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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Hessian fly, injuries to the wheat crop by 

 the, 1837,23; 1839,65. 



— introduction of the, 1839, 65. 

 Highways, trees along the, utility of, 



1837, 65. 

 Hog manure, value of, 1840, 325. 



— styes, plan of E. Phinney's, 1S40, 500. 

 Hogs, Berkshire, characteristics and value 



of, 1833,74; 1840,306. 



— blind staggers in, cause and cure of, 

 1840, 315. 



— charcoal for, value of, 1840, 311. 



— Chinese, introduction of, 1840, 308. 



— feeding and management of, 1840, 310, 

 325. 



— food for, cooking of, 1840, 312. 



— grass -fed, characteristics of breed 

 known as, 1840, 306. 



— kill, best time to, 1840, 311, 323. 



— profits of raising, 1840, 317, 326. 



— weight of, 1840, 309. 



Hops, amount of, inspected in Massachu- 

 setts under law of 1806, 1840, 490. 



— cultivation, yield and profits of, in 

 Franklin County, 1840, 34, 37 ; in Mid- 

 dlesex County, 1840, 225. 



— gathering and drying of, 1840, 36, 227. 



— manuring of, 1840, 35, 226. 



— packing of, 1840, 36, 228. 



— plantations of, forming of new, 1840, 

 225. 



— poling of, 1843, 35, 226. 



— soil for, 1840, 225. 



Hokn shavings as a manure, 1840, 346. 

 Horseradish, cultivation of, 1840, 402. 

 Horses, character of, in Franklin County, 

 1840, 123. 



— versus oxen for farm labor, 1840, 124. 

 Humic acid, absorption of, 1840, 466. 



— received by plants through agency of 

 rain water, 1840, 467. 



Humus or geine, analysis of, 1838, 163. 



— character, nature and preparation of, 

 1838, 12, 157, 164; 1839, 185, 188,191; 

 1840, 466, 476. 



Indian corn. (See Corn.) 



— meal, for fattening hogs, value of, 1840, 

 313. 



— wheat or Tartarian buckwheat, charac- 

 teristics of, 1837, 33. 



Indians, seat of the first Christian mission 



to the, 1S40, 393. 

 Insect, grain, destruction of wheat by 



the, 1839, 50, 66 ; 1840, 28. 

 destruction of, by application of lime, 



1838,99; 1839,66; 1840,28. 

 habits of the, 1839, 67. 



Ipswich hay, characteristics of, 1837, 16. 

 Irrigation in England, example of, 1839, 

 218. 



— of land, 1840, 167. 



Italian v, boat, cultivation of, 1838, 96. 



Jarvis, William, letter by, on sheep and 

 wooi, 1840, 443. 



Keely, John, statement by, on cultivation 



of rye, 1837, 113. 

 Kelp or rock-weed, characteristics and 



value of, as a manure, 1837, 58 ; 1839, 



80, 181. 

 Kilham oats, characteristics of, 1837, 32. 

 Kxap-weed, characteristics of the, 1837, 



122. 



Labor, farm, horses versus oxen for, 1840, 

 124. 



— price of, in Berkshire County, 1838, 40. 



— school of manual, at Shelburne Falls, 

 description of the, 1840, 167. 



Lambs, early, cross for best, 1837, 45. 



for market, raising of, 1837,44; 1840, 



111. 

 Land, double crops on same, 1840, 163. 



— methods and results of reclaiming, 

 1837,74; 1840, 166,353. 



— marsh, reclaiming of, 1837, 74. 



— ploughing, methods of, 1840, 380. 

 Lands, clay, cultivating level, 1837, 80. 

 Larch, American, black or hackmatack, 



value of the, 1837, 116. 



— cultivation of the, 1837, 116. 



— foreign plantations of the, 1837, 117. 



— growth of the, 1837, 117, 118. 



— soil for the, 1837, 118. 



— timber, durability of, 1837, 116, 120. 



— white, growth and value of, 1837, 116. 



— varieties of the, 1837, 116. 

 Law of height of fences, 1837, 65. 



Laws relating to cutting up and packing 



of beef, 1840, 301,499. 

 Lee, description of water works on farm 



at, 1838, 145. 

 Lefevre, Charles Shaw, account by, of 



application of the subsoil plough to a 



dry soil, 1839, 216. 

 Legislative Agricultural Society, con- 

 cerning the, 1840, 503. 

 Liebig, Justus, concerning work of, on 



organic chemistry, 1840, 461. 

 Lime as a manure, value of, 1837, 60; 



1838, 12, 97 ; 1839, 74 ; 1840, 127, 349. 



— as an essential in the growth of wheat, 

 1837,28,129; 1838,97; 1839,50,74,177; 

 1840, 29. 



