ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



113 



Franklin County, soils of, 1840, 3. 



— sugar, maple, making of, in, 1840, 

 44. 



— swine in, raising of, 1840, 121. 



— teasels in, cultivation of, 1840, 38. 



— wagons used in, description of, 1840, 

 176. 



— wheat in, cultivation of, 1840, 28. 

 returns of, 1839, 13. 



— wood and fuel in, 1840, 174. 

 Freeman, James, experiment by, in for- 

 warding seed, 1839, 192. 



Fruit in Essex County, cultivation of, 



1837, 61. 



— trees, effect of climate on, 1837, 61 ; 



1838, 150. 



Fuel, value of forests for supply of, 1840, 



509. 

 Fungi, germination of, 1838, 164. 



Geine or humus, analysis of, 1838, 163. 



— character, nature and preparation of, 



1838, 12, 157, 164; 1S39, 185, 188, 191; 

 1840, 466, 476. 



Gelieu's method of wintering of bees, 



1837, 127. 

 Germination, chemical phenomena in, 



1839, 204. 



— of fungi, 1838, 164. 



Giant's Staircase in Berkshire County, 



description of, 1838, 134. 

 Goddard, Benjamin, account by, of a 



farm from 1811-36, 1840, 492. 

 Goose grass, characteristics and value of, 



1837, 18. 



Grain insect, destruction of wheat by the, 



1839, 50, 66 ; 1840, 28. 



— destruction of, by application of lime, 



1838, 99; 1839,66. 



— habits of the, 1839, 67. 



Grain worm, character and destruction of 



the, 1838, 99, 169. 

 Grass, black, characteristics and value of, 



1837, 18. 



— branch, characteristics and value of, 

 1837, 18. 



— English bent, characteristics and value 

 of, 1840, 7. 



— fed hogs, characteristics of breed known 

 as, 1840, 306. 



— goose, characteristics and value of, 1837, 

 18. 



— herds, proper time to cut, 1837, 16 ; 



1840, 164, 235. 



— oat, tall meadow, characteristics and 

 value of the, 1840, 233, 235. 



— red or fox, characteristics and value of, 

 1837, 18. 



Grass, sedge, characteristics and value of, 

 1S37, 18. 



— seeding down to, 1837, 15; 1840, 210, 

 232. 



— seed, method of saving of, 1837, 16. 



time of sowing, 1837, 15 ; 1840, 233. 



to an acre, amount of, 1837, 15 ; 1840, 



5, 232. 



— thatch, characteristics and value of, 



1837, 18. 



Grasses, cultivation of the, in Essex 

 County, 1837, 15 ; in Franklin County, 

 1840, 5; in Middlesex County, 1840, 

 232. 



— natural, of Deerfield meadows, value of, 

 1810, 6, 166. 



— of Berkshire County (Professor Dewey) , 



1838, 184. 



— roots of, characteristics of, 1840, 237. 

 Green crops as a manure, ploughing in 



of, 1837, 59; 1839, 81, 187; 1840, 238. 

 Green manure, application of , 1838, 142; 



1840, 348. 

 Grove, H. D , statement by, on feed of 



sheep, 1840, 518. 

 Guano on soils, effect of, 1840, 471. 

 Gypsum as a manure, 1837, 59; 1838, 77; 



1840, 127, 334, 471. 



Hackmatack or black larch, value of the, 



1837, 116. 

 Hampden County, wheat returns of, 1839, 



21. 

 Hampshire County, wheat returns of, 



1839, 17. 



Hay, drying of, practice of, 1840, 8. 



— Ipswich, characteristics of, 1837, 16. 



— price of, average, 1837, 17; 1840, 237. 



— salt marsh, yield and value of, 1837, 

 19, 74. 



— seeds, practice of sowing clover with 

 other, 1837, 16. 



— swale, value of fresh meadow or, 1837, 

 19; 1840,8. 



— yield of, per acre, 1837, 17; 1838, 41, 



1840, 167, 236. 



— crop, importance of the, in Essex 

 County, 1837, 17. 



— knife, used in Franklin County, de- 

 scription of the, 1810, 177. 



Hedges, or live fences, concerning, 1837, 



65, 123. 

 Herds-grass, cutting and curing of, 1837, 



16 ; 1840, 164, 235. 



— seed, method of saving of, 1837, 16. 

 Hereford cattle, characteristics and value 



of, 1840, 265. 

 Hessian fly, habits of the, 1839, 65. 



