ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



KEPORTS OF REV. HENRY COLMAN. 



1837 — 1840. 



[The numerals refer to year of volume and page, respectively, 

 repetition of topic headings.] 



The dashes are used to avoid 



Accounts, forms of, 1810, 515. 

 Agricultural capacities of Berkshire 

 County, 1838, 103, 135. 



— education, importance of, 1840, 431, 437. 



— experiments and improvements in Berk- 

 shire County, 1838, 85. 



— implements in Franklin County, 1840, 

 175; in Middlesex County, 1840, 415. 



— improvements, importance of, 1839, 92. 

 in Middlesex County, 1840, 353. 



— pursuits in Middlesex County, 1840, 5. 



— schools in Essex County, 1837, 91. 



— Society, Berkshire, concerning the, 1838, 

 124. 



■ Essex, concerning the, 1837, 92. 



Franklin County, concerning a, 1840, 



184. 



— - Legislative, concerning the, 1840, 503. 

 Middlesex, concerning the, 1840, 419. 



— statistics of towns of Pittsrield, Ber- 

 nardston, Marlborough and Barre, 1838, 

 105, 175. 



— survey. (See Commissioner.) 



cost of, and work accomplished by 



the, 1837, 112; 1840, vii. 

 Agriculture, chemistry to, application 



of, 1840, 461. 



— experiments in, need of exact, 1838, 85. 



— influences of, moral, 1839, 57. 



— Massachusetts Society for Promoting, 

 concerning the, 1837,52; 1838, 55, 139; 

 1840, 259, 439. 



— reports on the, of Berkshire County, 

 1838, 6; of Essex County, 1837, 11 ; of 

 Franklin County, 1840, 1 ; of Middlesex 

 County, 1840, 193. 



— the foundation of national wealth, 1839, 

 56. 



Alexander, C, experiments by, with 



liquid manure, 1838, 173. 

 America and England, comparison of 



trees of, 1840, 504. 

 Animal, how to determine the thriftiness 



of an, 1840, 90. 

 Animals, apples as food for, 1837, 46, 49, 



62 ; 1838, 75 ; 1840, 385. 



— food of, cooking of, 1837, 46 ; 1838, 91 ; 

 1840, 93, 312. 



— for stall feeding, selection of, 1840, 54, 

 63, 85, 90. 



— should receive premiums, what, 1838, 

 125. 



— statistics of, offered for sale at Brighton 

 market, 1840, 302. 



— urine of, collecting and applying, as a 

 manure, 1838, 173 ; 1840, 327. 



how affected by turnips, 1837, 44. 



— weight of, method of determining the, 

 1840,300. 



Apples as food for animals, 1837, 46, 49, 

 62; 1838,75; 1840,385. 



— cultivation of, in Berkshire County, 1838, 

 141 ; in Middlesex County, 1840, 384. 



— picking and storing of, 1837, 61. 

 Ashes, coal, as a manure, 1837, 59. 



— wood, analysis of hard and soft, 1838, 

 159. 



as a manure, 1837, 29, 58 ; 1838, 77, 



158 ; 1839, 183 ; 1840, 130, 332, 406. 



— value of, in wheat culture, 1837, 29; 

 1839, 80, 180. 



Asparagus, cultivation of, 1840, 402. 

 Aykshirk cattle, characteristics ami value 

 of, 1838, 54 ; 1840, 259. 



— value of, as milkers, 1838,55; 1840,260. 

 for making cheese, 1838, 57. 



