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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Leaves, absorption of carbon by, 1845, 

 161, 163. 



Lee, Dr. Daniel, address by, on the neces- 

 sity of science to advance agriculture, 

 1850, 381. 



Legislative Agricultural Society, con- 

 cerning the, 1848, iv, 243. 



Leicester sheep, characteristics and value 

 of, 1852, 74, 551. 



Libraries, establishment of agricultural, 

 by agricultural societies (Allen W. 

 Dodge), 1848, 131. 



Lime as a manure, 1846, 124; 1850, 80, 

 454,457; 1852,256,336. 



— phosphate of, concerning, 1850, 454. 



— sulphate of, or gypsum, concerning, 



1849, 34 ; 1850, 85, 457 ; 1851, 46. 

 Lincoln, John \V., report by, on cultiva- 

 tion and measurement of crops, 1851, 516. 



Liquid manure, methods of saving, and 



value of, 1847, 211. 

 Literature, agricultural, concerning, 1847, 



230. 

 Locust for forest tree planting, value of 



the, 1845, 94. 

 Louse, bark, destroying the, 1847, 75. 

 Lucerne, concerning, 1849, 391 ; 1852, 740. 

 Lye, spent, as a manure, 1845, 35. 



Maize. (See Corn.) 



Malay or Chittagong fowl, characteristics 



of the, 1849,93; 1850,237. 

 Man, mind of, concerning the, 1845, 136. 

 Mangel-wurzel, analysis of the, 1849, 



54. 



— as food for cattle, 1849, 55. 



— crop of, statement concerning, 1850, 71. 



— sowing of, manner of, 1849, 54. 

 Manufactures, concerning domestic, 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. 



— of Norfolk County, remarks on the 

 agriculture and, 1849, 299. 



— report on (Charles C. Sewall), 1851, 531. 

 Manure, apatite as a, 1850, 454. 



— application of, 1846, 127 ; 1849, 122, 232, 

 364; 1850,378; 1851,43,64,611; 1852, 

 60, 489. 



— artificial, formation of an, 1845, 171. 



— ashes as, 1847, 49; 1850, 82, 456; 1851, 

 33; 1S52, 439. 



— bones as a, 1849, 382; 1850, 8S, 453; 



1851, 569. 



— compost, methods of making, 1845, 20, 

 33, 110 ; 1846, 128, 131 ; 1847, 49, 89, 94, 

 144, 166; 1848, 19, 145; 1849, 69, 173, 

 230, 325; 1850, 81, 91, 251; 1851, 44, 



157, 248, 352, 359, 369, 390, 615; 1S52, 

 70, 335, 346, 492, 511. 

 Manure, concentration and consolidation 

 of, 1851, 614. 



— fork, use of the, 1850, 240. 



— green crops as, ploughing in, 1846, 34; 



1847, 21 ; 1848, 235 ; 1849, 233, 389. 



— guano as, 1851, 621 ; 1852, 593. 



— gypsum as a, 1849, 34 ; 1850, 85, 457 ; 



1851, 46. 



— kelp or rock-weed as, 1851, 368. 



— lime as a, 1846, 124; 1850, 80, 454, 457; 



1852, 256, 336. 



— lye, spent, as, 1845, 35. 



— muscle bed as, 1847, 32, 48. 



— organic, concerning, 1850, 459. 



— peat as, 1845, 20 ; 1849, 373 ; 1851, 254. 



— plaster as, 1846, 123, 125. 



— salt as a, 1845, 108 ; 1846, 39 ; 1849, 

 310. 



— saltpetre as a, 1847, 145, 148. 

 Manures, classes of, 1845, 170 ; 1S47, 144. 



— communication on (Levi Bartlett), 1852, 

 66. 



— compost (J. E. Howard), 1852, 511. 

 application of, to mowing fields, ex- 

 periment in tbe, 1846, 131. 



— containing nitrogen, beneficial action 

 of, 1848,239,241,247. 



— covering of, importance of, 1847, 145. 



— experiments on, 1845, 33; 1847, 143; 

 1849,68, 230; 1851,43,615. 



— ingredients of, 1848, 246. 



— liquid, value of, 1847, 211 ; 1850, 93. 



— making, preserving and applying, con- 

 cerning, 1846, 134 ; 1847,143; 1849,319, 

 374; 1850,93,329,338,377,418; 1851, 

 43, 615, 620 ; 1852, 256. 



— remarks on (Teschemacher, J. E.), 



1848, 243. 



(Wilder, Marshall P.), 1848, 251. 



— solubility of, importance of, 1850, 462. 



— the mechanical properties of the soil, 

 and the consolidation and protection of 

 (J. E. Teschemacher), 1851, 606. 



Mapes, Prof. J. J , address by, on what 

 has been and is doing for the general 

 advancement of agriculture, 1852, 600. 



Mares, breeding, concerning, 1851, 13, 

 208; 1852, 16, 220, 253. 



Massachusetts, agricultural progress in, 

 for the last half century (Charles T. 

 Russell), 1850, 397. 



— wool growing in, 1852, 13, 297, 399. 

 Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. 



(See Agriculture.) 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting 

 Agriculture, abstracts of returns of, 1845, 



