156 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Bean, soja, straw, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 

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

 323; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 84, 176, 313, 320. 



— weevil, description, habits and methods 

 of destroying the, 1869 (Part 1), 251; 

 1870 (Part 1), 370; 1872 (Part 1), 250; 

 1887, 89. 



Beans, white, cultivation of, yields and 

 profits, 1853 (Part 2), 204; 1854 (Part 

 2), 194; 1856 (Part 2), 273; 1858 (Part 

 2), 209; 1866 (Part 2), 68; 1867 (Part 

 2), 125; 1870 (Part 2), 151; 1875 (Part 

 1). 27. 



Bear, black, characteristics and habits of 

 the, 1861 (Part 1), 164. 



Bedding for cattle, material for, 1864 

 (Part 1), 38; 1872 (Part 1), 46. 



Bed-rooms, proper ventilation of, 1879 

 (Part 1), 87. 



Bee bread or pollen, description of, 1857 

 (Part 2), 283. 



— culture (Eddy, Dr. Henry), 1857 (Part 

 2) . 278. 



(Rice, David), 1860 (Part 2), 229. 



(Smith, Edmund), 1863 (Part 2), 221. 



— glue, description of, 1857 (Part 2) , 282. 



— hives and houses, description and loca- 

 tion of, 1857 (Part 2), 284, 287; I860 

 (Part 2), 230 ; 1868 (Part 2), 167. 



— honey, development of the, by special 

 feeding, 1881, 31. 



— keeping, methods of management in 

 1853 (Part 2), 390; 1854 (Part 2), 403 

 1857 (Part 2), 279; 1860 (Part 2), 229 

 1863 (Part 2), 221; 1865 (Part 1), 314. 



moral of, the, 1860 (Part 2), 233. 



— moth, history and ravages of the, 1863 

 (Part 2), 223. 



Beech trees, characteristics and value of, 



1875 (Parti), 142. 

 Beef, breeding for, 1878 (Part 1), 197. 



— fattening for the New England market 

 (Joseph A. Titus), 1886, 60. 



— industry in the United States, statistics 

 of the, 1888,324. 



— profit of growing (meat) (Phineas Sted- 

 man), 1803 (Part 1),67. 



— tuberculous, concerning the eating of, 

 1892, 233. 



Bees, drone, characteristics and habits of, 

 1857 (Part 2), 280. 



— honey as food for mature, 1857 (Part 

 2), 282. 



production of, by, 1857 (Part 2), 



283. 



— Italian, characteristics of, 1865 (Part 

 1), 315. 



queen, raising of, 1865 (Part 2), 317. 



Bees, social organization of, 1857 (Part 2) , 

 279. 



— swarming, theory and description of, 

 1857 (Part 2), 287, 289; 1860 (Part 2), 

 231; 1863 (Part 2), 221, 224. 



— wax, description of, 1857 (Part 2), 

 282. 



— wild, how to hunt, 1860 (Tart 2), 232. 



— worker, characteristics and habits of, 

 1857 (Part 2), 281. 



Beetles, varieties of, and their character- 

 istics, 1862 (Part 1), 131 ; 1870 (Part 1), 

 376; 1872 (Part 1), 240, 244. 



Beet sugar as an agricultural enterprise 

 in Massachusetts, report on the produc- 

 tion of (Dr. C. A. Goessmann), 1870 

 (Part 2, Supplement), 12. 



— leaves, produce and value of, 1870 (Part 

 2, Supplement), 40; 1879 (Part 1), 400. 



— molasses, analyses of, 1870 (Part 2, 

 Supplement), 37; 1879 (Part 1), 395; 

 1884, 447. 



— percentage of, in different varieties of 

 sugar beets, 1870 (Part 2, Supplement), 

 48 ; 1888, 640 ; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 307. 



— production of, in France, 1862 (Part 

 1),358. 



— pulp, analysis of, 1879 (Part 1), 398; 

 1884, 438; 1887, 743; 1888, 631; 1889 

 (Exp. Sta.), 297. 



for feeding purposes, value of, 1879 



(Part 1), 391, 398. 



— root, analysis and value of the cellular 

 residue of the, 1870 (Part 2, Supple- 

 ment), 38; 1879 (Part 1), 397. 



— yield and cost of making, 1870 (Part 

 2, Supplement), 34; 1879 (Part 1), 393. 



Beets, cultivation of, yields and profits, 

 1853 (Part 2) , 242 ; 1858 (Part 2) , 210, 232 ; 

 1859(Partl),10S; 1864 (Part 2), 91 ; 1869 

 (Part 2), 136; 1871 (Part 2), 251; 1872 

 (Part 2), 147; 1873 (Part 2), 93; 1874 

 (Part 2), 85; 1875 (Part 1), 132 (Part 

 2), 162, 164; 1876 (Part 2), 124; 1879 

 (Part 2), 56; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 195; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 186. 



— fodder analyses of, 1888, 548, 630, 633 ; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 184, 295, 300; 1890 

 (Exp. Sta.), 293,298; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 317, 323, 324; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 314, 

 321. 



— for stock feeding, 1853 (Part 1), 35; 

 1864 (Part 2), 91; 1869 (Part 2), 136; 

 1879 (Part 2), 60. 



— implements for cultivating, 1872 (Part 

 1),309. 



— juice of, concerning the, 1870 (Part 2, 

 Supplement), 32; 1879 (Part 1), 392. 



