ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Ixxxv 



SQUASH 



STEAMIXG 



Squash, apparatus for testing the 

 lifting power of the, 187i (Pt. 1), 219. 



— lifting power of the, 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 207, 208, 210, 219, 220. 



— varieties of the, and their charac- 

 teristics, 1856 (Pt. 2), 424, 425; 18G4 

 (Pt. 1), 205; 18G9 (Pt. 2), 140. 



— houses, luanagemeut of, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 211. 



— vines, character of growth of, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 328. 



office of tendrils on, 1857 (Pt. 2), 



328. 



— cultivation and yield of the, 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 203; 1855 (Pt. 2), 7, 16; 1856 

 (Pt. 2), 114; 1862 (Pt. 2), 192, 198; 



1863 (Pt. 2), 176; 1864 (Pt. 1), 205; 

 1870 (Pt. 1), 242, 249 (Pt. 2), 151, 160; 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 132, 134, 136; 1876 (Pt. 1), 

 134, 209-211; 1877 (Pt. 1), 47, 56 

 (Pt. 2), 81, 82. 



— character of flower of, 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 330. 



— seed, how it may be impure, 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 330. 



— original home of the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 

 205, 



— value of the, for culinary i)uri30ses, 



1864 (Pt. 1), 205. 



— soil for the, and its preparation, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 206; 1870 (Pt. 1), 242, 249. 



— manures for the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 206. 



— insects attacking the. See Insects. 



— time and method of harvesting 

 the, 1864 (Pt. 1), 207. 



— method of storing and keeping the, 

 1864 (Pt. 1), 207. 



Squash-Bugs, methods of destroying, 

 1875 (Pt. 1), 133; 1876 (Pt. 1), 210. 



Squirrel, description and habits of 

 the gray, 1861 (Pt. 1), 166. 



of the red, 1861 (Pt. 1), 169. 



— -of the flying, 1861 (Pt. 1), 172. 

 of the ground, or striped, 1861 



(Pt. 1), 173. 

 Squirrels, change of color of, 1866 

 (Pt. 1), 110,111. 



— methods of destroying, 1868 (Pt. 2), 

 93. 



Stable manure, experiments with, 

 1856 (Pt. 1), 269, 273, 275. 



— floors, forms of constructing, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 262, 286, 295, 299. 



Stables, essential features in the 

 construction and fitting up of, 1860 

 (Pt. 1), 195; 1870 (Pt. 2), 33. 



Stability of agriculture, 1875 (Pt. 2), 

 7, 8, 10, 12. 



Stallions, necessity for care in breed- 

 ing, 1856 (Pt. 2), 376, 378; 1870 (Pt. 2), 

 191, 194; 1875 (Pt. 1), 80. 



Starch, transformation of, imto 

 woody fibre, 1856 (Pt. 1), 171, 187. 



State Agricultural Society in ISIassa- 

 chusetts, meeting for tlie organiza- 

 tion of a, 1857 (Pt. 1), 8. 



fair, arrangements for holding a, 



1857 (Pt. 1), 14. 



descriistion of the, 1857 (Pt. 1) 



15. 



— cabinet. (See Agricultural Musenm 



— aid to agriculture, why and when 

 commenced, 1853 (Pt. 1), 14. 



— farm at "Westborough, petition for 

 transfer of the, to Board of Agri- 

 culture, 1854 (Pt. 1), 2. 



act authorizing transfer of 



the, to Board of Agriculture, 1854 



(Pt. 1), 5. 

 agreement for transfer of 



the, to Board of Agriculture, 1854 



(Pt. 1), 6. 

 by-laws for management of 



the, 1854 (Pt. 1), 9. 

 exi)iration of lease for transfer 



of the, to the Board of Agricultni-e, 



1858 (Pt. 1), 29. 



management of the, by the 



Board of Agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 1), 

 6; 1856 (Pt. 1), 6, 239, 243, 262, 276 

 (Pt. 2), 69, 77, 83; 1857 (Pt. 1), 3)7; 

 1858 (Pt. 1), 6. 



Stassfurt potash-salts, great depos- 

 its of, and value of, for manure, 

 1868 (Pt. 1), 108; 1869 (Pt. 1), 38, 39; 

 1871 (Pt. 1), 98, 100; 1873 (Pt. 1), 140, 

 145, 146, 369, 371, 373; 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 353-355; 1877 (Pt. 1), 317. 



Stars, chemistry of the, 1875 (Pt-l), 

 97, 98. 



Steaji agricultural implements, 3ds- 

 tory of, and utility of, 1872 (Pt. I), 

 265, 270, 275. 



— ploughs, cost and value of, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 268-270, 272. 



trial of, at the exhibition l>f the 



Royal Agricultural Society, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 207. 



— on the farm, use of, 1872 (Pt. 3),^265, 

 270, 275. 



Steaming fodder, utility of, ISGl 

 (PC. 1), 44; 1867 (Pt. 1), 75; iS68 



