ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Breeding, principles of, 1838, 65. 

 Brighton market, account of the, 1840, 

 297. 



— statistics of animals offered for sale at, 

 1840, 302. 



Bristol County, wheat returns of, 1839, 



41. 

 Broom-corn, cultivation, yield and profits 



of, in Franklin County, 1840, 30. 



— gathering, mode of, 1840, 30. 



— seed for fattening animals, value of, 

 1840, 32. 



Brooms, the manufacture of, 1840, 31. 



Brown, Timothy H., method by, of re- 

 deeming bog meadow, 1839, 220. 



Buckthorn for fence purposes, 1837, 66. 



Buckwheat, cultivation, yield and profits 

 of, in Essex County, 1837, 33 ; in Frank- 

 lin County, 1S40, 38; in Middlesex 

 County, 1840, 219. 



— Tartarian, or Indian wheat, character- 

 istics of, 1837, 33. 



Butter, color of, depends on, what the, 



1837, 41. 



— feed on, effect of, 1838, 71. 



— making, essentials in, 1837, 40; 1838, 

 71. 



— milk required to make a pound of, 1837, 

 40; 1840,252. 



— properties of different cows, 1837, 52. 



— records of particular cows, 1837, 40, 50 ; 



1838, 46, 62; 1840, 41, 52, 249, 254, 269, 

 281, 295. 



— and cheese in Essex County, dairies for 

 the manufacture of, 1837, 40. 



Byfield breed of swine, characteristics 

 and value of, 1837, 48 ; 1838, 74. 



Cabbages, cultivation of, 1839, 58. 

 Calves, "deaconing" of, 1838, 53. 



— raising of, methods of, 1838, 69, 154 ; 

 1840, 42. 



statement on (Minot Thayer), 1838, 



154. 



— weaning of, early, 1838, 71. 

 Canada thistle, characteristics of, and 



methods of extirpating the, 1837, 69, 122. 



— reproductive powers of the, 1837, 122. 

 Canker-worm, method of destroying the, 



1837, 61. 

 Carbon in plants, sources of, 1840, 466. 

 Carrots, cultivation, yield and profits of, 



in Berkshire County, 1838, 91. 



— objections to cultivation of, 1838, 93. 



— cutting of tops of, results of, 1840, 16. 



— for fattening swine and cattle, 1838, 91. 

 Cattle, Ayrshire, characteristics and 



value of, 1838, 54; 1840, 259. 



Cattle, Ayrshire, value of, as milkers, 



1838, 55; 1840, 260. 

 for making cheese, 1838, 57. 



— breeds of, comparison of, 1840, 86. 



— cream pot breed, characteristics of the, 

 1838, 66. 



— Devon, characteristics and value of, 

 1838,62; 1840, 265. 



crossing of, with Shorthorn, 1840, 



296. 



— fat, weight of, 1837, 47 ; 1840, 51. 



— fattened, gain of, with the actual cost 

 of keeping, 1840, 95. 



in pasture, 1840, 78. 



— fattening, barley for, 1837, 31. 

 carrots for, 1838, 91. 



— - corn and cob meal for, value of, 1840, 

 62. 



flaxseed for, 1838, 45; 1840, 61, 163. 



in Franklin County, economy of, 



1840, 80. 



methods of, 1840, 50, 94. 



oil meal for, 1840, 58. 



— - potatoes for, 1840, 56. 

 turnips for, 1840, 57. 



— feeding of, punctuality in, importance 

 of, 1840, 79, 93. 



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

 91; 1840,93,312. 



— fouls in, cause of, 1840, 79. 



— Hereford, characteristics and value of, 

 1840, 265. 



— into Essex County, attempts in intro- 

 ducing foreign breeds of, 1837, 52. 



— native, characteristics and value of, 

 1837, 50; 1838, 54 ; 1840, 293, 296. 



— neat, in Berkshire County, 1838, 62, 141 ; 

 in Essex County, 1837, 49; in Franklin 

 County, 1840, 51. 



— Shorthorn, Improved Durham, charac- 

 teristics and value of, 1837, 52; 1838, 

 66, 142 ; 1840, 264, 292, 294. 



— stall-fed, gain of, 1840, 74, 95. 

 management of, 1840, 54. 



— stall feeding, expenses and profits of, 

 1840, 64. 



prices of, for, 1840, 82. 



selection of animals for, 1840, 54, 63, 



85, 90. 



— urine of, as a manure, 1838, 173 ; 1840, 

 327. 



— weight of, live and dead, 1840, 76. 



loss of, in driving, 1840, 7">, 93. 



method of determining, 1S40, 300, 



499. 

 Charcoal in Berkshire County, manu- 

 facture of , 1838, 131. 



— for hogs, value of, 1840, 311. 



