— platyrhinus, 1861 (Pt. 1), 143. 



— Cooperi, 1861 (Pt. 1), 143. 



Sour hay, preparation of, 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 53, 54. 



Sources of disease in dwelling- 

 houses, 1870 (Pt. 2), 50, 52, 53. 



South Carolina, description of phos- 

 ]ihate beds in. See Charleston. 



Spading, utility of, iu thorough till- 

 age, 1867 (Pt. 2), 143. 



Sparrow, chipping, characteristics 

 and habits of the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 117. 



— song, characteristics and habits of 

 the, 1871 (Pt. 2), 117. 



Specialties in fanning, importance 

 of following, 1867 (Pt. 1), 248 (Pt. 2), 

 37; 1868 (Pt. 1), 233; 1870 (Pt. 1), 106, 

 163, 330, 331 (Pt. 2), 60, 64, 98; 1873 

 (Pt. 2), 31, 80. 



Specimens in natural history, direc- 

 tions for preparing, 1859 (Pt. 1), 145. 



Spermatozoa, characteristics of, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 82, 83; 1874 (Pt. 1), 155, 156, 

 160, 166, 167. 



Spiked roller, use of the, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 24. 



Spinach, how to grow and keep, 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 29, 30, 36. 



SpfiFFORD, Jeremiah, reiiort by, on 

 the culture of trees, 1861 (Pt. 2), 115. 



