136 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Ploughs, steam, use of, 1850, 67; 1851, 

 264; 1852, 251. 



— subsoil, construction and use of, 1815, 

 7 ; 1847, IS ; 1849, 121 ; 1850, 308. 



Plum trees, cultivation of, 1847, 185. 



— protection of, against the curculio, 1847, 

 74; 1819, 46. 



Plums, varieties of, 1847, 257. 



Plymouth County Agricultural Society, 

 al> ~tracts of returns of, 1845, 92; 1346, 

 119; 1847, 160; 184S, 139; 1849, 308; 

 1850, 324; 1851, 317; 1852, 481. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1845, 92; 1846, 

 119; 1847, 160; 1848, 139; 1819, 303; 



1850, 324; 1851, 347, 472; 1852, 481, 

 702. 



— reports of supervisors of the, 1845, 98; 



1846, 127; 1817, 163; 1818, 139; 1849, 

 319; 1850,323; 1351,354. 



Poland fowls, characteristics of, 1847, 113 ; 



1849, 95 ; 1850, 237. 



Poore, Ben : Perley, essay by, on farm 

 accounts, farm diaries, and agricultural 

 registers, 1850, 106. 



Pork, profits of raising, 1846, 26; 1848, 

 101; 1852,334. 



Porter apple, concerning the, 1852, 51. 



Potash essential to the formation of milk, 



1851, 149. 



— water, washing of fruit trees with, 1852, 

 100. 



Potato blight, concerning the, 1846, 111. 



— rot, communications on the, synopsis 

 of, 1851, 635, 654. 



concerning causes of, and methods of 



prevention, 1845,76, 105, 119; 1846, 74, 

 111; 1847,117,270; 1850,73; 1851,23, 

 29, 161, 631. 



report of joint committee of Legislat- 

 ure on the, 1851, 627. 



— value of the, 1845, 75; 1817, 271; 1S48, 

 47; 1852, 739. 



Potatoes, concerning crops of, 1845, 75, 

 86,119; 1817,117,178; 1848,184; 1849, 

 65; 1851,28; 1852,40,167,326,309. 



— cultivation of, experiments in the, 1849, 

 66. 



— digging of, account of a machine for, 



1852, 398. 



— for seed, raising of, 1849, 363. 



— sweet, cultivation of, 1847, 159. 



— varieties of, characteristics of different, 



1847, 118; 184S, 39, 48; 1849, 234, 257- 

 1851,637; 1852, 167. 



Poudrbtte, making of, 1845, 82. 

 Poultry, concerning, 1846, 66 ; 1847, 112 ; 



1848, 49, 64; 1849, 92, 100, 190, 235, 230; 



1850, 22, 158, 219, 235, 299; 1851, 14, 18, 



146, 176, 209, 323 ; 1852, 8, 140, 233, 263, 

 300, 378, 417, 541. 

 Poultry, diseases of, 1849, 100. 



— feeding of, 1849, 98 ; 1852, 263. 



— profits and value of ; 1849, 100; 1850, 

 22 ; 1851, 16, 18. 



— report on (Eben Wight), 1851, 323. 



— statistics of, 1849, 292; 1351, 323; 1852, 

 141. 



— stock, selection of, 1849, 97; 1852, 264. 



Premiums, abstracts of, offered by agri- 

 cultural societies, 1845, 126; 1846, 155; 

 1847, 202; 1848, 186; 1849, 353; 1850, 

 359; 1851,394; 1852,556. 



— awarding of, concerning the, 1845, 4 ; 

 1816,14; 1848,141; 1850, iv; 1851,497. 



Proctor, John W., essay by, on culture of 

 vegetables as farm products, 1852, 732. 



on the cultivation of the onion, 



1347, 46. 



— - report by, on ploughing, 1851, 492. 

 Puff-ball, concerning the, 1851, 94. 

 Pumpkin sweeting apple, characteristics 



of the red, 1852, 51. 

 Putnam, "William II., essay by, on the 

 cultivation of Indian corn, 1849, 117. 



Quince, cultivation of the, 1847, 136, 185; 



1852, 53. 

 Quinces, varieties of, 1847, 135; 1852, 53. 

 Quincy, Josiah, Sr., communication by, 



on the soiling of cattle, 1852, 453. 



Hake, horse, use of the,1850, 240 ; 1851,527. 



Reclaiming of meadow and swamp 

 lands, methods and results, 1S45, 16, 43, 

 58, 105 ; 1846, 27, 31, 46, 51, 102, 122 ; 1847, 

 93, 140, 165; 1848, 14, 83, 178, 180; 1849, 

 36, 137, 146, 234, 243, 248, 358 ; 1850, 52, 

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

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



Reed, Dr. Stephen, essay by, on farmers' 

 clubs, 1852, 772. 



Religion, connection between fanning 

 and, 1845, 178. 



Resolutions concerning a State Board of 

 Agriculture, 1851, 405. 



agricultural education, 1851,439, 489. 



— on death of George Denny, 1S51, 439. 

 Resolve providing for an agricultural 



survey of the Commonwealth, 1845, x. 



Rhode Island Greening apple, character- 

 istics of the, 1852, 50. 



Rock or seaweed as a manure, 1851, 368. 



Rocks, composition of minerals and, 1848, 

 229. 



Root crops, concerning, 1845, 53 ; 1846, 70 ; 

 1847, 27, 115; 1818, 110, 178; 1849, 54, 



