320 INDEX. 



Reed, J. P., report by, 166-168 



Relation of soil culture to soul culture, address on, 45-54 



Repair of roads, systems of, 233, 236, 237, 277, 298 



Requisites for profitable farming, 12 



Resolve concerning the construction and repair of roads, 204 



Roads, grades and classes of, 289, 292 



Road-rollers, their construction and use, 228, 229 



Rodman, E., report by, 188, 193 



Root crops, statements on, 131, 132, 133, 134 



Rural life, advantages of, 47, 48, 72 



Rural life favorable to study and culture, 46, 47, 48 



Rural population of Massachusetts, why it has decreased 85, 86 



Seed, the best only should be selected for planting, 14, 15, 142 



Sheep, care and management of, 183, 184 



Sheep, report on 182-184 



Sherman, I. H., report by, 154-156 



Shorthorns and their value, 170, 177 



Soil of the older States has become exhausted, 78, 102 



Soil culture and soul culture, relations between, address on, ... 45, 50, 54 



Slow profits in farming, a stumbling block, 52,53 



Special legislation, and its evils, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 90 



Squashes, characteristics of different, 140 



Stock exerts no influence on a graft, 5 



Stock, reports on, 161, 170, 182 



Stone-breakers, their description and use, 223 



Stone, Eliphalet, address by, 34, 40, 44 



Swedish turnips, statement on, 134, 135 



Swedish turnips, varieties and culture of, 138 



Thoroughbred dairy cows, report on, 166, 169, 173, 174, 175 



Thoroughbred seed only should be planted, 14, 15, 16 



Unimproved land of the State, 80, 124 



Vegetables, culture of, 145 



Vegetables, reports on, 135, 143 



Vineyard, cost of setting one, 117, 118, 123 



Vineyard, management of, 117, 118, 119, 122 



Walker, Freeman, report by, 193, 198 



"Ware, Benj. P., address by, 1, 10, 16 



Wheat, statements on, 130 



Why the rural population of Massachusetts has decreased, 85, 86 



Working oxen, report on, 164-166 



Yield of a single grape-vine, 114 



