121 



AGIlICULTUHE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Apples, varieties of, 1847, 76, 138, 147; 



1848, 42, 255; 1850, 35, 42, 135; 1851, 



274 ; 1852, 48, 332, 724. 



extinction of, 1850, 44. 



Arabian breed of horses, characteristics 



of the, 1849,91; 1851, 174. 

 Ashes, analyses of, 1850, 451. 



— as a manure, 1847, 49; 1850, 82, 456: 

 1851, 33; 18.52, 439. 



— as a top dressing, 1847, 75; 1850, 82. 



— to kill insects, application of, 1847, 75. 



— coal, as a top dressing, 1850, 84. 

 Audubox, concerning, 1852, 656. 

 Axles, improvement in mail, 1848, 31. 

 Aylesbury ducks, characteristics and 



value of, 1851, 328. 

 Ayrshire cattle, characteristics and value 

 of, 1845, 1S6; 1846, 6, 16, 98; 1847, 5; 

 1848,4; 1850,229; 1851,3; 1852,2,730, 

 744. 



Baldwin apple, concerning the, 1847, 138; 



1850, 35,43; 1S52, 49. 



Bark louse or coccus, destroying the, 1847, 



75. 

 Barley, concerning crops of, 1S46, 110; 



1851, 338, 36G; 1852, 44, 425, 500, 549. 

 Barns, farm, description of particular, 



1851, 57- 

 Barnstable County Agricultural Society, 



abstracts of returns of, 1845, 124; 1816, 



148; 1847, 190; 1848, 180; 1849, 343; 



1850,348; 1851,385; 1852,546. 

 ■ — reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 124; 



1846, 148; 1847, 190; 1848, 180; 1849, 



343; 1850, 348; 1851, 385, 476; 1852, 



546, 707. 

 Bartlett, Levi, communication by, on 



manures, 1852, 66. 

 Bartlett'.s patent double plough, con- 

 cerning, 1849,27; 1851, 101. 

 Basket willow (John Fleming, Jr.), 1852, 



474. 

 Bean, characteristics of the, 1846, 40. 

 Beans, white, concerning crops of, 1845, 



117; 1846,40; 1847,178,188; 1849,341; 



1850,336; 1851,387; 1852,434,549. 

 Bee, description and natural history of 



the, 1851, 81. 



— drone, concerning the, 1851, 84. 



— enemies of the, 1851, 96. 



— hives, construction of, 1851, 87. 



— moth or Tinea, concerning the ravages 

 of the, 1851, 82, 96. 



— queen, concerning the, 1851, 82. 

 Bees, health of, how preserved, 1850, 20. 



— keeping of, 1845, 88; 1846, 144; 1849, 

 337; 1850, 18; 1851, 80, 97, 335. 



Bees, swarming of, 1850, 19; 1851, 82, 92. 



— worker, concerning, 1851, 85. 



Beef, mutton as a substitute for, 1852, 



77. 

 Beets as food for animals, 1848, 105 ; 1852, 



736. 



— crops of, concerning, 1848, 154; 1849, 

 65; 1850,04; 1851,366; 1852,736. 



— species of, 1850, 191. 



— sugar, cultivation and value of, 1846, 

 78; 1849, 56; 1850, 191. 



Bell, L. V., address by, on chemistry in 



its relations to agriculture, 1852, 5S0. 

 Bellflovver apple, concerning the, 1852, 



50. 

 Bennett, Edmund II , reports by, on 



ornamental and forest trees, 1851, 377; 



1S52, 529. 

 Berkshire Agricultural Society, abstracts 



of returns of, 1S45, S4; 1S46, 107; 1847, 



149; 1848, 27; 1849, 252; 1850, 263; 



1851,281; 1852,339. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 84; 

 1846, 107; 1847, 149; 1848, 27; 1849, 

 252; 1850, 263; 1851, 281, 466; 1S52, 

 339, 690. 



Berkshire County, agriculture of, 1S50, 

 420. 



— swine, characteristics and value of, 

 1816, 23. 



Birch, gathering the seed of the, 1845, 96. 

 Blackberry vine, methods of destroying 



the, 1848, 123. 

 Boltox gray fowls, characteristics of, 



1851, 326. 



Bones as a manure, 1849, 382; 1850, 88, 

 453; 1851, 569. 



Borer, apple tree, description of, and 

 methods of destroying, 1847, 75; 1848, 

 261; 1849,161; 1851,118; 1852,720. 



— peach, description of, and methods of 

 destroying, 1850, 137; 1851, 315. 



Bounty, amount of, received by the agri- 

 cultural societies, 1S45, ix. 



Boi'twejll, George S., address 1)}', on ag- 

 ricultural education, 1851, 423. 



on the pleasures and the profits of 



farming, and the folly of quitting it, 

 1850, 369. 



Bra.man, Rev. M. P., address by, on some 

 of the obstacles which have impeded the 

 progress of agriculture, and the mode in 

 which its improvement can specially be 

 promoted, 1851, 537. 



Brassica rapa, concerning the, 1851, 165. 



Bread, making and judging of, 1850, 25, 

 141, 243, 306; 1851, 124, 178, 333, 372; 



1852, 265, 303, 417, 525. 



