ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Lime, destruction of the grain insect on 

 wheat by application of, 183S, 99; 1839, 

 G6 ; 1840, 28. 



— in the soil, presence and office of, 1S37, 

 129; 183S, 10,98. 



— quick, to animal manure, application 

 of, 1840, 348. 



Locust, growth and value of the, 1837, 64. 



— borer, destruction of the, 1838, 100, 151. 



Mangel-wurzel, cultivation of, in Mid- 

 dlesex County, 1840, 221. 



Manual labor, school of, at Shelburne 

 Falls, description of the, 1840, 167. 



Manufactures in Essex County, 1837, 72. 



Manure, artificial, letter on (Dr. S. L. 

 Dana), 1838, 157, 170. 



— ashes as a, 1837, 29, 58; 1838, 77, 158; 

 1839, 80, 183; 1840, 130, 332, 406. 



coal as a, 1837, 59. 



— bones as a, 1837, 27, 130; 1810, 331. 



— clam shells as a, 1837, 57. 



— clay as a, 1840, 130. 



— cotton and woollen waste as, 1840, 332, 

 379. 



— fish as a, 1837, 58. 

 oil as a, 1837, 57. 



— Flanders, 1838, 170, 172. 



— green, application of, 1838, 142; 1840, 

 343. 



— green crops as, ploughing in, 1837, 59 ; 

 1839, 81, 187; 1840, 238. 



— gypsum as a, 1837, 59 ; 1838, 77 ; 1840, 

 127, 334, 471. 



— hog, value of, 1840, 325. 



— horn shavings as a, 1840, 346. 



— kelp or rock-weed as a, 1837, 58; 1839, 

 80, 181. 



— lime as a, 1837, 60; 1838, 12, 97; 1839, 

 74; 1840, 127,349. 



to, application of quick, 1840, 348. 



— liquid, saving and application of, 1837, 

 54; 1838,143; 1839,180; 1840,327. 



— marls as, 1837, 61; 1838, 78, 85; 1839, 

 79. 



— muscle bed as, 1837, 57. 



— night-soil as a, 1837, 57 ; 1840, 329, 331. 



— peat as, 1838, 9. 



— prices of, in Essex County, 1837, 60; 

 in Middlesex County, 1840, 327- 



— refuse of comb manufactories as a, 

 1837. 58. 



— salt as a, 1840,316. 



— saltpetre as a, 1840, 334. 



— saving and compounding, cellars under 

 barns for, 1837,66; 1838, 113. 



— slaughter-house, 1837, 57, 73. 



— urine of cattle as, 1838, 173 ; 1840, 327. 



Manures, application of, 1837, 54, 56; 

 1840, 348, 473. 



— compost and liquid, 1S38, 142. 



— decomposition of, effect of, 1837, 55. 



— in Berkshire County, 1838, 76 ; in Essex 

 County, 1837, 54 ; in Franklin County, 

 1840, 127. 



— management of, general, 1840, 131. 



— philosophy of, the, 1837, 55 ; 1840, 350. 



— statement on (A. Nichols), 1839, 183. 



— upon quality of products, effects of dif- 

 ferent, 1840, 470. 



Maple as an ornamental tree, the, 1840, 

 45, 49. 



— for fuel and timber, use and value of 

 the, 1840, 44, 50. 



— sugar, how to make good, 1840, 47. 

 industry in Franklin County, the. 



1840, 44. 

 selection and tapping of trees for, 



1840, 44, 45. 



syrup, boiling of, in making, 1840, 48. 



weather most favorable for making, 



1840, 45. 

 Marble quarries in Berkshire County, 



description of, 1838, 132. 

 Marlborough, agricultural statistics of 



the town of, 1838, 182. 

 Marls as manure, 1837, 61 ; 1838, 78, 85 ; 



1839, 79. 



— in wheat culture, application of, 1839, 

 79. 



Marsh land, reclaiming of, 1S37, 74, 127. 

 Massachusetts, amount of hops inspected 

 in, under law of 1806, 1840, 490. 



— forest trees of (George B. Emerson), 



1840, 503. 



— silk culture in, 1839, 104. 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 



concerning the, 1840, 440. 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting 



Agriculture, concerning the, 1837, 52; 



1838, 55, 139 ; 1840, 259, 380, 439. 

 McLean, J. V., experience of, in silk 



culture, 1839, 233. 

 Merino sheep, Saxon, characteristics and 



value of, 1837,43; 1840,98,443, 146,454. 

 history of (H. D. Grove), 1840, 446, 



454. 



— Spanish, characteristics and value of, 

 1840, 102, 443, 446. 



Meteorological journal of Allen C. 

 Metcalf, 1838, 147. 



Middlesex Agricultural Society, concern- 

 ing the, 1840, 419. 



Middlesex County, agricultural educa- 

 tion in, 1840, 431. 



implements in, 1810, 415. 



