ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



153 



1858 (Part 2), 78, 188; 1861 (Part 2), 

 136; 1864 (Part 1), 88, 96; 1867 (Part 

 1), 239; 1868 (Part 1), 286; 1869 (Part 

 1),41; 1870 (Parti), 195, 202, 217; 1871 

 (Part 1), 101, 110, 204,217; 1873 (Part 

 1), 141, 210; 1874 (Part 1), 344; 1881, 

 122 ; 1883, 140 ; 1885, 45 ; 1890, 143 ; 1892, 

 47, 78. 



Ashes, wood, as a top dressing, 1856 (Part 

 1), 222; 1861 (Part 2), 136; 1874 (Part 

 1),344; 1881,140; 1887,178,290. 



value of, for strawberries, 1869 (Part 



1),52; 1871 (Part 1), 204, 217. 



Asilus fly, habits of an, 1869 (Part 1), 

 254. 



Asparagus, analyses of, 1884, 446 ; 1888, 

 639; 1889 (Exp. Sta.),306; 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.),305; 1891 (Exp. Sta.),331; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 328. 



— bed, longevity of the, 1883, 93. 



— beetle, description of the, 1873 (Part 

 1),313; 1885, 188. 



introduction and distribution of the, 



1885, 189. 



natural history of the, 1885, 190. 



ravages of the, 1892, 288. 



remedies for the, 1873 (Part 1), 314; 



1885, 190; 1889,56, 62. 



— cultivation of, yields and profits, 1878 

 (Part 1), 21, 233; 1883, 89; 1889, 50. 



— culture (O. B. Hadwen), 1875 (Part 1), 

 115. 



use of salt in, 1873 (Part 1), 321 ; 1875 



(Parti), 117; 1883,92; 1884,446; 1889, 

 58. 



— fertilizers for, 1883, 93; 1889, 50, 54. 



— tops, mowing of, 1873 (Part 1), 314; 

 1875 (Part 1), 119. 



Ass, description, breeds and uses of the, 



1860 (Part 1), 237. 

 Atavism or reversion, tendency to, in 



breeding animals, 1870 (Part 1), 98; 



1873 (Part 2), 113; 1876 (Part 1), 116. 

 Atmosphere improved by trees, 1875 



(Part 1), 145. 

 Atoms, theory of progressed, 1866 (Part 



1),233. 

 Attacus Cecropia, characteristics of the, 



1864 (Part 1), 153. 

 Attleborough Agricultural Association, 



returns of the, 1890, 348; 1891, 322; 



1892, 318. 

 Atwater, George M., reports by, on root 



crops, 1859 (Part 1), 103 ; 1860 (Part 1), 



139. 



on stock, 1861 (Part 2), 184. 



Augur, P. M., remarks by, on the apple 



orchard, 1888, 134. 



Ai'stria, agriculture in, 1855 (Part 2), 311. 



— sheep husbandry in, 1863 (Part 1), 131. 

 Avery, J. D., lecture by, on profit from 



sheep, 1888, 55. 



Avery, John G., address by, before the 

 Board of Agriculture, at Spencer, 1892, 

 10. 



essay by, on the farmer : his relations 



to the manufacturer and the mechanic, 

 1890, 304. 



Axle for vehicles, advantages of the nar- 

 row, 1881, 88. 



— necessity of a standard (Charles G. 

 Davis), 1881,85. 



Ayrshire bulls, desirable qualities in, 

 1853 (Part 1), 112; 1861 (Part 1), 21; 



1864 (Part 2), 102. 



— cattle, characteristics and value of, 1853 

 (Part 2), 301, 311, 344; 1854 (Part 2), 

 266, 343; 1855 (Part 2), 190; 1856 (Part 

 2), 330; 1857 (Part 1), 25, 52 (Part 2), 

 252; 1860 (Part 2), 30, 39, 193; 1861 

 (Parti), 55, 57; 1863 (Part 2), 196; 1864 

 (Part 2), 96, 109; 1865 (Part 1), 48; 

 1867 (Part 1), 21, 30 (Part 2), 147 ; 1868 

 (Part 2), 185; 1869 (Part 1), 83 (Part 

 2), 170, 175; 1870 (Part 1), 127 (Part 

 2), 28, 168; 1871 (Part 2), 255, 260, 264; 

 1872 (Part 1) , 35, 119 ; 1874 (Part 2) , 94 ; 

 1875 (Part 1), 171; 1876 (Part 1), 115, 

 128; 1877 (Part 2), 91; 1879 (Part 1), 95. 



crossing of, with other breeds, 1857 



(Part 1), 27, 52; 1861 (Part 1), 19, 55; 

 1863 (Part 2), 196; 1864 (Part 2), 96; 



1865 (Part 1), 27, 31 ; 1867 (Part 2), 148. 

 importation of, 1854 (Part 2), 266; 



1857 (Part 1), 28; 1858 (Part 2), 241; 

 1859 (Part 2), 204 ; 1860 (Part 2), 193. 



origin and history of, 1854 (Part 2), 



266; 1856 (Part 2), 331; 1857 (Part 1), 

 26; 1859 (Part 2), 202; 1860 (Part 2), 

 39; 1869 (Part 2), 171; 1870 (Part 2), 

 28; 1871 (Part 2). 264. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



111; 1859 (Part 2), 202; 1860 (Part 2), 

 40; 1863 (Part 2), 196; 1875 (Part 1), 

 172. 



resolutions of the Board of Agricult- 

 ure relative to, 1865 (Part 1), 44. 



— milk, characteristics of, 1859 (Part 2), 

 203; 1865 (Part 1), 37; 1873 (Part 1), 

 94, 382, 385, 387; 1876 (Part 1), 115. 



— Scotland, and Worcester County com- 

 pared, 1863 (Part 2), 38. 



management of dairy stock in, 1853 



(Part 2), 314; 1857 (Part 1), 27; 1861 

 (Part 1), 30. 



Azaleas, propagation of, 1885, 486. 



