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ing to method of M. Camille Beauvais, and process of ventilation of 

 M. Darcet, by M. Brunet De LaGrange ; Messrs. Cheney's experiment ; 

 management of Joseph Field ; silk culture in France. 

 Index. Errata. 



Fourth Report, 1840. 557 pages. 



Introduction. Contents. Errata. 



Report on agriculture of county of Franklin : general description ; aspect ; 

 soils ; condition of inhabitants ; agricultural pursuits ; crops, grasses, 

 Indian corn, oats, rye, wheat, broom-corn, hops, bariej 7 , buckwheat, 

 teasels, peppermint ; the dairy ; maple sugar ; live stock, neat cattle, 

 character and weight, cows, stall-fed cattle, management of stall-fed 

 animals, expenses and profits of stall-feeding, gain of stall-fed cattle, loss 

 of weight in driving, live and dead weight of cattle, pasturage ; sheep, 

 weight of, early lambs, housing, care of ewes, manger for sheep, dis- 

 eases of and remedies, general management, yield of wool ; swine ; 

 horses ; manures, lime, gypsum, wood ashes, clay, general management 

 of; rotation of crops ; reports of farms ; domestic economy; silk; 

 flax ; experiments, improvements, etc., freezing seed wheat, value of 

 corn-stalks, double crops on same land, time of cutting herds-grass, 

 natural and artificial grasses, seeding potatoes, redeeming land, irri- 

 gation, large yield of grass ; miscellaneous, manual labor school, 

 scythe and snath factories ; price of land ; buildings ; wood and fuel ; 

 orchards ; agricultural implements, roller, wagons, plough, hay-knife ; 

 condition of rural population ; agricultural society ; public roads ; 

 natural scenery. 



Report on agriculture of county of Middlesex : general description ; aspect ; 

 area and divisions ; soil ; pursuits of inhabitants ; crops and products, 

 Indian corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, potatoes, mangel- 

 wurzel, etc., beets, hops, grasses, red clover ; rotation of crops ; dairy 

 and milk establishments ; dairy stock ; Brighton market ; swine ; ma- 

 nures ; agricultural improvements ; fruits and orchards ; forest trees ; 

 ornamental trees ; particular farms ; agricultural implements ; nurs- 

 eries ; agricultural society ; miscellaneous ; agricultural education ; 

 Mount Auburn. 



Appendix : sheep and wool ; relative value of different kinds of food for 

 sheep ; agricultural chemistry ; experiments in culture of silk ; table 

 showing amount of hops inspected in Massachusetts under law passed 

 June, 1806 ; account of a farm from 1811 to 1836 ; pedigree of cow of 

 Paoli Lathrop ; pedigree of II. Whitney's short-horn cows, Xew Haven, 

 Conn. ; pedigree of cow of George Hood ; method of determining 

 weight of cattle ; extract from Revised Statutes ; plan of Mr. Phinney's 

 hog styes ; G. B. Emerson on the forest trees of Massachusetts ; number 

 of plants on an acre : forms of accounts ; feed of sheej) ; queries by the 

 Royal Danish Rural Economy Society ; list of plants considered as 

 weeds, by Rev. John L. Russell. 



