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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Denny, George, resolutions on death of, 

 1851, 439. 



Deonotonizing, concerning the practice 

 of, 1852, 741. 



Derby, E. H., address by, on the influ- 

 ence of science and capital, railroads and 

 manufactures, on agriculture, 1847, 214. 



Devon cattle, characteristics and value of, 

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



Dodge, Allen W., communication by, 

 relative to returns of societies, 1846, x. 



essay by, on rearing turkeys, 1850, 95. 



on the establishment of agricultural 



libraries by agricultural societies, 1848, 

 131. 



report by, on milch cows and dairy 



products, 1851, 497. 



Domestic manufactures, concerning, 1845, 

 36,61,122; 1846,84,116,146; 1847,126, 

 200; 1848, 174; 1849, 80, 216, 297, 339; 



1850, 24 ; 1851, 185, 290, 531 ; 1852, 534. 

 Dorking fowl, characteristics of the, 1847, 



113; 1849,91; 1850,237; 1851,327. 

 Drainage, importance of, 1848, 233; 1851, 

 574. 



— results from a system of thorough, 

 1847,258; 1848, 126. 



Draining meadow, swamp and uplands, 

 methods and results of, 1848, 126; 1849, 

 237; 1851,47,252,571; 1852,152,366,603. 



— subsoil ploughing and thorough (B. V. 

 French), 1852, 740. 



Drought, stirring of the soil in, 1848, 199. 

 Ducks, Aylesbury, characteristics and 



value of, 1851, 328. 

 Dunghill fowl, characteristics of the, 



1819,97; 1850,237. 

 Durham Shorthorn cattle, characteristics 



and value of, 1846, 17, 98; 1818, 93; 



1851, 509; 1852,407,730. 



Eagle plough, alterations in the, 1846, 13. 



Eaton, Lilly, address by, on the privileges 

 and duties of farmers, 1849, 367. 



Education. (See Agricultural Educa- 

 tion.) 



— of the young farmer (Simon Brown), 



1852, 758. 



Electricity in plant growth, 1846, 35. 

 Emerson, George B., communication by, 



on cultivation of forest trees, 1847, 42. 

 Endicott pear tree, concerning the, 1850, 



27,43; 1852, 711. 

 English hay as food for cattle, 1848, 11)3. 

 Entomology in agriculture, position of, 



1849, 415. 

 Escutcheon, Guenon's system of selecting 



cows by the, 1852, 745. 



Essex Agricultural Society, abstracts of 

 returns of, 1845, 6; 1846, 13; 1847, 9; 

 1848, 75; 1849, 4; 1850, 3; 1851, 8; 

 1852, 6. 



— hints for consideration of the trustees 

 of the, 1848, 75. 



— purchase of library of Henry Colman 

 by, 1849, 4. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 6 ; 1846, 

 13; 1847, 9; 1848, 75; 1849, 4; 1850, 

 3; 1851, 8,442; 1852,6,674. 



Experiments, agricultural, concerning, 

 1846,61; 1849,170,309; 1851, 125. 



Fairs, benefits resulting from agricult- 

 ural, 1845, 37; 1851, 185; 1852, 396, 604. 



Fall Harvey apple, characteristics of the, 

 1852, 51. 



Fan mills, concerning, 1850, 241. 



Farm accounts, farm diaries, and agri- 

 cultural registers (Ben: Perley Poore), 

 1850, 106. 



— barns, description of particular, 1851,57. 



— diary, specimen page of, 1850, 114. 



— horses, concerning, 1850, 231, 254. 



— implements, concerning, 1845, 52 ; 1846, 

 68; 1847, 114, 157; 1848, 31; 1849, 174, 

 257, 295; 1850, 25, 145, 169, 239, 267, 

 307,407; 1851,147,296,346,522; 1852, 

 35, 361, 395. 



— journal, advantages of keeping a, 1845, 

 24. 



— laborers, concerning, 1850, 309; 1851, 

 106. 



— work, horses versus oxen for, 1848, 162 ; 

 1850, 233. 



Farmer, education of the young (Simon 

 Brown), 1852, 758. 



— must be educated, the (Gen. H. K. 

 Oliver), 1852,563. 



— the study of the natural sciences impor- 

 tant to the (Prof. John L. Russell), 

 1847, 236. 



Farmers' clubs (Dr. Stephen Reed), 1852, 

 772. 



— daughters, concerning, 1845, 137; 1S49, 

 366. " 



— defects of, some of the, and the means 

 of remedying them (Increase S. Smith), 

 1849,413. 



— institutes (Dr. Edward Hitchcock), 

 1852, 669. 



— privileges and duties of, the (Lilly 

 Eaton), 1849, 367. 



Farming and religion, connection be- 

 tween, 1845, 178. 



— British and American, contrasted, 1850, 

 417, 436. 



