ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



137 



191, 243, 283 ; 1350, 62, 185, 249, 258, 437 ; 



1851, 25, 158, 196, 344, 3S8 ; 1852, 36, 165, 

 234, 272, 287, 324, 312, 419, 500, 611. 



Root crops for feeding stock, 1S49, 197 ; 

 1350,437; 1852,611. 



Rotation of crops, concerning the, 1850, 

 321 ; 1S52, 609. 



Roxbury russet apple, concerning, 1852, 

 49. 



Royal blue heart seedling potato, concern- 

 ing the, 1S47, US; 1849,204. 



Russell, Charles T., address by, on agri- 

 cultural progress in Massachusetts for 

 the last half century, 1850, 397. 



Russell, George R., address by, on the 

 progress of agriculture, and the necessity 

 for its further progress, 1851, 597. 



Russell, Prof. John L., address by, on 

 the study of the natural sciences impor- 

 tant to the farmer, 1847, 236. 



Ruta-bagas, crops of, concerning, 1847, 

 122; 1851, 161. 



Rye, crops of, concerning, 1848, 109; 1849, 

 216; 1850,60; 1851,34,39,125,219,340; 

 1352, 42, 258, 321, 428. 



Sainfoin, concerning, 1849, 391. 



Saint Lawrence apple, concerning the, 



1852, 51. 



Salt as a manure, 1845, 108; 1846, 39; 

 1849, 310. 



— in the dairy, use of, 1850, 167. 



— marsh hay, value of, for feeding, 1S49, 

 359. 



Saltpetre as a manure, 1847, 145, 186. 



— as a wash for fruit trees, 1847, 186. 

 Schemxetz in Hungary, concerning the 



institute at, 1847, 268. 

 Schools, agricultural, concerning, 1817, 

 269; 1849, 212; 1850, 446; 1851, 417, 

 432, 546. 



— agriculture in, 1849, 210, 411; 1852, 

 761. 



Science, advantages of, in its application 

 to agriculture, the (Prof. John P. Nor- 

 ton), 1851,562. 



— and agricultural education, agriculture 

 to be advanced by (Marshall 1'. Wilder), 

 1849, 402. 



— definition of, 1852, 631. 



— to advance agriculture, the necessity of 

 (Dr. Daniel Lee), 1850,331. 



— to farming, the application of (W. C. 

 Goldthwait), 1819, 371. 



— veterinary, concerning, 1850, 217. 



Si mm i.s, the study of the natural, im- 

 portant to the farmer (Prof. John L. 

 .Russell), 1847,236. 



Scientific information in the agricult-' 

 ural community, the deficiency of, and 

 the need of its being supplied (Prof. C. 

 U. Shephard), 1847,218. 



Scotch larch, qualities of the, 1848, 116. 



Sea sand as a manure, 1846, 39. 



Seeds, concerning, 1849, 85 ; 1850, 195. 



Sewall, Charles C, report by, on manu- 

 factures, 1851, 531. 



Shanghai fowls, characteristics of, 1850, 

 238,299; 1851,325. 



Sheep, diseases of, and remedies, 1852, 

 81. 



— husbandry (Choate, David), 1852, 71. 

 (Page, Nathan), 1852, 11. 



— in pastures, practice of keeping, 1847, 

 14; 1848,124; 1819,360; 1852,11,73. 



— laud improved by being stocked with, 

 1852, 79. 



— Leicester breed of, concerning the, 1852, 

 74, 551. 



— losses of, 1852, 80. 



— management of, methods of, and profits 

 from, 1846, 112; 1847, 13; 1849, 249, 

 256; 1851, 288, 374; 1852, 10, 71, 128, 

 232, 296, 359, 378, 399, 539, 551. 



— old and sickly, care of, 1852, 78. 



— shelter for, 1852, 12, 72. 



— Southdown breed of, concerning the, 

 1852, 551. 



— tagging of, 1852, 12. 



— washing of, 1852, 81. 



— wild, characteristics of, 1852, 552. 



— with cows, pasturing of, 1852, 74. 

 Shephard, Prof. Charles U., address by, 



on the deficiency of scientific information 

 in the agricultural community, and the 

 need of its being supplied, 1847, 248. 



Shorthorn or Durham cattle, character- 

 istics and value of, 1846, 17, 98; 1848, 

 93; 1851, 509; 1852, 407,730. 



Shovels and spades, concerning, 1850, 

 210. 



Silk culture, concerning, 1851, 190. 



Smith, Increase S., address by, on some 

 of the defects of farmers, and the means 

 of remedying them, 1819, 413. 



Societies. (See Agricultural Societies.) 



Soil, amount of plant food removed from 

 the, by crops, 1850, 451. 



— improvement of the, the necessity for 

 the, and the means of effecting it (Prof. 

 John P. Norton), 1819, 379. 



— in drought, practice of stirring the, 1848, 

 199. 



— mechanical properties of the, the, and 

 the consolidation ami protection of ma- 

 nures (J. E. Tescbemacher) , 1851, 606. 



