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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Putrefaction, vegetable substances sus- 

 ceptible of, and products of, 1839, 189. 



Rams, stock, selection of, 1840, 457. 

 Roads, public, in Franklin Count}-, 1840, 



186. 

 Rock-weed as a manure, use and value 



of, 1837,58; 1839, 80, 181. 

 Roller, uses of the, 1840, 175. 

 Roots as food for dairy cows, 1837, 40. 



— cultivation of, 1837, 36, 40. 



— of grasses, characteristics of, 1840, 237. 



Rotation' of crops, importance and meth- 

 ods of, 1837, 15; 1838, 17, 40; 1839, 82; 

 1840, 6, 133, 136, 240, 473. 



Russell, Rev. John L., list by, of native 

 and introduced plants growing about 

 fields and gardens, and considered as 

 weeds, 1840, 522. 



Rust on wheat, cause and growth of, 1839, 

 58; 1840, 28. 



Ruta-bagas as food for sheep, 1840, 119. 



— cultivation, yield and profits of, in Berk- 

 shire County, 1838, 19, 33, 94. 



— transplanting of, 1838, 94. 



— value of, for feeding purposes, and 

 machine for cutting, 1838, 94; 1840, 119. 



Rte, cultivation, yield and profits of, in 

 Essex County, 1837, 30; in Franklin 

 County, 1840, 25 ; in Middlesex County, 

 1840, 215. 



— cultivation of, statement on (John 

 Keely), 1837, 113. 



— for feeding purposes, value of, 1840, 

 27. 



— soil for, 1837, 113. 



— straw, uses and value of, 1837, 30. 



Salt as a manure, 1840, 346. 



— for sheep, value of, 1840, 114, 446. 



— for swine, value of, 1838, 75. 



— marsh, improvements in, by diking, 

 1837, 74, 127. 



hay, yield and value of, 1837, 19, 74. 



Saltpetre as a manure, 1840, 334. 

 Salts in soils, 1838, 157. 



— to soils, order in which to apply, 1838, 

 161. 



Schools, agricultural, in Essex Count}', 



1837, 91. 

 Scythe and snath factories in Shelburne, 



1810, 169. 

 Sedge grass, characteristics and value of, 



1837, 18. 

 Seed, best, importance of using the, 1839, 



192, 200; 1840, 13. 



— forwarding, experiment in (James Free- 

 man), 1839, 192. 



Shakers' establishments in Berkshire 



County, 1838, 81. 

 Sheep, bloating in, remedy for, 1840, 446. 



— cost of keeping and profits of, 1837, 43 ; 

 1840, 98, 101, 106. 



— Dishley, Bakewell or Leicester, charac- 

 teristics and value of, 1837, 46; 1840, 

 103, HI. 



— ewes, care of, in lambing season, 1840, 

 113, 118, 445. 



— feed of, on (H. D. Grove), 1840, 518. 



— flock of, method of classification, 1840, 

 455. 



— food for, oats as, 1810, 113. 



of, 1837, 44; 1840, 445, 453, 459, 518. 



relative value of different kinds of 



(M. De Dombasle), 1840,459. 

 ruta-bagas as, 1840, 119. 



— foot rot in, character and cause of, 

 1840, 79, 115. 



remedies for, 1840, 115, 446. 



— housing of, 1840, 112, 445, 452. 



— husbandry in Essex County, 1837, 43 ; 

 in Franklin County, 1840, 98. 



— management of, 1840, 118, 445, 451. 



— manger for, form of a, 1840, 114. 



— marking and shearing of, 1840, 118. 



— Merino, Saxon, characteristics and value 

 of, 1837, 43 ; 1840, 98, 443, 446, 454. 



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



454. 



— Spanish, characteristics and value of, 

 1840, 102, 443, 446. 



— rams, stock, selection of, 1840, 457. 



— salt for, value of, 1840, 114, 446. 



— scab on, remedies for, 1840, 117, 446. 



— snuffles in, remedy for, 1840, 117. 



— soiling of, 1837, 69. 



— Southdown, characteristics and value 

 of, 1837, 45 ; 1840, 103. 



— stall feeding of, experiments in, 1840, 

 106. 



— washing of, 1840, 118. 



— weight of, 1S40, 111. 



— wethers for market, fattening of, 1837, 

 43 ; 1840, 104. 



— wool and, letters on (William Jarvis 

 and II. D. Grove), 1840, 443, 446. 



Shelburne, description of scythe and 

 snath factories in, 1840, 109. 



Shelburne Falls, manual labor school 

 at, description of, 1840, 167. 



Shorthorn cattle, Improved Durham, 

 characteristics and value of, 1837, 52; 

 1838, 66, 142 ; 1840, 264, 292, 294. 



Silicates in soils, 1838, 158. 



Silk, amount of, produced in Massachu- 

 setts, and bounty on the same, 1839, 104. 



