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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Chahlock, characteristics of, and methods 



of destroying, 1837, 70, 113. 

 Cheese, capping of, method of, 1838, 73. 



— in Berkshire County, making of, 1838, 

 72 ; in Essex County, 1837, 40. 



— milk required to make a pound of, 



1837, 40. 



— per cow, amount of, 1840, 295. 



— shelves, construction and utility of, 



1838, 73, 155. 



Chemical phenomena in germination and 



vegetation, 1839, 204. 

 Chemistry, organic (Justus Liebig), 1840, 



461. 

 Cheney, Messrs., experience of, in feeding 



silk-worms, 1839, 239. 

 Chinese hogs, introduction of, 1840, 308. 

 Cider, use of, 1837, 62. 

 Clam shells as a manure, 1837, 57. 

 Clay as a top dressing, 1840, 130. 



— lands, cultivating level, 1837, 80. 

 Climate, effect of forests on, 1840, 507. 



— of Berkshire County, 1838, 14; of Es- 

 sex County, 1837, 12 



— on fruit, effect of, 1837, 61 ; 1838, 150. 

 Clover among grain for ploughing in, 



sowing of, 1837, 60. 



— character of growth of, 1839, 81. 



— red, cultivation and value of, 1840, 235. 



— sowing of, with other hay-seeds, 1837, 

 16. 



with wheat, 1839, 81. 



Coal ashes as a manure, 1837, 59. 

 Cockspur thorn for fence purposes, char- 

 acteristics and value of, 1837» 123. 

 Colman, Henry, report by, on silk culture, 



1839, 97. 



on wheat culture, 1839, 49. 



Com p. manufactories, refuse of, as a ma- 

 nure, 1837, 58. 



Commissioner for an agricultural survey, 

 instructions of the executive to the, 1837, 

 5,93. 



— letter of, to farmers, circular, 1837, 6, 

 95. 



— letters of transmittal by, 1837, 3 ; 1838, 

 3 ; 1839, 3. 



— principal objects of inquiries of, 1837, 

 8,93. 



— report, blank form for farm, 1837, 6, 

 109. 



— statement of, to committee of House of 

 Representatives, 1837, 5. 



Compost and liquid manures, formation 

 and saving of, 1837, 54 ; 1838, 142 ; 1839, 

 180 ; 1840, 327. 



Corn, broom, seed for fattening swine, 



1840, 32. 



Corn, Indian, cultivation, yield and profits 

 of, in Berkshire County, 1838, 14, 18; 

 in Essex County, 1837, 19; in Frank- 

 lin County, 1840, 9, 23; in Middlesex 

 County, 1840, 199. 



culture, protection against crows in, 



1840, 388. 



crop, importance of the, 1837, 26; 



1838, 139; 1840, 209. 



Dutton or Sioux, characteristics of 



the, 1837. 25 ; 1840, 10. 



harvesting and managing, mode of, 



1840, 15, 17. 



hilling of, 1840, 209. 



imports of, into port of Boston, 1837, 



26. 



lasting character of, 1837, 25. 



land to grain, seeding down of, 1840, 



210. 



manuring for, 1837, 56. 



meal, and cob, for fattening cattle, 



1840, 62. 



Pickwacket, characteristics of the, 



1837, 24. 



planter, description of a, 1840, 415. 



planting of, on an inverted green- 

 sward, 1837, 25. " 



seed of, selection of, 1839, 194. 



soil for, 1837, 19, 24. 



stalks of, topping of, 1840, 15, 210. 



value of, for feeding purposes, 1837, 



24 ; 1840, 82, 163. 



suckering, advantages of, 1840, 210. 



varieties of, 1837, 24; 1840, 10. 



Cotton and woollen waste as a manure, 

 1840, 332, 379. 



Cow, Cramp, concerning the, 1840, 281. 



— Oakes, concerning the, 1837, 50; 1840, 

 282. 



— per, amount of cheese, 1840, 295. 

 Cows, amount of milk furnished by a herd 



of, 1840, 254. 



— butter properties of different, 1837, 

 52. 



— dairy, corn-stalks as food for, 1837, 24 ; 

 1840, 82, 163. 



feeding and management of, 1837, 39, 



41; 1838, 45; 1840,41, 249. 

 potatoes as food for, 1837, 39, 41 ; 



1838, 90 ; 1840, 254. 



roots as food for, 1837, 40. 



— milk and butter records of particular, 

 1837, 40, 50; 1S38, 46, 62; 1840, 41, 52, 

 249, 254, 269, 281, 295. 



— milking properties of, 1838, 65. 



— pedigrees of, 1840, 497. 



— soiling of, 1837, 39 ; 1840, 97. 

 Cream, churning fresh, 1840, 251. 



