xciv AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



WHITE 



WOOL 



ucts of the State farm at West- 

 borough, 1855 (Pt. 1), 33. 

 W^HiTE clover, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), lOi, 128, 154. 



— birch, characteristics of, 1853 (Pt. 2), 

 483; 185G(Pt.2), 103,211; 1857 (Pt. 2), 

 3G3. 



Whikligig beetles, characteristics of 

 the, 18(32 (Pt. 1), 143. 



Whitaker, Thomas, report by, on 

 sheep-husbandry, 18G5 (Pt.2), 108. 



Whippookwill, habits of the, 1871 

 (Pt.2), 112. 



Wight, J. E., report by, on sheep- 

 husbandry, 18(il (Pt. 2), 195. 



Wight, Dr. Eben, report by, on man- 

 agement of swine, 1853 (Pt. 2), 309. 



on poultry - husbandry, 1853 



(Pt. 2), 381. 



on hedges, 1854 (Pt. 2), 107. 



Wild rice, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 20, 118. 



WiLDEK, Marshall P., reiDort by, on 

 cattle, 1853 (Pt. 2), 293. 



on fruit culture, 1859 (Pt. 1), 01; 



18()2 (Pt. 1), 09; 1877 (Pt. 1), 301, 304. 



and preservation, 1870 (Pt. 1), 



348; 1877 (Pt. 1), 301, 304. 



— address by, on the culture of fruit, 

 1856 (Pt. 2), 85. 



on the establishment and work 



of the Boai'd of Agriculture, 1870 

 (Pt. 1), 11; 1877 (Pt. 1), 200-205. 



on California, 1870 (Pt. 1), 259, 



286. 



— essay by, on fruit culture, 1871 

 (Pt. 1), 274. 



on methods of improving fruits, 



1875 (Pt. 1), 234. 



— lecture by, on fruit-culture, 1869 

 (Pt. 1), 95, 103. 



on the importance, progress, and 



influence of rural pursuits, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 98, lOG, 111. 



— paper by, on the history and prog- 

 ress of the Board of Agriculture, 

 1877 (Pt. 1), 200, 2G5. 



Willard's Bromus, characteristics 



of, 185G (Pt. IX 59, 120. 

 WiLLARD, X. A., address by, on the 



dairy and its products, 18G8 (Pt. 1), 



180, 196. 

 Willows, beauty and utility of, 1857 



(Pt. 2), 3G5; 1875 (Pt. 1), 273, 274. 

 Wi>'DsoR Castle, description of, 18G2 



(Pt. 1), 230. 



Wine, descriptions of making vari- 

 ous kinds of, 1857 (Pt. 1), 196; 1861 

 (Pt. 2), 223, 224; 18G8 (Pt. 2), 149, 

 155-158; 1870 (Pt. 1), 264, 2()6. 



— the finest is produced on a soil 

 which contains seventy per cent of 

 carbonate of lime, 1859 (Pt. 1), 89. 



— weight of Concord grape n'<iedcd to 

 make a gallon of, 1805 (Pt. 1), 327. 



— product of in the United States, 

 18G5 (Pt. 1), 327. 



in France, 1865 (Pt. 1), 327. 



— casks, old ones best, 1861 (Pt. 2), 

 224. 



Wi>TER gardening in glass structures, 

 1874 (Pt. 1), 88, 90, 104; 1877 (Pt. 1), 

 23. 



W^iRE grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 46, 120. 



— fences, utility and economy of, 

 1857 (Pt. 2), 208. 



Witch-Gkass. See Couch-grass. 



W^OBtJKN Abbey, experiments at, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 121. 



W'OMAN and home science, 1870 (Pt. 2), 

 38, 45. 



Women, agricultural and horticultu- 

 ral education of, 1871 (Pt. 1), 308, 317. 



W^ooDCHUCK, description and habits 

 of the, 1861 (Pt. 1), 175 ; 1868 (Pt. 2), 87, 



W^ooD, amount of different kinds of, 

 necessary to produce a given heat, 

 18G1 (Pt. 1), 88. 



— green, not economical for fuel, 1861 

 (Pt. 1), 88. 



— hair-grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 71. 



— reed-grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Pt. 1), 31. 



— time for cutting, 18G4 (Pt. 1), 91, 93. 



— process of formation of, 1873 (Pt. 1), 

 163-1G5; 1874 (Pt. 1), 235, 236. 



Woodlands of Massachusetts, extent 



of, 1853 (Pt. 1), 71; 1875 (Pt. 1), 250, 



258, 270,. 282. See Forests. 

 Woodpeckers, habits of the, 1861 



(Pt. 2), 60; 18G5 (Pt. 1), 97, 180; 1871 



(Pt. 2), 111. 

 W^ooDEN plough, use of the, 1873 



(Pt. 1), 17, 19, 29. 

 Woodward, Isaac B., statement by, 



on crop of carrots, 1853 (Pt. 2), 235. 

 Wool, sheep's, fineness of different, 



18G4 (Pt. 1), 1G3, 165. 



— waste, value of, as a fertilizer, 1873 

 (Pt. 1), 45; 1876 (Pt. 1), 253. 



