ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



141 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Reports I.-XL. 1853-1892. 



[The expression (Part 1) shows that the topic referred to occurs in the Fir"st Part, or Secre- 

 tary's Report proper. The expression (Part 2) indicates that the topic referred to occurs in the 

 Second Part, or the Abstract. The abbreviation (Exp Sta.) indicates that the topic referred to 

 occurs in the Report of the State Agricultural Experiment Station. The numerals refer to year 

 of volume and page, respectively. The dashes are used to avoid repetition of topic headings.] 



Abbott, Alfred A., address by, on the 

 education of farmers' sons, 1861 (Part 

 2), 1. 



Abortion, causes of, 1870 (Part 1), 91, 131, 

 134; 1871 (Part 1), 291, 302; 1883, 33, 

 38,44,49; 1884,120; 1887,225. 



— ergot as a cause of, 1870 (Part 1), 91; 



1883, 45 ; 1884, 120. 



— in cows, enzootic (Dr. F. S. Billings), 



1884, 113. 



— propagation of, 1870 (Parti), 132; 18S3, 

 33, 38. 



— remedies for, 1883, 45, 48; 1884, 123; 

 1887, 227. 



— statistics relating to, 1884, 116. 

 Academies, proposed national, 1873 (Part 



1),392. 



Accounts, farm (Bourne, John H ), 1S63 

 (Part 2), 229. 



(Perkins, C. O.), I860 (Part 1), 239. 



(Tower, Justus), 1853 (Part 2), 465. 



importance and systems of, 1857 (Part 



2), 174; 1859 (Part 2), 74; 1861 (Part 1), 

 75 (Part 2), 6, 95; 1S64 (Part 2), 51 ; I860 

 (Part 2), 3, 15,21; 1866 (Part 2), 9; 1867 

 (Part 2), 22; 1863 (Part 1), 148; 1872 

 (Part 2), 35. 



system of, value of a regular (Charles 



C. Bassett), 1870 (Part 1), 322. 



Aches or more, a hundred (Elbridge Cush- 

 man), 1888, 351. 



Actinomycosis or lumpy jaw, appear- 

 ance of, 1S89, 377. 



Adams, Abel F., report by, on the agricult- 

 ure of Worcester County north, 1865 

 (Parti), 293. 



Adams, John Quincy, address by, on the 

 coming farmer, 1874 (Part 2), 50. 



Adams, Otis, report by, on ploughing, 

 1853 (Part 2), 121. 



Adipocerb (Dr. Samuel Hartwell), 1864 

 (Part 1), 228. 



Adzinki bean, analyses of the. 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 318, 324; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 

 321. 



Aftekmath or rowen. (See Rowen.) 



Agassiz, Prof. Louis, address by, on the 

 creation of varieties, 1866 (Part 1), 71. 



lecture by, on the agricultural feat- 

 ures of the Amazon, 1867 (Part 1), 145. 



on fish breeding, 1869 (Part 1), 127. 



— — on the structure and growth of 

 domesticated animals, 1872 (Part 1), 

 291; 1873 (Part 1), 222. 



on the origin of agricultural soils, 



1864 (Part 1), 168; 1868 (Part 1), 161. 



— - resolutions by the Board of Agricult- 

 ure on the death of, 1873 (Part 1), 405. 



Agricultural and horticultural educa- 

 tion for women, 1871 (Part 1), 156, 308. 



— appropriations, 1863 (Part 2), 71 ; 1890, 

 xxvi; 1891, xvii; 1892, xv, 252. 



— associations in America, early, 1873 

 (Part 1), 25; 1888, 341; 1890,276. 



in Europe, early, 1890, 274. 



— chemistry, early discoveries in, 1878 

 (Part 1), 44. 



— clubs, value and utility of, 1853 (Part 1) , 

 100 (Part 2) , 43 ; 1855 ( Part 2) , 340, 365 

 1857 (Part 2), 96; 1859 (Part 1), 128 

 1860 (Part 2), 83; 1866 (Part 1), 29 

 1868 (Part 2), 73; 1874 (Part 2), 35. 



— college, necessity for the establishment 

 of an, 1853 (Part 2) , 468 ; 1863 ( Part 1 ) , 

 33; 1864 (Part 1), 44; 1863 (Part 2), 30. 



Massachusetts, ability of Massachu- 

 setts to support the, and the value of 

 agricultural investigation (Dr. George 

 B. Loring), 1868 (Part 1), 238. 



aid given the, by the national gov- 

 ernment, for its establishment, 1861 ( Part 

 1), 47, 216; 1866 (Part 1), 49 (Part 2), 

 141; 1870 (Part 2), 73; 1879 (Part 2), 

 83 ; 1882, 12 ; 1889, 278 ; 1890, 245. 



