INDEX 



TO THE ABSTRACT. 



[For Index to the Report, see end of First Part.] 



Agricultural College of Massachu 



setts, .... 

 Agricultural education, . 

 Agricultural implements, report on 

 Agricultural societies and theii 



uses, 



Agriculture and manufactures in 



Massachusetts compared, 

 Apple, cultivation of the, 

 Apple, varieties of, 

 Ayrshire cows, and their j'ield of 



milk, .... 

 Ayrshires, and their characteristics, 



Beans, statement on. 

 Blackberry culture, 

 Bulls, reports on, . 

 Burr, Fearing, essay by. 

 Butter, requisites for producing s 

 good quality, 196, 199, 204, 205 

 Butter, statements on, . . 197 



Calves, and modes of .raising. 

 Cattle, management of, . 

 Charcoal for grape vines. 

 Cheese factories, . • .37 

 Cheese, methods of manufacture, 

 204, 207 

 Cheese, reports on, . . 201 

 Cooking food for swine. 

 Cranberry culture, reports on, 

 Cranberry swamps, management 



of, 104 



Cranberries, statements on, . 104 



Dahlias, varieties of, 



Daii-y, proper temperature of, 



Dairj-, reports on the, . 



Deep pulverization of the soil 



necessary, . 

 Diffuseness in farming should be 



avoided, 



48, 



Page. 



48,49 

 49,58 

 137 



56,65 



33, 34 



87,96 



86 



148 

 147 



125 

 93 



160 

 109 



211, 214 

 198, 199 



157 



163, 164 



62 



207, 210 

 202, 203 



208, 209 

 204, 211 

 178, 180 

 103, 106 



105, 106 

 106, 108 



129 



213 



195, 199 



145 



8 



Draining lands, . . 



Ducks, varieties of, . . . 



Farm accounts, importance of, 



Farm accounts, method of keeping. 



Farm improvements, 



Farms, reports on, . 



Farms, statements on, . 



Fat cattle, report on, 



Flowers, reports on. 



Flowers, annual sales of, in the 



United States, ... 

 Forest trees and shrubs of Hing 



ham, ..... 



General crops, report on. 

 Grade bulls, . 

 Grain crops, reports on, . 

 Grape house, description of. 

 Grape vineries, report on, 

 GraMs, yields of, . 

 Gu^ro, .... 



118 



Hingham, forest trees and shrubs 



of, 



Horses, management of, 

 Horses, Morgan, history of, . 

 Horses, report on, . 

 Horses, thoroughbred, . 

 Hyde, Alexander, address b}*. 



Page. 

 141 

 190 



22 24 

 27,71 

 24,25 

 71,73 

 69,72 

 70,72 

 163 

 128, 130 



131 



109 



116 



151 

 119, 120 

 101, 102 



101 

 6 



134 



109 

 165 

 168, 169 

 165 

 167 

 43 



Importance of agricultural litera- 

 ture, ...... 13 



Importance of concentration, . 8, 9 

 Improvements on the farm, . 11, 72, 74 

 Industrial products of Massachu- 

 setts, 34 



Indian corn, statements on, . . 118, 122 



123, 124 



Jamestown cattle. 



158, 159 



