ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



121 



"Wheat, ploughing for, 1S39, 87. 



— smut on, characteristics and varieties 

 of, 1839, 60. 



— soils for, 1837, 27; 1839, G9; 1840, 213. 



— varieties of, 1837, 27 ; 1839, 72, 195. 

 experiments with different, 1839, 194. 



— yield of, per acre, 1837, 29 ; 1839, 50. 



— crop, destruction to, by grain insect, 

 1839, 50, 66 ; 1840, 28. 



by Hessian fly, 1837, 28; 1839, 65. 



to Massachusetts, importance of the, 



1839, 51. 



— cultivation, advantages of deep, 1839, 

 90. 



— culture, ashes in, value of, 1837, 29; 



1839, SO, ISO. 



cleanness essential in, 1839, 89. 



methods, yield and profits of, in Berk- 

 shire County, 1838, SI, 95; in Essex 

 County, 1837,26; in Franklin County, 



1840, 28; in Middlesex County, 1840, 

 210. 



kelp or rock-weed in, use of ashes of, 



1839, 80, 181. 



marls in, application of, 1839, 79. 



report on (Henry Colman), 1839, 49. 



— or naked barley, characteristics of, 1837, 

 32. 



— returns of the several counties, 1S39, 7, 

 48. 



— rust, cause and growth of, 1S39, 58; 



1840, 28. 



— seed, freezing, experiment in, 1S10, 103. 



Wheat seed, planting of imperfect, con- 

 demned, 1839, 85. 



selection of, 1839, 83, 200. 



soaking of, in brine, 1838, 31, 96; 



1839, 61. 



sowing of, 1839, 64, 86, 173. 



with clover, 1839, 81. 



to an acre, quantity of, 1839, 85, 201. 



— steeps, experiment with different, 1838, 

 167. 



— straw, analysis of, 1838, 160. 

 Wind breaks, forests as. 1840, 508. 

 Wire worm, injury from ravages of the, 



1839, 62. 



— turning over greensward to destroy the, 



1839, 63. 



— use of salt and lime to destroy the, 183S, 

 98; 1839, 62. 



Wood ashes, analysis of hard and soft, 



1833, 159. 

 as a manure, 1837, 29, 58; 183S, 77, 



158; 1839, 80, 183; 1840, 130, 332, 406. 



— wax, characteristics and value of the, 

 1837, 69. 



for soiling sheep, value of, 1837, 69. 



Wool, letters on sheep and (William Jar- 

 vis and H. D. Grove), 1840, 443, 446. 



— production and value of, 1837, 45 ; 1S40, 

 99, 102, 120. 



Woollen waste as a manure, cotton and, 



1840, 332, 379. 



Worcester County, wheat returns of, 

 1839, 24. 



