xc AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



TIMOTHY 



TURNIPS 



cutting, 1854 (Pt. 1), 148; 1856 (Pt. 2), 

 213. 

 Timothy, See Herd's-grass. 



— characteristics of roots of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 172, 174. 



Tiger-Beetles, characteristics of the, 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 131, 133. 



TiLKS for drainage, cost and value of, 

 1867 (Pt. 1), 212, 222; 1871 (Pt. 1), 32, 

 33, 43. See Drainage. 



Time required to establish an agricul- 

 tural fact, 1872 (Pt. 1), 182. 



— for a heifer to calve, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 183, 186. 



Tinker, G. K., report by, on breeding 



horses, 1877 (Pt. 2), 94, 95, 

 Tobacco, cultivation of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 



61; 1862 (Pt. 1), 63, 67; 1864 (Pt. 2), 



56; 1871 (Pt. 2), 239. 



— history of the use of, 1862 (Pt. 1), 

 64. 



— statistics of the growth of, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 66. 



— soil and exposure adapted to the 

 cultivation of, 1862 (Pt. 1), 66. 



— tijne for, and mode of, transplant- 

 ing, 1862 (Pt. 1), 67. 



— mode of curing, 1853 (Pt. 1), 62; 

 1862 (Pt. 1), 68. 



— importance of the crop of, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 152, 153. 



— growing, effect of, on the soil, 1872 

 (Pt. 1), 220. 



history of, in America, 1873 



(Pt. 1), 20, 46. 



— worm, ravages by the, 1862 (Pt. 1), 

 66-68. 



Tomato, characteristics of different 

 varieties of the, 1871 (Pt. 2). 240, 242. 



Top-Dressixg, utility of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 51; 1856 (Pt. 1), 218; 1861 (Pt. 2), 132, 

 135, 137; 1862 (Pt. 2), 129, 131; 1868 

 (Pt. 2), 19; 1872 (Pt. 2), 132, 



Torrey, E., report by, on milch cows, 

 1853 (Pt, 2), 324. 



Tower, Justus, address by, on the 

 utility of keeping farm-accounts, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 465. 



on the farmer's position, 1857 



(Pt. 2), 69, 



— report by, on management of dairy 

 products and stock, 1854 (Pt. 2), 

 337, 



Towne, George E., address by, on 

 fanning as a business, 1867 (Pt. 2), 

 21, 32. 



Tracy, C, M., address by, on the re- 

 lations of agriculture to civilization, 

 1876 (Pt. 2), 1. 



Transplanting forest-trees. See 

 Forest, 



— fruit-trees, iSee Fruit, 



Trees, characteristics of foliage of 

 those of northern compared with 

 those of southern latitudes, 1865 

 (Pt. 1), 135. 



— action of frost on, 1874 (Pt. 1), 239. 



— effect of girdling, 1873 (Pt, 1), 175; 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 236-238, 



— add to the value of the farm, 1875 

 (Pt. 1), 143, 153, 166, 168, 270, 274, 281, 



— purify, the atmosphere, 1875 (Pt, 1), 

 145, 153, 



— for shade should not be too near 

 the dwelling-liouse, 1875 (Pt. 1), 152, 



— from sprouts, not desirable, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 35. 



— importance of the cultivation of 

 forest, 1877 (Pt. 1), 2S4, 286. See 

 Forest-trees. 



— forest. See Forest. 



— fruit. See Fruit. 



— and .shrubs, ornamental, character 

 of different, 1862 (Pt. 2), 152, 



Trenching, utility and cost of, 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 113, 114; 1859 (Pt. 1), 68. 



Trench-Soiling, definition of, 1854 

 (Pt. 2), 115. 



Trout, metl)ods of raising, artificially, 



1869 (Pt. 1), 133, 134, 137, 

 Tucker, Luther H., address by, on 



New-Euglaud farming, 1863 (Pt. 2), 

 31, 



Tui^TED hair-grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Pt, 1), 71, 118, 154. 



Turban squashes, cultivation of, 1876 

 (Pt. 1), 209, 



Turnips, methods and cost of cultiva- 

 tion, and yield of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 237; 

 1854 (Pt. 2), 199, 223, 478; 1855 (Pt. 2), 

 108; 1857 (Pt. 1), 151; 1862 (Pt. 2), 

 196; 1863 (Pt. 2), 167; 1865 (Pt. 2), 89, 

 91; 1866 (Pt. 1), 159, 160; 1870 (Pt. 1), 

 230, 232; 1871 (Pt. 2), 251, 252; 1874 

 (Pt. 1), 115, 113, 123, 124; (Pt, 2), 86, 

 87; 1875 (Pt. 2), 165; 1876 (Pt. 1), 202, 

 203, 205 (Pt, 2), 116, 122, 125, See 

 Rutabagas, 



— soils for growing, 1865 (Pt, 2), 89; 



1870 (Pt. 1), 230, 232. 



— harvesting and storing, 1865 (Pt. 2), 

 91; 1866 (Pt. 1), 160, 162. 



