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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Babbidge, Charles, address by, on agri- 

 cultural heart work, 1857 (Part 2), 21. 



Babcock. milk tester, use of the, 1892, 311. 



Bacteria, description and propagation of, 

 1887, 264; 1889 (Exp. Sta ), 201. 



— the cause of contagious diseases, 1887, 

 265; 1889 (Exp. Sta ), 202. 



Baden, roads in, system of constructing, 



1869 (Part 2), 221, 23."), 254. 

 Bag-holder, design of a, 1867 (Part 1), 



300. 

 Bailey, E. F., report by, on fruit trees, 



1857 (Part 2), 31a. 



on pear and grape culture, 1863 



(Part 2), 141. 

 Bailey, Ira, report by, on pears, 1871 



(Part 2), 203. 

 Bailey, Prof. L. H., lecture by, on the 



garden fence, 1885, 93. 

 __ — on the philosophy of the crossing 



of plants, 1891, 21. 

 Bakery refuse, analyses of, 1891 (Exp. 



Sta.), 104, 320; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 316. 

 Baking powder, analyses of, 1S91 (Exp. 



Sta.), 299; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 291. 

 Baltimore oriole or golden robin, de- 

 scription and habits of the, 1871 (Part 



2), 119; 1872 (Part 2), 202. 

 Bamboo, cultivation and uses of the, 1873 



(Part 2), 11. 

 Banana skins, analyses of, 1891 (Exp. 



Sta.), 297, 310; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 306. 

 Banks, N. P., address by, on agriculture 



and its relations to American industry, 



1858 (Part 2), 59. 



Bantam fowls, characteristics and value 



of, 1868 (Part 2), 209. 

 Barb-wire and the fence question (Henry 



M. Smith), 1882, 196. 



— fences, discussion on, 1882, 217. 



— for fencing, history of use of, and value 

 of, 1882, 211. 



— in use, amount of, 1882, 214. 

 .Barley and oat chaff, analysis of, 1889 



(Exp. Sta.), 143. 



— and peas, analysis of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 311. 



— as a forage crop, 1881, 155. 



— as food for pigs, 1886, 253 ; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 113. 



— as food, value of, 1868 (Part 1), 268. 



— cultivation of, yields and profits, 1853 

 (Part 1), 31 (Part 2), 201; 1854 (Part 

 2). 1S8; 1857 (Part 2), 218; 1858 (Part 

 2), 205; 1859 (Part 2), 170; 1860 (Part 

 2), 159; 1865 (Part 2), 72; 1866 (Part 

 2), 55, 67; 1868 (Part 1), 268; 1876 (Part 

 2), 112; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 170. 



Barley, culture of, among the colonists, 

 1873 (Part 1), 21. 



— green, analyses of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 310. 



— hay, analyses of, 1887, 741 ; 1888, 629; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 293 ; ls90 (Exp. Sta.), 

 292; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 312. 



— meal, analyses of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 

 122, 139, 296, 301; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 294, 299; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 103, 319, 

 325; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 73, 91, 103, 147, 

 315, 322. 



— smuts, treatment for, 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 245. 



— soil for growing, 1868 (Part 1), 268. 



— sprouts to cows, feeding of, 1874 (Part 

 1),202. 



— straw, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 184, 293, 298 ; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 317, 323 ; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 103, 109, 313, 321. 



Barn, building a, objects to be secured in, 

 1854 (Part 2), 479; 1862 (Part 2), 242; 

 1863 (Part 2), 95, 236; 1864 (Part 1), 

 218; 1868 (Part 1), 32 ; 1871 (Part2),172. 



— cellars, construction and utility of, 

 1853 (Part 1), 78 (Part 2), 140; 1854 

 (Part 2), 146, 491; 1855 (Part 2), 321; 

 1863 (Part 2), 104, 140, 239; 1864 (Part 

 1), 218; 1866 (Part 1), 292; 1868 (Part 

 1),32, 35, 38,43. 



— plan of a (Joseph Hay ward), 1863 (Part 

 2), 236. 



for the agricultural college (Alexan- 

 der Hyde), 1868 (Part 1), 32. 



— plans, discussion on, 1868 (Part 1), 34. 

 Barnes, Dr. Henry J.,' lecture by, on the 



utilization of sewage, 1884, 28. 

 Barns, description of different, 1854 (Part 

 2) , 241, 249 ; 1862 (Part 2) , 242. 



— English, description of, 1854 (Part 2), 

 479. 



— farm architecture; houses and (E. C. 

 Gardner), 1880 (Part 1), 131. 



— Indian, description of, 1853 (Part 1), 6. 



— octagonal, of little value, 1868 (Part 1), 

 37. 



Barnstable County Agricultural Society, 

 reports on exhibitions of, 1854 (Part 1), 

 136; 1855 (Part 1), 135; 1857 (Part 1), 

 272; 1858 (Part 1), 149; 1S59 (Part 1), 

 199; 1860 (Parti), 314; 1861 (Part 1), 

 258; 1862 (Part 1), 407; 1864 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xlii; 1865 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xxxvii; 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxxi; 1868 (Part 1, Appendix), xlv; 

 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), 1; 1872 (Part 

 1, Appendix), ii; 1873 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), liv ; 1874 (Part 1, Appendix), xlvii ; 



