INDEX 



277 



Report on Stock, .... . page 167 



" " Ploughing, ....... 168 



Supervisor's Report, .... . 169 



Statements respecting particular Grain Crops, . . . 174 



" " a crop of White Beans, . . .178 



" " " Carrots, . . .178 



" " " Potatoes, . . .178 



Returns of the Bristol County Agricultural Society, . . . 180 



Report on Breeding Stock, ....... 180 



" " Butter, Cheese, and Honey, . . . . .183 



« " Fruits, ........ 184 



Statements respecting the cultivation of Grapes, Tomatoes, 



Quinces, and Plums, ...... 184 



" " Vegetable Crops, ....... 187 



Statements respecting a crop of White Beans, . . . 188 



" " " Turnips. . . .188 



Returns of the Barnstable County Agricultural Society. . . 190 



Report on Farms, ........ 190 



Statements respecting particular farms, . . . 194 



" " Milch Cows, ....... 196 



" " Produce, ........ 197 



" « Fruit Trees, . ... . . . .197 



" " Cranberries, ....... 198 



Statements respecting the cultivation of cranberries, . . 198 



" •' Domestic Manufactures, ..... 200 



Abstract of Premiums offered by Agricultural Societies, in 1847, . . 202 



« '•' awarded " " "■ . . 204 



Extracts from an address by Thomas E. Payson, Esq., before the Essex 

 Agricultural Society, ....... 



Extracts from an address by E. H. Derby, Esq.. before the Middlesex So- 

 ciety of Husbandmen and Manufacturers, .... 



Extracts from an address by Hon. David Henshaw before the Worcester 

 County Agricultural Society, ...... 



Extracts from an address by Joshua R. Lawton, Esq.. before the Berkshire 

 Agricultural Society, ....... 



Extracts from an address by Professor John L. Russell, before the Plymouth 

 County Agricultural Society, ...... 



Address by Professor Charles U. Shephard, before the Hampshire. Hamp- 

 den, and Franklin Agricultural Societies, . 



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