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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Cattle, improvement of, 1849, 84. 



— Jersej', characteristics and value of, 

 1851, 2; 1852, 3,407,730. 



importation of, 1851, 1. 



— native, concerning, 1846, 17, 98 ; 1847, 

 6; 1851,502, 507. 



— neat (Lathrop, Taoli), 1851, 506. 



(Sprague, Seth), 1852, 726. 



average value of, 1846, 65. 



— New England, classes of, 1846, 16. 



— soiling of, concerning the practice of, 



1846, 99; 1S50, 94, 151 ; 1852, 453. 

 crops to be used in, and time of sow- 

 ing, 1852, 458. 



on the (Josiah Quincy, Sr.) , 1852, 453. 



— training of, concerning the, 1851, 135. 

 Charcoal in agriculture, uses of, 1848, 



249,252; 1851,608,621. 



— dust for fruit trees, value of, 1848, 42, 

 252. 



Cheese, defects in, causes of, 1846, 89. 



— manufacture of, antiquity of, 1852, 142. 

 concerning the, 1846, 68, 88, 118; 



1847, 158, 183; 1848, 65, 97, 158; 1849, 

 12, 21, 318; 1851, 20, 148, 178, 181, 241, 

 278 ; 1852, 141, 234, 265, 350, 525. 



Chemistry, application of, the, to agri- 

 culture (Dr. Charles T. Jackson), 1850, 

 413. 



— in its relations to agriculture (L. V. 

 Bell), 1852, 580. 



— within the farmer's house, need of, 1847, 

 256. 



Cherries, varieties of, 1848, 256. 

 Chinese agriculture, character of, 1851, 

 598. 



— fowls, concerning, 1849, 96. 

 Chittagong or Malay fowls, character- 

 istics of, 1849, 93 ; 1850, 237. 



Choate, David, essay by, on the cultiva- 

 tion of the cranberry, 1847, 55. 



on sheep husbandry, 1852, 71. 



Churn, Crowell's patent thermometer, 

 concerning, 1849, 11; 1850, 241. 



— Davis' patent self-adjusting, 1850, 166. 

 Churning, mode of, 1845, 13; 1849, 10; 



1850,17,160; 1851,278; 1852,751. 



— treatment of milk and cream before, 

 1845,13; 1849,6,15; 1850,160; 1851,278. 



Clay as an absorbent, 1851, 609. 



Clevis on the plough, arrangement of the, 



1846, 69. 

 Climate of New England, concerning the, 



1848, 199. 



— on fruit, effect of soil and, 1847, 76, 83. 

 Coal ashes as a top dressing, 1850, 84. 

 Cochin China fowls, characteristics of, 



1S49, 95 ; 1850, 237. 



Colman, Rev. Henry, concerning, 1849, 4, 



9; 1850,417; 1851,8,602. 

 Colts, care and management of, 1848, 35; 

 1849, 90; 1850, 231; 1852, 17,221, 253, 

 504. 

 Compost manure, methods of making, 

 1845, 20, 33, 45, 110 ; 1846, 128, 135 ; 1847, 

 49,89,94,144,166; 1818,19,145; 1849,69, 

 173,230,325; 1850,48,81,91,251; 1851, 

 44, 157, 248, 352, 359, 369, 390, 615; 1852, 

 70, 335, 346, 492, 511. 

 — manures (J. E. Howard), 1852, 511. 

 application of, to mowing fields, ex- 

 periment in the, 1846, 131. 



spreading of, best time for, 1816, 133. 



Convention, proceedings of the associ- 

 ated agricultural, 1851, 398. 

 Corn, Indian, analysis of, 1849, 115. 



as food for animals, 1848, 107; 1819, 



115; 1852,753. 



crops of, concerning, 1845, 32, 87, 112 ; 



1846,110,137; 1847,25,175; 1848,149, 

 169, 183, 195; 1849, 50, 198, 246, 282, 

 326, 341; 1850, 61, 179, 247, 259, 271, 

 288, 329, 344, 352; 1851, 35, 41, 126, 195, 

 223, 242, 341, 359, 382, 3S7 ; 1852, 44, 

 259, 269, 288, 322, 372, 430, 494, 523, 548. 



cultivation of (William R. Putnam), 



1849, 117. 



methods of, 1849, 116, 125; 1852,754. 



cultivators for, 1850, 239. 



germination and growth of, facts in 



relation to the (John S. Gould) , 1852, 613. 



green, as food for cattle, 1848, 104, 



107; 1849,71, 126. 



harvesting of, 1849, 119, 127. 



hilling of, 1847, 25; 1849, 125. 



history and importance of the, as an 



agricultural product (Chas. L. Flint), 

 1849, 103. 



importance of, 1848, 107; 1849, 113, 



419. 



literature of, 1849, 103. 



manuring for, 1849, 122; 1851, 225; 



1852, 626, 754. 



origin and names of, 1849, 103. 



plant food removed from soil by, 



1852, 619. 



plant, analysis of the, 1852, 617. 



growth of the, 1852, 613, 617. 



ploughing land for, 1845, 112; 1849, 



120; 1852, 754. 



selection of the seed, 1845, 32 ; 1849, 



121. 



soils for, 1849, 113. 



value of the crop of, and the best 



mode of cultivating it (J. R. Lawton), 

 1852, 753. 



