ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



133 



3; 1846, 1; 1S47, 1; 1848, 1; 1849, 1; 



1850, 1; 1851, 1; 1852, 1. 

 Massachusetts Society for Promoting 



Agriculture, bull of the, concerning the, 

 1849, 86, 175. 



— concerning the, 1845, ix. 



— stock imported by the, pedigrees of, 



1845, 190. 



reports on, 1845, 5, 183; 1846, 3; 



1847,2; 1848,2; 1849,3; 1850,2; 1851, 

 1 ; 1852, 2. 



Meahow and swamp lands, statements 

 of experience in the improving of, 1845, 

 16, 43, 53, 105; 1S46, 27, 31, 46, 51, 102, 

 122 ; 1847, 93, 140, 165 ; 1848, 14, 83, 180 ; 

 1849, 36, 137, 146, 234, 243, 358 ; 1850, 52, 

 77, 132, 289, 441 ; 1851, 47, 113, 191, 230, 

 252, 257, 307; 1852, 105, 152, 314, 522. 



— improvement of (Temple Cutler), 1848, 

 126. 



Means grass, characteristics of, 1847, 215. 

 Mechanic arts (W. O. Gorham) , 1850, 209. 



— relations between agriculture and the, 



1851, 185. 



— tools, concerning, 1845, 52, 77; 1846, 

 68. 



Meslins, concerning crops of, 1815, 85; 



1846, 110. 



Mice, protection of trees against, 1851, 232. 



Michigan sod and subsoil plough, con- 

 cerning the, 1850, 308; 1851, 100, 248, 

 317, 414, 465, 495 ; 1852, 35, 285, 472, 693. 



Middlesex Agricultural Society, abstracts 

 of returns of, 1845, 37 ; 1846, 45 ; 1847, 



— 81; 1848,7; 1849,129; 1850,116; 1851, 

 103 ; 1852, 84. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 37; 1846, 

 45; 1847,84; 1848,7; 1849,129; 1850, 

 116; 1851,103,445; 1852,84,677. 



Middlesex County, statistics of agricult- 

 ure and manufactures of, 1847, 217. 



Milch cows, concerning, 1845, 9, 50, 74 ; 

 1846, 15, 60, 64, 96, 150 ; 1847, 9, 99, 106, 

 196; 1848, 24, 55, 92; 1849, 81, 168, 180, 

 220, 250, 267, 285, 315, 350 ; 1850, 5, 138, 

 152, 227, 274, 293 ; 1851, 10, 119, 138, 205, 

 240, 275, 287, 319, 375, 497 ; 1852, 24, 118, 

 134, 225, 273, 353, 376, 401, 404, 456. 



— and dairy products (Allen W. Dodge), 

 1851, 497. 



— herd of, statement of produce of, 1851, 

 332. 



Milk and cream before churning, treat- 

 ment of, 1845, 13; 1846, 6, 15; 1850, 

 160; 1851,278. 



— as food, value of, 1850, 8. 



— cows for dairy purposes, how to be 

 selected, and the most advantageous use 



to be made of their (William Parkhurst), 

 1852, 743. 

 Milk, parts of, 1851, 149; 1S52, 750. 



— potash essential in the formation of, 



1851, 119. 



Milking, concerning, 1847, 10; 1851, 278; 



1852, 403. 



Mind and the soil to be improved, the (J. 

 R. Lawton), 1847,229. 



— of man, concerning the, 1845, 136. 

 Minerals and rocks, composition of, 1848, 



229. 

 Molasses from stalks of northern corn, 



experiments in making, 1846, 148. 

 Moral cultivation, concerning, 1851, 559. 

 Morgan horses, characteristics and value 



of the, 1849,223; 1850,255. 

 Morris breed of native cows, concerning 



the, 1S46, 98. 

 Morton or Michigan plough, concerning 



the, 1850, 308; 1851, 100, 248, 317, 444, 



465, 495 ; 1852, 35, 285, 472, 693. 

 Mowing and pasture lands, top dressings 



for (Charles L. Flint), 1850, 76. 

 Muck sand, concerning the use of, 1845, 171. 

 Mud as a top dressing, 1850, 78. 

 Murphy apple, concerning the, 1852, 49. 

 Muscle bed manure for onions, use of, 



1817, 32, 48. 

 Mutton as a substitute for beef, 1852, 77. 



Native breed of cattle, concerning the, 



1840, 17, 98 ; 1847, 6 ; 1851, 502, 507. 

 New England cattle, classes of, 1846, 16. 



— climate of, 1848, 199. 



Newhall, Asa T., address by, on agri- 

 cultural improvements, 1849, 357. 



Newhall, Josiah, address by, on how to 

 make farming profitable, 1848, 191. 



Nichols, Andrew, essay by, on destroying 

 weeds, 1848, 120. 



Norfolk County, on the agriculture and 

 manufactures of, 1819, 299. 



— statistics of agriculture of, in 1845, 

 18.19, 306. 



— what can be done for the farming of 

 (Charles F. Adams), 1850, 426. 



Norfolk County Agricultural Society, 

 abstracts of returns of, 1849, 269; 1850, 

 278; 1851,298; 1852, 383. 



— report by trustees of the, mi the culture 

 of wheat, 1852, 435. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1849, 269; 

 1850, 278 ; 1851, 298, 470 ; 1S52, 383, 698. 



— suggestions to the members of the (B. 

 V.French), 1352,449. 



— suggestions to the trustees of the, 1850, 

 317. 



