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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Barley, cultivation, yield and profits of, 

 in Essex County, 1837, 31 ; in Franklin 

 County, 1840, 37 ; in Middlesex County, 

 1840, 217. 



— for fattening cattle, 1837, 31. 



— price of, per bushel, 1837, 31. 



— wheat or naked, characteristics of, 1837, 

 32. 



— meal for fattening swine, 1837, 49. 



— straw, use and value of, 1837, 31. 

 Barn cellars, construction and utility of, 



1837, 54, 66 ; 1838, 80 ; 1840, 132. 

 Barns, improvements in construction of, 



1840, 380. 

 Barnstable County, wheat returns of, 



1839, 46. 

 Barre, agricultural statistics of the town 



of, 1838, 183. 

 Beef in Essex County, production of, 



1837, 46. 



— laws relating to cutting up and packing 

 of, 1840, 301, 499. 



Beehives, construction of, 1837, 124. 



— keeping in Essex County, concerning, 

 1837, 70, 123. 



— moth or Tinea, guarding against the, 



1837, 71, 125. 



Bees, swarming of, 1837, 125. 



— to multiply indefinitely, advisability of 

 allowing, 1837, 125. 



— wintering of, Gelieu's method of, 1837, 

 127. 



Beet sugar in Essex County, manufacture 

 of, 1837, 71. 



Beets, cultivation, yield and profits of, in 

 Middlesex County, 1840, 222. 



Bent-grass, English, characteristics and 

 value of, 1840, 7. 



Berkshire Agricultural Society, concern- 

 ing the, 1838, 124. 



Berkshire County, agricultural capacities 

 of, 1838, 103, 135. 



experiments and improvements in, 



1838, 85. 



statistics of, 1838, 103. 



— agriculture of, report on, 1838, 6, 



— apples in, cultivation of, 1838, 141. 



— boundaries and situation of, 1838, 6. 



— carrots in, cultivation of, 1838, 91. 



— charcoal in, manufacture of, 1838, 131. 



— cheese in, manufacture of, 1838, 72. 



— climate of, 1838, 14. 



— comparative value of hay, vegetables 

 and corn in, 1838, 139. 



— corn in, Indian, cultivation of, 1838, 14, 

 18. 



— crops of, and yields, 1838, 14, 15. 

 expenses and profits of, 1838, 18. 



Berkshire County, crops of, rotation of, 

 1838, 17, 40. 



— cultivation and products of, increase 

 of, 1838, 138. 



— dairy husbandry in, 1838, 45, 58, 71. 

 stock in, 1838, 54. 



— domestic economy in, 183S, 137. 



— experiments and improvements in, 1838, 

 85. 



— features and aspect of, general, 1838, 7. 



— farm buildings in, 1838, 79. 



— farms in, reports of, 1838, 100. 



— flax in, cultivation and yield of, 1838, 45. 



— grasses of (Professor Dewey), 1838, 184. 



— husbandry in, exclusive, 1838, 136. 

 "— labor in, price of, 1838, 40. 



— manures in, care and use of, 1838, 76. 



— marble quarries in, 1838, 132. 



— markets and manufactures of, 1838, 13. 



— meadows and peat bogs of, alluvial, 

 1838, 9. 



— neat cattle in, 1838, 62, 141. 



— oats in, cultivation of, 1838, 21, 33. 



— population of, occupations of, 1838, 13. 



— potatoes in, cultivation of, 1838, 19. 



— reports of valuation committee in 1831, 

 1838, 188. 



— ruta-bagas in, cultivation of, 1838, 19, 

 33, 94. 



— scenery of, natural, 1838, 133. 



— Shakers' establishments in, 1838, 81. 



— soils of, 1838, 9. 



— swine in, 1838, 74. 



— ■ teasels, fullers, cultivation and yield of, 

 in, 1838, 42. 



— territory in, division of, 1838, 6. 



— turnips in, cultivation of, 1838, 34. 



— wheat in, cultivation of, 1838, 31, 95. 

 returns of, 1839, 7. 



Berkshire marls, in wheat culture, use 

 of, 1839, 79. 



— swine, characteristics and value of, 

 1838, 74 ; 1840, 306. 



Bernardston, agricultural statistics of 



the town of, 1838, 176. 

 Birch, growth and value of the, 1837, 64. 

 Bloating in sheep, remedy for, 1840, 446. 

 Bog meadow, method of redemption of 



(Timothy H. Brown), 1839, 220. 

 Bone-black as a manure, 1837, 130. 

 Bones, burnt, as a top dressing, value of, 



1837, 130. 



— ground, as a manure, 1837, 27, 130; 

 1840, 331. 



Boston, imports of bread stuffs into port 

 of, 1839, 173. 



corn into port of, 1837, 26. 



teasels into port of, 1838, 43. 



