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AGRICULTURE OP MASSACHUSETTS. 



Middlesex County, agricultural improve- 

 ments in, 1840, 353. 

 pursuits in, 18-10, 5. 



— agriculture of, report on the, 1840, 193. 



— apples in, cultivation of, 1840, 384. 



— area of, and divisions, 1840, 196. 



— aspect and general description of, 1840, 

 193. 



— barley in, cultivation of, 1840, 217. 



— beets in, cultivation of, 1840, 222. 



— buckwheat in, cultivation of, 1840, 219. 



— corn in, Indian, cultivation of, 1840, 199. 



— crops and products in, 1840, 198. 



— crops in, rotation of, 1840, 240. 



— dairy and milk establishments in, 1840, 

 19S, 249. 



— farms in, particular, 1840, 396. 



— forest trees and wood in, 1840, 388. 



— fruits and orchards in, 1840, 382. 



— grasses in, cultivation of the, 1840, 232. 



— hops in, cultivation of, 1840, 225. 



— inhabitants in, pursuits of, 1840, 197. 



— mangel-wurzel in, cultivation of, 1840, 

 221. 



— manure in, prices of, 1840, 327. 



— nurseries in, 1840, 416. 



— oats in, cultivation of, 1840, 213. 



— potatoes in, cultivation of, 1840, 219. 



— rye in, cultivation of, 1840, 215. 



— soil of, 1840, 196. 



— stock in, dairy, 1840, 257. 



— Ten Hills stock farm in, improvement 

 at, 1838, 64. 



— trees in, ornamental, 1840, 393. 



— weeds in, list of (Rev. John L. Russell), 

 1840, 522. 



— wheat in, cultivation of, 1840, 210. 

 returns of, 1839, 33. 



Mildew or blight on wheat, characteristics 



of, and remedy for, 1837, 28 ; 1839, 59. 

 Milk, adulteration of, 1840, 253. 



— amount of, furnished by a herd of 

 cows, 1840, 254. 



to a pound of butter, 1837, 40 ; 1840, 



252. 

 to a pound of cheese, 1837, 40. 



— records of particular cows, 1837, 40, 50 ; 

 1838, 46, 62; 1840, 41, 52, 249, 254, 269, 

 281, 295. 



Milkers, deep, property of being, acci- 

 dental, 1810, 268. 

 Milking properties of cows, 1838, 65. 

 Milkweed fibre for silk, use of, 1837, 



Muck as a top dressing, value of, 1840, 



339. 

 Mulberries from seed, raising of, 1839, 



121. 

 Mulberry, Alpine, characteristics and 



value of, 1839, 105. 



— black, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 104. 



— Broussa, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 105. 



— Canton, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 114. 



— Perottet, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 101, 103, 106, 225, 227, 238; 1840, 

 161. 



— Roman, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 113. 



— Sharpe's, characteristics and value of, 

 1839, 117,223. 



— white, characteristics and value of, 1839, 

 104, 246. 



for fence purposes, value of the, 1837, 



66. 



— leaves to a pound of silk, quantity of, 

 1839, 129, 236. 



— trees, effects of frost on, 1839, 226, 227. 



— varieties of, mode of managing and 

 cultivating of the improved, 1839, 118. 



Multicaulis fever, appearance of, 1840, 



267. 

 Muscadine, or silk-worm disease, remedy 



for, 1840, 160. 

 Muscle bed as a manure, 1837, 57. 

 Mutton, increase in demand for, 1840, 104. 



Nantucket County, wheat returns of, 



1839, 47. 

 Native cattle, characteristics and value 



of, 1837, 50 ; 1838, 54 ; 1840, 293, 296. 

 New England, examples of thrift and 



comfort in, 1840, 155. 

 Nichols, A., statement by, on manures, 



1839, 183. 

 Night-soil, preparation for use, and 



transportation of, 1840, 331. 



— value of, as a manure, 1837, 57; 1S40, 

 329, 331. 



Nitrogen in excrements, amount of, 1840, 



327. 

 Norfolk County, wheat returns of, 1839, 



39. 

 Northampton, silk culture at, 1839, 101. 

 Nourse cow, concerning the, 1837, 50. 



Mocho breed of swine, characteristics of, 



1838, 74. 

 Mount Auburn Cemetery, description of, 



1S40, 440. 



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



282. 

 Oat grass, tall meadow, characteristics 



and value of, 1S40, 233, 235. 



