ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



12; 



Breeding mares, concerning, 1851, 13, 

 208 ; 1852, 16, 220, 253. 



— stock, concerning, 1847, 180; 1848, 163; 

 1849, 332; 1850, 140; 1852, 113, 537. 



Brewer, Francis, essay by, on best method 

 of laying down land to grass, and con- 

 tinuing the product, 1852, 769. 



report by, on average cost of grain and 



root crops in Hampden County, 1851, 521. 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, ab- 

 stracts of returns of, 1845, 121; 1846, 

 142; 1847, 180; 1848, 160; 1849, 329; 

 1850,340; 1851,373; 1852,520. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 121 ; 

 1S46, 142; 1847, ISO; 1848, 160; 1849, 

 329; 1850, 340; 1851, 373, 473; 1S52, 

 520, 704. 



British agriculture, character of, 1850, 

 417,436; 1851,514,599. 



British and American farming con- 

 trasted, 1850, 417, 436. 



Brome grass, characteristics of, 1851, 153. 



Bronchitis in cattle, characteristics of, 

 and remedies for, 1846, 8; 1847, 3. 



Bkown, Simon, address by, on intelligent 

 agriculture, 1852, 650. 



essay by, on education of the young 



farmer, 1852, 758. 



report by, on agricultural imple- 

 ments, 1851,522. 



Buckingham, J. T., address by, on good 

 husbandry and the incentives to it, 1850, 

 411. • 



Buckminster, William, address by, on 

 practical hints on farming, 1849, 419. 



Buckthorn for fence purposes, 1845, 31. 



Buckwheat, concerning a crop of, 1850, 

 182. 



Budding trees, importance and methods 

 of, 1845,29; 1847, 71; 1819,365. 



Buds, function of, 1851, 637. 



Bullock, A. H., address by, on the har- 

 mony of labor, 1850, 420. 



on the progress of industry, and 



the harmony of labor, 1848, 208. 



Bulls, concerning, 1845, 49; 1848, 63; 



1849, 84, 187; 1850, 139; 1851, 11, 133, 

 171 ; 1852, 21, 111, 134, 14G, 223, 407. 



Butter, fats of, 1850, 162. 



— making, concerning, 1845, 13, 51 ; 1846, 

 66,88,118; 1847, 15, 158, 183; 1848,33, 

 96, 156; 1849, 5, 15, 169, 191, 288, 318; 



1850, 15, 144, 155, 160, 243; 1851, 19, 123, 

 178, 210, 278, 331, 371, 505; 1852, 32, 

 109, 144, 233, 265, 301, 328, 350, 418, 525. 



cold water in, use of, 1819, 10. 



errors in, 1S47, 16. 



— poor, causes of, 1851, 150. 



Butter, preserving of, 1852, 33. 



— salting of, 1845, 13; 1847, 16; 1848, 156; 

 1849, 7; 1850, 162, 167; 1851, 279. 



Cabbages, cultivation of, 1850, 65; 1852, 



737. 

 Canada thistle, methods of extirpating 



the, 1848, 122. 

 Canker worm, methods of destroying 



the, 1847, 74; 1852, 721. 

 Canonizing of fowls, concerning the, 1851, 



15. 

 Carron, absorption of, by leaves, 1845, 



161, 163. 

 Carboxic acid gas, concerning, 1S50, 460. 

 Carrot, analysis of the, 1851, 163. 



— wild, concerning the, 1850, 198. 

 Carrots as food for animals, 184S, 105, 



168; 1850,72; 1851,160; 1852,216,611, 

 732. 



— crops of, concerning, 1845, 54; 1846, 

 74; 1847, 36, 101, 121, 178; 1848, 67, 

 168; 1849, 62, 65, 170, 191, 201; 1850, 

 72, 189, 250, 262, 337; 1851, 26, 126, 162, 

 196, 226, 245, 344, 368, 388 ; 1852, 39, 171, 

 235, 257, 288, 292, 328, 419, 501, 732. 



Caterpillar, apple tree tent, methods of 

 destroying the, 1847, 75; 1849,161; 1851, 

 118; 1852, 723. 



Cattle, Alderney, importation of, 1851, 1. 



— Ayrshire, characteristics and value of, 

 1845, 186; 1846, 6, 16, 98; 1847,5; 1818, 

 4 ; 1850, 229 ; 1851, 3 ; 1852, 2, 730, 741. 



— bronchitis in, characteristics of, and 

 remedies for, 1846, 8; 1817,3. 



— crops as food for, comparative value of, 

 1848, 102; 1849, 71, 197; 1852, 612. 



— Devon, characteristics and value of, 

 1851,509; 1852,2,407,730. 



— Durham Shorthorn, characteristics and 

 value of, 1846, 17, 98; 1S48, 93; 1851, 

 509 ; 1852, 407, 730. 



— fat, concerning, 1845, 48; 1846, 64; 

 1847, 105; 1848, 53; 1849, 179; 1850, 

 14, 150, 295; 1851, 145, 171, 203, 277, 

 318, 376; 1852, 20, 122, 127, 231, 298, 

 510, 535. 



— fattening of, 1848, 93; 1849, 88; 1852, 

 68, 186. 



— feeding of, and food for, 1848, 103, 105, 

 168; 1849, 58; 1850, 9, 72; 1852, 186, 

 216, 611, 731. 



— Galloway polled, characteristics and 

 value of, 1849, 24. 



— Hereford, characteristics and value of, 

 1852, 730. 



— horn ail in, character of, and remedy 

 for, 1846, 8. 



