ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



157 



Beets, mangel-wurzel or mangold. (See 

 Mangel-wurzel.) 



— sugar, analyses of, 1870 (Part 2, Sup- 

 plement), 20, 30; 1879 (Part 1), 389; 

 1886, 435, 462 ; 1887, 743 ; 1888, 550, 630, 

 633, 640; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 35, 183, 187, 

 295, 300; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 39, 293,298; 

 1891 (Exp. Sta.) , 297, 317, 323, 332 ; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 36, 314, 321. 



cultivation of, yields and profits, 1858 



(Part 2), 232; 1859 (Part 1), 108; 1860 

 (Part 2), 174; 1870 (Part 2, Supple- 

 ment), 19, 30, 42; 1875 (Part 2), 166; 

 1879 (Part 1), 406 (Part 2), 45; 1889 

 (Exp. Sta.), 170; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 174. 



fertilization on, effect of soil and, 



1888, 641 ; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 333. 



manuring lands for, 1870 (Part 2, 



Supplement), 23 ; 1879 (Part 1), 381 (Part 

 2) j 45. 



on the cultivation of, for the manu- 

 facture of sugar (Dr. C. A. Goessmann), 

 1879 (Parti), 378. 



soil for, 1870 (Part 2, Supplement), 



22,43; 1879 (Part 1),379. 



sowing of seed of, 1870 (Part 2, Sup- 

 plement), 26; 1879 (Part 1), 386. 



spot disease of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 225. 



varieties of, selection of, 1870 (Part 



2, Supplement), 21; 1879 (Part 1), 

 384. 



— varieties of, 1869 (Part 2), 137; 1870 

 (Part 1), 238; 1879 (Part 2), 56. 



Belgian agriculture, characteristics of, 



1870 (Part 2), 19. 

 Bennett, Edmund H., lecture by, on 



some of the legal rights and duties of 



farmers, 1878 (Part 1), 147. 

 Bent-grass, characteristics of varieties of, 



1856 (Part 1), 28. 

 Beiigh, Henry, address by, on treatment 



of farm stock, 1877 (Part 2), 22. 

 Berkshire Agricultural Society, origin 



of the, 1853 (Part 1), 12; 1871 (Part 



2),1. 



— reports on exhibitions of the, 18.54 (Part 

 1), 133; 1855 (Part 1), 122; 1856 (Part 

 1),305; 1857 (Part 1),264; 1858 (Part 

 1), 140; 1859 (Part 1), 186; 1860 (Part 

 1),305; 1861 (Part 1), 246; 1862 (Part 

 I) , 397 ; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix) , xxviii ; 

 1865 (Part 1, Appendix), xxix; 1868 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxviii; 1870 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xxxii; 1871 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix) , xxix ; 1872 (Part 1 , Appendix) , 

 iii ; 1873 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxii; 

 1874 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxii; 1875 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxx; 1876 (Part 



1, Appendix), xxviii ; 1877 (Part I, Ap- 

 pendix), xxxiv. 



Berkshire Agricultural Society, returns 

 of, 1853 (Part 1), 167; 1854 (Part 1), 

 181; 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1856 

 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 1857 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xxxv; 1858 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), cix; 1859 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xix; 1860 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1861 

 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1862 (Part 

 1), 417; 1863 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 

 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), li; 1865 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xliii; 1866 (Part 1), 357; 

 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), xli ; 1868 (Part 

 1, Appendix), liii ; 1869 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xlix ; 1870 (Part 1, Appendix) , liii ; 

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

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

 dix), lix ; 1874 (Part 1, Appendix), lvii ; 

 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), xlviii; 1876 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xlvi; 1877 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), Iii; 1878 (Part 1), 362; 1879 

 (Part 1), 410; 1880 (Part 1), 250; 1881, 

 390; 1882, 394; 1883, 248; 1884, 274; 

 1885, 310; 1886, 324; 1887, 326; 1888, 

 366; 1889, 350; 1890, 348; 1891, 325; 

 1892, 320. 



Berkshire County, agriculture of (H. 

 Garfield), 1865 (Part 1), 310. 



— roads of, 1870 (Part 1), 23. 

 Berkshire swine, characteristics and 



value of, 1880 (Part 2), 24; 1889, 220. 



Bernburg, work of the agricultural ex- 

 periment station at, 1892, 390. 



Betts, Silas, lecture by, on Guernsey cat- 

 tle in America, 1885, 208. 



Bigelow, J. W., report by, on heifers, 

 1853 (Part 2), -317. 



Billings, Dr. Frank S., lecture by, on 

 enzootic abortion in cows, 1884, 113. 



on tuberculosis in cattle, 1885, 69. 



Birch sap, pressure of, 1874 (Part 1), 

 252. 



— white, characteristics and value of, 1853 

 (Part 2), 483; 1856 (Part 2), 103, 211; 

 1857 (Part 2), 363 ; 1880 (Part 1), 46. 



Birds, agricultural value of (E. A. Sam- 

 uels), 1865 (Part 1), 94. 



— and animals, laws in relation to tha 

 preservation of, 1859 (Part 2), 316. 



— and insects, relative fertility of, 1872 

 (Part 2), 196. 



— destroying the gypsy moth, list of, 1892, 

 243, 284. 



— destruction of, consequences which have 

 followed the, 1861 (Part 2), 65; 1865 

 (Part 1), 116; 1872 (Part 2), 198; 1877 

 (Part 2), 23. 



