xcii AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



VEfEYARD 



WATERMiU^ 



Vineyard. See Grape. 



Vineries, method of managing, 1867 



(Pt. 2), 101. 

 Vincent, Hebron, essay by, on the 



mental faculties of domestic ani- 

 mals, 1875 (Pt. 1), 283. 

 on art and agriculture, 1876 



(Pt. 1), 285, 293. 

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

 Vitality of seeds, 18G0 (Pt. 2), 21, 22; 



1866 (Pt. 1), 181j 1873 (Pt. 1), 161. 

 Voigtlander cattle, characteristics 



of the, 1863 (Pt. 1), 124. 

 VuiiPES, characteristics of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 



151. 



— fulvus, habits of, 1861 (Pt. 1), 151. 



"Wages, on the farm, 1873 (Pt. 2), 6, 



56, 59. 

 Wakefield, Dr. H. P., report by, on 



the management of the State farm 



at Monson, 1873 (Pt. 1), 267. 

 on the Agricultural College, 1873 



(Pt. 1), 343. 



— address by, on agriculture, from 

 a New-England stand-point, 1873 

 (Pt. 2), 15, 23. 



— essay by, on the saving and prepa- 

 ration of manures on the farm, 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 287. 



"Walker, Freeman, report by, on 

 farm-improvements, 1853 (Pt. 2) 15. 



"Walker, Amasa, address by, on the 

 farmer's wants, 1855 (Pt. 2), .336. 



Walls, utility of trenches under, 

 1853 (Pt. 2), 17. 



— built of gravel and lime, construc- 

 tion of, 1854 (Pt. 2), 247. 



— waste of land occupied by, 1855 

 (Pt. 1), 84. 



Waltham, industries of, 1877 (Pt. 1), 



16, 22. 

 Ware, Horace, statement by, on the 



use of mowing-machines, 1855 (Pt.2), 



161. 

 Ware, Darwin E., address by, on 



agriculture and the mechanic arts, 



1864 (Pt. 2), 1. 

 Ware, Benjamin P., address by, on 



the experience of a practical farmer, 



1869 (Pt. 1), 10,16. 



— lecture by, on vegetable garden- 

 ing and root-culture, 1876(Pt. 1), 185. 



— statement of, on exi^eriments with 

 commercial fertilizers, 1877 (Pt. 2), 

 48. 



Waring, George E., address by, on 

 the chemistry of agriculture, 1855 

 (Pt.2), 402. 



on the needs of New-England 



agriculture, 1871 (Pt. 2), 65, 74. 



on grass-growing and drainage, 



1871 (Pt. 1), 27, 36, 40. 



Warmth is a substitute for food, 1859 



(Pt. 1), 48. 

 Warblers, or sylvians, foraging hab- 

 its of the, 1861 (Pt. 2), 58. 

 Ward, A. H., remarks by, on manures 



and fertilizers, 1872 (Pt. 1), 165, 170, 



177. 

 Warm water best for cows in winter, 



1876 (Pt. 1), 125. 

 Washburn, Emory, address by, on 



the Massachusetts farmer, 1854 



(Pt. 2), 459. 

 on taste and common sense in 



farming, 1858 (Pt. 2), 29. 



on influence of agi'iculture, 1861 



(Pt. 2), 14. 

 Wastes of agriculture, 1854 (Pt. 2), 485. 

 Waste of manures, importance of 



preventing, 1854 (Pt. 2), 473, 490, 493, 



507. 



— lands and swamps, methods of im- 

 proving. See Swamps. 



Watches, American, character of 

 those made at Waltham, 1877 

 (Pt. 1), 19, 20. 



Waters, Richard P., report by, on 

 requisites and evidences of good 

 farming, 1853 (Pt. 2), 1, 



Water amount of, which should re- 

 main in the soil, 1854 (Pt. 1), 43. 



— hair-grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 72. 



— spear-grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 51, 118. 



— percentage of, used in plant nu- 

 trition, 1858 (Pt. 2), 73. 



— necessity of an ample supply of 

 soft, for stock, 1861 (Pt. 1), 96. 



— beetles, characteristics of, 1862 

 (Pt. 1), 143. 



— how it enters drains, 1871 (Pt. 1), 

 37, 38. 



— laws relating to the flowing of, 



1872 (Pt. 1), 130, 132, 133. 



— in the wood and bark of trees, per- 

 centage of, 1874 (Pt. 1), 288. 



Waterman, T. T., address by, on the 

 use of mind in farming, 1859 (Pt. 2), 

 37. 



