138 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Soil, more productive, some of the means 

 of making the (Rev. H. Tracy), 1850, 

 376. 



— on fruit, effect of climate and, 1847, 76, 

 83. 



— organic matter in the, 1818, 232; 1851, 

 236; 1852,583, 02(3. 



■ — structure, the physical properties, and 

 the chemical composition of the (Prof. 

 John P. Norton), 1848, 221. 



— temperature of the, how increased, 1852, 

 619. 



— thorough cultivation of the, essential, 

 1847,209; 1851,303; 1852,284. 



— to be improved, the mind and the (J. 

 R. Lawton), 1847,229. 



— water upon the, influence of, 1851, 571. 

 Soiling of cattle, concerning the practice 



of, 1846, 99; 1850, 94, 151 ; 1852, 453. 



— crops to be used in, and time of sowing, 

 1852, 458. 



— on the (Josiah Quincy, Sr.), 1852, 453. 

 Soils, analysis of, communication con- 

 cerning the (D. A. Wells), 1851, 235. 



— analyzing of, 1845, 167 ; 1850, 320, 444 ; 



1851, 235, 566. 



— composition of, 1845, 166 ; 1848, 230, 

 241; 1850,448; 1851,235,567; 1852, 5GS. 



— light or sandy, management of, 1852, 

 468. 



— mechanical properties of, 1851, 606. 



— stiff or clay, management of, 1852, 463. 

 South Carolina Agricultural Society, con- 

 cerning the, 1847, 130. 



Southdown sheep, concerning the, 1852, 



551. 

 Spading, concerning, 1852, 392. 

 Spanish fowls, characteristics and value 



of, 1849, 94 ; 1850, 237 ; 1851, 325. 

 Spider, common house, concerning the, 



1852, 651. 



Spinning and weaving, the arts of, 1846, 



84. 

 Sprague, Seth, essay by, on neat cattle, 



1852, 726. 

 Spurrt, concerning the, 1847, 215. 

 Squash, origin and history of the, 1851, 



21. 

 Squashes, cultivation of, 1846, 145. 



— varieties of, 1848, 47; 1851, 21, 23. 

 Stallions, concerning, 1851, 175 ; 1852, 16. 

 Statistics, agricultural, 1848, 210; 1849, 



181, 299, 306, 331, 406; 1850, 318, 401, 

 420; 1851, 401. 

 Steers, feeding and management of, 1847, 

 112, 153; 1848, 63, 161; 1849, 220, 254; 

 1850, 148; 1851, 136, 172, 277, 376; 1852, 

 19, 130, 229, 375, 411, 509, 535. 



Stock, breeding, concerning, 1847, 180; 



1848, 163; 1849, 332; 1850, 140; 1852, 

 113,537. 



— experiments in feeding, with cut and 

 uncut hay, 1846, 80; 1852, 177, 188. 



— feeding and management of, 1845, 66, 

 82; 1846, 90, 143; 1817, 130, 167, 212; 

 1850,215; 1851,170; 1852,260,505. 



— imported by Massachusetts Society for 

 Promoting Agriculture, description of, 

 and distribution of descendants of, 1845, 

 5, 183; 1847, 4. 



Stone, Rev. E. M., address by, on intel- 

 lectual and physical culture as connected 

 with agriculture, 1845, 133. 



Stone, T. D. P., essay by, on the means to 

 be used to create a deeper interest in the 

 cause of agriculture, 1849, 207. 



Stone walls, construction of, 1846, 48. 



Strawberries, cultivation of, 1848, 41. 



Subsoil plough, construction and use of 

 the, 1845, 7; 1847, 18; 1849, 121; 1850, 

 308. 



— ploughing, advantages of, 1845, 7, 102, 

 112; 1846,130; 1847,17; 1848,68,112; 



1849, 27, 121; 1850, 67; 1851, 248, 263, 

 317, 364, 497; 1852, 250, 284, 386, 472, 

 499, 600, 755. 



and thorough draining (B.V.French), 



1852, 740. 

 Succory or chiccory, concerning, 18 17, 245. 

 Sugar beets, crops of, concerning, 1846, 



78; 1849,55; 1850, 191. 



— from corn-stalks, manufacture of, 1846, 

 140, 148. 



Swamp lands, statements of experience in 

 improving meadow and, 1845, 16, 43, 58, 

 87, 105; 1846, 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 wet meadows and 

 (Temple Cutler), 1848, 126. 



Sward D plough, concerning the, 1846, 



68. 

 Sweet bough apple, concerning the large 



yellow, 1852, 51. 



— potatoes, cultivation of, 1S47, 159. 

 Swine, breeds of, characteristics of differ- 

 ent, 1846, 23 ; 1850, 297 ; 1852, 554. 



— concerning management of, 1846, 22 ; 



1850, 297; 1851, 208, 320, 374; 1852, 14, 

 129, 232, 334, 378, 413, 507, 540, 553. 



— fattening of, cost of, 1848, 101. 



— feeding and fattening of, 1816,22; 1848, 

 98; 1849,58,88; 1850,298; 1852,68,334, 

 612. 



