ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



119 



Silk, amount of, to an acre, and cost of 

 production, 1839, 122, 128, 159, 237. 



— cocoons of, for one pound of, 1S39, 104, 

 131, 236. 



— manufacture of, 1839, 140, 160, 163. 



— milkweed fibre for, use of, 1837, 72. 



— mulberry leaves to a pound of, 1839, 

 129, 236. 



— production and cost of, 1839, 122, 128. 



— raw, production of, 1839, 149. 



— reeling of, and reels, 1839, 137, 230, 484. 



— culture, act for the encouragement of, 

 1839, 222. 



as a domestic industry, 1839, 138, 225. 



at Northampton, Mass., concerning, 



1839, 101. 



expenses and profits of, 1840, 486, 488. 



experience in (Joseph Field), 1839, 



241. 

 experiment in (J. V. McLean), 1839, 



233. 

 experiments in (Dr. James Deane), 



1839,227; 1840,480. 



for pauper establishments, 1839, 169. 



for schools, 1839, 170. 



for the clergy, 1839, 168. 



for the Shakers, 1839, 170. 



hatching of eggs in, mode of delay- 

 ing, 1839, 135. 

 hurdles in, use of, 1S39, 134,235; 1840, 



485. 

 in Essex County, 1837, 72, 90; in 



Franklin County, 1840, 160. 



in France, methods of, 1839, 156, 247. 



in the United States, history of, 1839, 



97. 



labor applicable in, 1839, 166. 



management in, natural and artificial, 



1839, 132, 223. 



moth in, destruction of the, 1839, 136. 



patronage of the State, 1839, 103, 155. 



report on (Henry Cohnan), 1839, 97. 



— products, calculations respecting, 1839, 

 158. 



— reel, description of Deane's, 1839, 232. 



— worm, changes in life of the, 1840, 481. 

 disease, remedy for, 1840, 160. 



varieties of the, 1839, 131. 



— worms, feeding, experience in (Messrs. 

 Cheney), 1839,239. 



rearing, description of systems of, 



1839, 228. 



Silks, amounts expended for the intro- 

 duction of, into this country, 1839, 157. 



Sioux or Dutton corn, characteristics of, 

 1837,25; 1840, 10. 



Slaughter-house offal, management of, 

 1837, 73. 



Smoke-house, construction of a, 1838, 14 I. 

 Smut on wheat, characteristics of, 1839, 60. 

 Soil, account of application of the subsoil 



plough to a dry (Charles S. Lefevre), 



1839, 216. 



— forests as preservers of the, 1840, 508. 



— humus or geine in the, character, nature 

 and preparation of, 1838, 12, 157, 164; 



1839, 185, 188, 191; 1840, 466, 476. 



— lime in the, presence and office of, 1837, 

 129; 1838, 10,98. 



Soiling of cattle, 1837, 39; 1840, 97. 



— of sheep, 1837,69. 



Soils, analysis of, 1838, 157, 165. 



— guano on, effect of, 1840, 471. 



— of Berkshire County, 1838, 9; of Es- 

 sex County, 1837, 12; of Franklin 

 County, 1840, 3; of Middlesex County, 



1840, 196. 



— salts in, 1838, 157. 



to, application of, 1838, 161. 



— silicates in, 1838, 158. 

 Southdown sheep, characteristics and 



value of, 1837, 45; 1840, 103. 

 Stall-fed animals, management of, 1840, 

 54. 



— gain of, 1840, 74, 95. 



Stall feeding, animals for, selection of, 

 1840, 54, 63, 85, 90. 



— expenses and profits of, 1840, 64. 



— of sheep, experiments in, 1840, 106. 

 Stock, comparative value of hay, vegeta- 

 bles and corn for feeding, 1838, 139. 



— dairy, in Berkshire County, 1838, 54; 

 in Middlesex County, 1840, 257. 



— farm, at Ten Hills, improvement at, 



1838, 64. 



— feeding, waste in, 1840, 247. 



— food for, apples as, 1837, 62; 1840, 385. 



cooking of, 1838, 91 ; 1840, 93. 



parsnips as, 1810, 138. 



— live, for premium, presentation of, 1838, 

 125. 



in Berkshire Count}', raising of, 1838, 



141. 

 Stone buildings, cost of, 1837, 66, 121. 



— walls, evil of, 1837, 65. 

 Strawberry culture, methods and profits 



of, 1840, 382. 

 Si bsoil plough to a dry soil, account of 

 application of the (Charles S. Lefevre), 



1839, 216. 



— ploughing, advantages of, 1839, 91, 205, 

 216; 1810,223, 377. 



Suffolk County, wheat returns of, 1839, 



47. 

 SUGAR, beet, manufacture of, 1837, 71. 



— maple, how to make good, 1840, 47. 



