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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Sugar, maple, orchard, forming a, 1810, 



49. 

 Sunflower for oil, cultivation and value 



of the, 1337,71. 

 Survey, agricultural. (See Commissioner.) 



— cost of, and work accomplished by the, 

 1837, 112; 1810, vii. 



Swale hay, value of fresh meadow or, 



1837, 19; 1810,8. 



Swixe. (See Hogs and Pigs.) 



— apples as food for, 1838, 75. 



— ashes and charcoal for, 1838, 75. 



— barley meal for fattening, 1837, 49. 



— Berkshire, characteristics and value of, 



1838, 74 ; 1840, 306. 



— buttermilk as food for, 1833, 72. 



— Byfield breed of, characteristics and 

 value of, 1837,48; 1833,74. 



— fattening, methods of, 1837, 49; 1838, 

 75, 91 ; 1840, 32, 121, 313, 317. 



value of broom-corn seed for, 1840, 



32. 

 Indian meal for, 1840, 313. 



— in Berkshire County, 1838, 74; in Essex 

 County, 1837, 48; in Franklin County, 

 1840, 121. 



— live weight of, gain in, 1837, 49; 1840, 

 317. 



■ — Mocho breed of, characteristics and 

 value of, 1838, 74. 



— salt for, 1838, 75. 



Tartarian buckwheat or Indian wheat, 

 characteristics of, 1837, 33. 



— or horse mane oats, characteristics of, 

 1837,33; 1840,215. 



Teasels, cultivation of, in Berkshire 

 County, 1838, 42 ; in Franklin County, 

 1840, 38. 



method of, 1838, 44. 



— fullers, characteristics of, 1838, 42. 



— imports of, into Boston, 1838, 43. 



— qualities of, 1838, 43. 



— soil for, 1838, 44. 



— yield of, per acre, 1838, 43. 



Thatch grass, characteristics and value 

 of, 1837, 18. 



Thayer, Minot, statement by, on raising 

 calves, 1838, 154. 



Threshing-machine, description of a, 

 1838, 144. 



Tile draining, advantages of (Daniel Web- 

 ster), 1839, 217. 



Timber, value of forests for, 1840, 509. 



Tinea, guarding against the bee moth or, 

 1837,71, 125. 



Trees along highways, utility of, 1837, 

 65. 



Trees, climate on, effect of, 1837, 61 ; 1838, 

 150; 1839,226. 



— of America and England, comparison 

 of, 1840, 504. 



Turf, description of instrument for cut- 

 ting, 1840, 372. 



Turnips, cultivation, yield and profits of, 

 in Berkshire County, 183S, 31. 



— effect of, on urine of animals, 1837, 44. 



— for fattening cattle, value of, 1840, 57. 



United States, history of silk culture in 

 the, 1839, 97. 



— the first ploughing match in the, 1810, 

 380. 



Urine cistern, construction and utility of 

 the, 1838, 172. 



— of animals, collecting and applying, as 

 a manure, 1338, 173; 1840, 327. 



how affected by turnips, 1837, 44. 



Vegetable culture, use of potash and 

 peat in, 1839, 186. 



— substances susceptible of putrefaction, 

 and products of, 1839, 189. 



of the acid and of the vinous fer- 

 mentation, and products, 1839, 188. 



Vegetation, chemical phenomena in, 

 1839, 204. 



— philosophy of, 1839, 69. 

 Veterinary school of medicine, need of 



a, 1840, 125. 



Wagons used in Franklin County, de- 

 scription of, 1840, 176. 



Waltham, dairy and soiling in, 1838, 69. 



Wealth, national, agriculture the founda- 

 tion of, 1839, 56. 



Webster, Daniel, extracts from an ad- 

 dress of, on tile draining, 1839, 217. 



Weeds in Essex County, 1837, 69; in 

 Middlesex County, 1S40, 522. 



Wheat, analysis of different varieties of, 

 1839, 194. 



— bounty on, objects of offering and 

 amount paid, 1839, 49, 51. 



— draining land for, 1839, 89. 



— drought on, effect of, 1839, 50, 68. 



— Indian, or Tartarian buckwheat, char- 

 acteristics of, 1837, 33. 



— Italian, cultivation of, 1838, 96. 



— lime an essential in the growth of, 1837, 

 28, 129 ; 1838, 97 ; 1839, 50, 74, 177 ; 1840, 

 29. 



— lodging of, 1839, 68. 



— manures for, 1837, 27, 56 ; 1839, 73, 180. 



— mildew or blight on, characteristics of, 

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



