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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Ailanthus tree, characteristics and value 

 of the, 1877 (Part 1), 274; 1884, 139. 



Air, effects of, on the soil, 1875 (Part 2), 

 38. 



— leguminous plants have power of tak- 

 ing free nitrogen from the, 1892, 390, 

 394. 



Albert model farm in Ireland, descrip- 

 tion of the, 1863 (Part 1), 242. 



Albuminoids, necessity of, in cattle foods, 

 1876 (Part 2), 43. 



Aldernet cattle, characteristics and value 

 of, 1853 (Part 2) , 272, 301, 309 ; 1854 (Part 

 2), 267; 1855 (Part 2), 190; 1857 (Part 

 1),42; 1859 (Part 2), 204; 1870 (Part 2), 

 28, 170. 



Aleurodes, plant house, characteristics 

 of the, 1869 (Part 1), 262. 



Alfalfa or lucerne, analyses of, 1887, 679, 

 680, 741, 751 ; 1888, 629, 633 ; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 165, 294, 299; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 292, 297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 316, 323; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 312, 313, 320. 



— characteristics and value of, 1856 (Part 

 1), 104, 128, 154; 1872 (Part 1), 25. 



Alg*, blue green, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 286; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 311; 1892 



(Exp. Sta.) , 307. 

 Algauer cattle, characteristics and value 



of, 1863 (Parti), 116. 

 Allex, Dr. Charles G., address by, before 



the Board of Agriculture, at Barre, 1872 



(Part 1), 17. 

 Allen, Morrill, essay by, on Indian corn, 



1858 (Part 2), 195. 

 Allen, Dr. Nathan, lecture by, on hered- 

 itary influence in the improvement of 



stock, 1872 (Part 1), 75. 

 Allen, Thomas, address by, on progress 



in agriculture, 1871 (Part 2), 1. 

 Allen's mowing machine, description 



and work of, 1856 (Part 1), 178, 182. 



— weeding hoe, description of, 1867 (Part 

 1),288. 



Alps, cattle husbandry of the, 1862 (Part 

 1), 292. 



— sheep husbandry of the, 1862 (Part 1), 

 325. 



Alsike or Swedish clover, analyses of, 

 1887, 679, 680, 741, 751 ; 1888, 629, 633; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 163, 294, 299; 1890 

 (Exp. Sta.), 165, 292, 297; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 316, 323; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 312, 

 320. 



— characteristics and value of, 1877 (Part 

 1), 129. 



Aluminium, characteristics of, 1864 (Part 

 1), HI- 



Alvord, Henry E., lecture by, on is ensi- 

 lage a success in New England? 1887, 

 120. 



on the dairy, 1886, 284. 



on the dairy interests of Massa- 

 chusetts, 1879 (Part 1), 124. 



— — on the milk question, 1882, 17. 

 Amazon, agricultural features of the, the 



(Prof. Louis Agassiz), 1867 (Part 1), 145. 

 America, agricultural- associations in, 

 early, 1890, 276. 



— fence in, the, 1882, 201. 



— Guernsey cattle in (Silas Betts), 1885, 

 208. 



— hedge in, the, 1882, 208. 



— Holstein cattle in (Gerrit S. Miller), 

 1886, 37. 



— Jersey cattle in : their present and fut- 

 ure (Richard Goodman, Jr.). 1883, 109. 



American agriculture (Loring, Dr. George 



B.), 1888,308. 



(Miller, J. W.), 1854 (Part 2), 497. 



a hundred years' progress of (Charles 



L.Flint), 1873 (Part 1), 11. 

 British and (Prof. J. A. Nash), 1854 



(Part 2), 470. 

 contrasted, British and, 1855 (Part 2), 



311; 1857 (Part 2), 88; 1858 (Part 2), 



55; 1859 (Part 1), 120; 1860 (Part 2), 



44; 1869 (Parti), 179. 

 future prospects of (Dr. George B. 



Loring), 1868 (Part 2), 53. 

 statistics of, 1855 (Part 2), 312, 383; 



1860 (Part 2), 26; 1868 (Part 1), 182; 



1870 (Part 2), 4; 1872 (Part 2), 25; 1873 



(Parti), 40; 1887,234; 1888,310,316. 



— and English agricultural implements 

 compared, 1862 (Part 1), 206. 



— and European homes (J. F. Moors), 

 1870 (Part 2) , 46. 



— cattle commissioners, convention of (Dr. 

 E. F. Thayer), 1868 (Part 1), 10. 



— Desert, description of the great, 1871 

 (Part 1),63. 



— Devon cattle, improved, concerning, 1875 

 (Part 1), 224. 



— elm, characteristics and value of the, 

 1854 (Part 1), 150; 1875 (Part 1), 152, 

 269; 1877 (Parti), 271; 1880 (Parti), 47. 



— experiment stations, differences between 

 German and, 1892, 377. 



— farmer, origin of the, 1887, 235. 



the (Leverett Saltonstall), 1856 (Part 



2), 35. 



— horses, history, characteristics and 

 value of, 1857 (Part 1), 78, 87; 1859 

 (Part 2), 251; 1860 (Part 1), 183, 187; 

 1863 (Part 2), 204; 1866 (Part 1), 91; 



