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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Essex County, potatoes in, cultivation of, 

 1837, 33. 



— rye in, cultivation of, 1837, 30. 



— .-beep husbandry in, 1837, 43. 



— silk culture in, 1837, 72, 90. 



— soil of, 1837, 12. 



— swine in, 1837, 48. 



— weeds in, 1837, 69. 



— wheat in, cultivation of, 1837, 26. 

 returns of, 1839, 38. 



Essex plough, description of the, 1837, 



68. 

 Ewes at lambing season, care of, 1840, 



113, 445. 



Farm, account of a, from 1811-36 (Benja- 

 min Goddard), 1840, 492. 



— buildings in Berkshire County, 1838, 

 79; in Essex County, 1837, 66. 



— labor, horses versus oxen for, 1840, 

 124. 



Farmers becoming bankrupt, causes of, 



1840, 180, 247. 

 Farms, reports of various, 1837, 81 ; 1838, 



100 ; 1840, 143, 396. 



— size of, in Essex County, 1837, 14. 

 Fence purposes, value of the buckthorn 



for, 1837, 66. 



the cockspur thorn for, 1837, 123. 



the white mulberry for, 1837, 66. 



Fences in Essex County, character and 



condition of, 1837, 65. 



— height of, law of, 1837, 65. 



— live, concerning, 1837, 65, 123. 



— stone-wall, evil of, 1837, 65. 



Fermentation, vegetable substances sus- 

 ceptible of the acid, and products, 1839, 

 189. 



— vegetable substances susceptible of the 

 vinous, and products, 1839, 188. 



Field, Joseph, experience of, in the pro- 

 duction of silk, 1839, 241. 

 Fish as a manure, 1837, 58. 



— oil as a manure, 1837, 57. 

 Flanders manure, 1838, 170, 172. 

 Flax in Berkshire County, cultivation and 



yield of, 1838, 45; in Essex County, 



1837, 72; in Franklin County, 1840, 

 162. 



Flaxseed, value of, for fattening pur- 

 poses, 1838, 45; 1840, 61, 103. 

 Food for animals, cooking of, 1837, 46; 



1838, 91 ; 1840, 93, 312. 



— of plants, sources of, 1838, 11; 1839, 

 203 ; 1840, 134, 466. 



Foot rot in sheep, cause and character of, 

 1840, 79, 115. 



— remedies for. 1840, 115, 446. 



Forest trees of Massachusetts (George B. 



Emerson), 1840, 503. 

 Forests as conductors of electricity, 1S40, 



508. 



— as preservers of the soil, 1840, 508. 



— as wind breaks, 1840, 508. 



— effect of, on climate, 1840, 507. 



— for fuel and timber, 1840, 509. 



— in Essex County, 1837, 63 ; in Middle- 

 sex County, 1840, 388. 



Fouls in cattle, cause of, 1840, 79. 

 France, pines in, experiment in planting 

 of, 1840, 506. 



— silk culture in, 1839, 156, 247. 

 Franklin County Agricultural Society, 



concerning a, 1840, 184. 

 Franklin County, agriculture of, report 

 on the, 1840, 1. 



— agricultural implements in, 1840, 175. 



— - pursuits in, 1840, 5. 



— aspect of, 1840, 2. 



— barley in, cultivation of, 1840, 37. 



— buckwheat in, cultivation of, 1840, 38. 



— buildings in, character of, 1840, 173. 



— cattle in, fattening, economy of, 1840, 

 80. 



neat, character and weight of, 1840, 



51. 



— corn in, broom, cultivation of, 1840, 30. 

 Indian, cultivation of, 1840, 9, 23. 



— cows owned in, valuable, 1840, 52. 



— crops in, rotation of, 1840, 6, 136. 



— dairy in, the, 1840, 41. 



— description, general, and area of, 1840, 1. 



— farms in, reports of, 1840, 143. 



— flax in, cultivation of, 1840, 162. 



— grasses in, cultivation of, 1840, 5. 



— hay-knife used in, description of, 1840, 

 177." 



— hops in, cultivation of, 1840, 34, 37. 



— horses in, character of, 1840, 123. 



— inhabitants of, condition of the, 1840, 5. 



— land in, price of, 1840, 171. 



— manures in, character of, 1840, 127. 



— oats in, cultivation of, 1840, 23. 



— orchards in, 1840, 174. 



— peppermint in, cultivation of, 1840, 38. 



— plough used in, description of, 1840, 

 176. 



— population in, condition of the rural, 

 1840, 177. 



— roads in, public, character of, 1840, 186. 



— roller in, use of a, 1840, 175. 



— rye in, cultivation of, 1840, 25. 



— scenery of, 1840, 187. 



— scythe and snath factories in, 1840, 169. 



— sheep husbandry in, 1840, 98. 



— silk culture in, 1840, 160. 



