Ixxxviii AGRICULTimE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



SULPHATE 



SWINE 



Sulphate of potash, value of, as a 

 fertilizer, 1874 (Pt. 1), 358. 



— of ammonia, analysis and value 

 of, 1875 (Pt. 1), 328; 1876 (Pt. 1), 251. 



— of potassa, analysis and value of, 



1875 (Pt. 1), 207; 1877 (Pt. 1), 50. 

 SaLPHUR I and lime as a preventive 



against mildew, 1877 (Pt. 1), 43, 44. 



Sumner, Increase, address by, on the 

 demands of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 480. 



Summer fallowing of grass-lands, 

 utility of practice of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 207, 220. 



Sunflowers purify the air, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 146. 



Sunlight, chemical properties of, 

 1869 (Pt. 1), 222. 



necessity of, for animal and vege- 

 table life, 1869 (Pt. 1), 223. 



Superficial irrigation, effect of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 234. 



Superphosphate, value of, as a fer- 

 tilizer, 1853 (Pt. 2), 145, 364; 1854 

 (Pt. 1), 21, 23; 1855 (Pt. 2). 67; 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 271, 273, 318 (Pt. 2), 115, 117, 

 120, 183; 1857 (Pt. 2), 202; 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 234,235; 1868 (Pt. 1), 120, 285; 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 187, 190, 195, 214, 224; 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 193; 1873 (Pt. 1), 138, 145, 147, 

 149, 150, 153, 362, 365; 1874 (Pt. 1), 

 68, 383; 1875 (Pt. 1), 337, 338, 340; 



1876 (Pt. 1) 270; 1877 (Pt. 1), 328, 

 329. 



Surf ace- Water, control of, by land- 

 owners, 1872 (Pt. 1), 130, 132. 



Swale grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 62, 112, 117, 120, 170. 



— hay, methods of curing, 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 345. 



Swallows, foraging habits of the, 



. 1861 (Pt. 2), 58, 64. 



Swamps and waste lands, methods of 

 reclaiming and improving, 1853 

 (Pt. 1), 49, 66 (Pt. 2), 14, 46, 58, 60; 

 1854 (Pt. 1), 62; 1855 (Pt. 2), 29, 31, 

 37; 1856 (Pt. 2), 131, 187, 190; 1857 

 (Pt. 2), 177; 1858 (Pt. 2),' 136; 1859 

 (Pt. 2), 79, 81, 99, 119; 1860 (Pt. 2), 

 111; 1861 (Pt. 2), 105; 1862 (Pt. 2), 

 122; 18()3 (Pt. 1), 75; 1865 (Pt. 2), 29, 

 35; 1866 (Pt. 2), 22, 27; 1867 (Pt. 2), 

 77-79; 1868 (Pt. 2), 104, 106, 108, 110; 

 1869 (Pt. 2), 106; 1872 (Pt. 2), 72, 105, 

 115, 119; 1874 (Pt. 2), 58; 1875 (Pt. 2), 

 105; 1876 (Pt. 2), 59, 62. 



Swampy land, difference in improva- 

 ble value of, 1874 (Pt. 2), 68, 69. 



Swans, methods of managing, 1857 

 (Pt. 1), 139, 140. 



Sweet corn makes the best and most 

 nutritious fodder-corn, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 186; 1862 (Pt. 2), 104. 



— potato, culture and yield of the, 

 1857 (Pt. 2), 147, 171. 



Sweet-scented vernal grass, charac- 

 teristics of, 1856 (Pt. 1), 79, 124, 129, 

 154. 



Swine breeding, extent and impor- 

 tance of the interest of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 

 90; 1857 (Pt. 1), 127. 



early history of, in this country, 



1853 (Pt. 1), 90. 



care to be observed in, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 372; 1854 (Pt. 2), 371. 



profitable, 1853 (Pt. 1), 92 (Pt. 2), 



363; 1862 (Pt. 2), 233. 



— feeding and management of, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 361, 366, 372; 1854 (Pt. 2), 368; 

 1855 (Pt. 2), 233; 1856 (Pt. 2), 385, 

 386, .392; 1859 (Pt. 2), 265; 1862 

 (Pt. 2), 2.36,. 237; 1866 (Pt. 2), 102; 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 174, 179, 181; 1873 (Pt. 2), 

 136, 1.38; 1874 (Pt. 1), 128, 135, 145; 

 1877 (Pt. 2), 100, 101, 103. 



— points of good specimens of, 1853 

 (Pt. 2), 362, 380; 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 369. 



— characteristics of different breeds 

 of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 364, 366, 368, 375, .379; 



1854 (Pt. 2), 368, 374; 1857 (Pt. 1), 127, 

 129, 234; 1858 (Pt. 2), 288; 1862 (Pt. 2), 

 234. 



— show of, at the exhibition of the 

 Koyal Agricultural Society, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 205. 



at the International Exhibition 



at Hamburg, 1863 (Pt. 1), 137. 



— utility of cooking food for, 1855 

 (Pt. 2), 2.36; 1859 (Pt. 2), 265; 1863 

 (Pt. 2), 105; 1867 (Pt. 2), 178, 179. 



— diseases among, 1865 (Pt. 1), 330. 



— facts in the breeding of, 1866 (Pt. 1), 

 117. 



in fattening, 1867 (Pt. 2), 175, 



178-180. 



— analysis of excrements of, 1867 

 (Pt 2), 175. 



— field-feeding of, on whole corn, 

 1867 (Pt. 2), 180. 



— most profitable size of, 1867 (Pt. 2,) 

 175. 



