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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS 



Birds, food of, 1865 (Part 1), 9.3; 1868 

 (Part 2), 95; 1872 (Part 2), 197, 207; 

 1877 (Part 2), 23; 1890,39. 



— how to protect, 1872 (Part 2), 202. 



— insect eating (Frank H. Palmer), 1872 

 (Part 2), 194. 



— number of, decrease in the, 1872 (Part 

 2), 198. 



— of Massachusetts (Dr. B. H. Warren), 

 1890, 34. 



land, 1890, 38. 



list of species of (E. A. Samuels), 



1863 (Part 1, Appendix), xviii. 



special report of the Board of Agri- 

 culture on, 1890, 267 



water, 1890, 36. 



— of prey, resolutions of the Board of 

 Agriculture concerning, 1890, 57, 273. 



— utility of (Wilson Flagg), 1861 (Part 

 2), 50. 



to agriculture, 1855 (Part 1), 96; 



1861 (Part 2), 50; 1865 (Part 1), 94; 



1868 (Part 2), 95; 1890,38, 47. 

 the (Frank H. Palmer), 1871 (Part 



2), 107. 

 Birnie, William, essay by, on fall and 



spring ploughing, 1867 (Part 1), 267. 

 Bishop, Henry W., address by, on the 



progress of farming, 1859 (Part 2), 52. 

 Black bass, habits and value of the, 1869 



(Part 1), 133. 

 Black Spanish fowls, characteristics and 



value of, 1857 (Part 1), 134; 1858 (Part 



2), 294; 1860 (Part 2), 222; 1864 (Part 



2), 131; 1867 (Part 2), 184; 1868 (Part 



2), 207; 1876 (Part 1), 59, 82. 

 Blackberries, method of culture of, 1867 



(Part 2), 93 ; 1868 (Part 1), 72 ; 1887, 27. 



— varieties of, 1859 (Part 1), 71, 102; 

 1808 (Part 1), 72; 1887,27. 



Blackberry wine, method of making, 



1868 (Part 2), 155. 

 Blackbirds, description of species of, 1871 



(Part 2), 118 ; 1872 (Part 2), 204. 



— foraging habits of, 1861 (Part 2), 62; 

 1865 (Part 1), 113. 



Black-grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 



1), 110. 

 Blackhawk horses, origin and value of, 



1855 (Part 2), 228; 1857 (Part 1), 87; 



1860 (Part 1), 187; 1867 (Part 2), 169. 

 Black-knot (Prof. J. E. Humphrey) . 



1889, 33. 



— cause and development of the, 1877 

 (Part 1), 219; 1889, 33; 1890 (Exd. 

 Sta.), 200; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 235. 



— destruction of the, 1875 (Part 1), 187; 

 1877 (Part 1), 224; 1881, 82; 1889,22. 



Black-knot, theories concerning the, 1890 

 (Exp. Sta.) , 201 



— trees attacked by the, 1877 (Part 1), 

 225; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 20.3. 



Blackleg or murrain among cattle, char- 

 acteristics of, 1865 (Part 1), 76. 



Blackstone Valley Agricultural Society, 

 returns of, 1884, 274; 1885, 310; 1886, 

 324; 1887, 326; 1888, 366; 1889, 350- 

 1890,348; 1891,325; 1892,321. 



Blaiuna, characteristics of the genus, 

 1861 (Part 1), 144. 



Blights, remedies for mildews and, 1891, 

 158. 



Blood, analyses of human, 1869 (Part 1), 

 34. 



— dried, analyses and value of, as a fertil- 

 izer, 1875 (Part 1), 326; 1S76 (Part 1), 

 253; 1877 (Parti), 321; 1886,532; 1887, 

 532, 761; 1888, 611; 1889 (Exp. Sta), 

 269, 286; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 284; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 308; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 



— meat and bone, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta ), 265; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 289. 



— potency of, 1870 (Part 1), 116. 



— pure, description of, 1872 (Part 1), 85. 

 Blue glass in greenhouses, value of, 1871 



(Part 1), 222. 



— joint grass, characteristics and value of, 

 1856 (Part 1), 33. 



— works, ashes from, analyses of, 1887, 

 775; 1888, 625; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 285; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta ), 283; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 307; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 303. 



Bluebird, habits and characteristics of 

 the, 1871 (Part 2), 115. 



Blue-fish, concerning, 1892, 128. 



Blue-grass, Kentucky. (See Grass.) 



Bluejay, habits and characteristics of the, 

 1865 (Part 1), 115; 1871 (Part 2), 120. 



Board of Agriculture, State. (See Agri- 

 culture.) 



Bobolink or reed bird, habits and char- 

 acteristics of the, 1871 (Part 2), 118; 

 1872 (Part 2), 203. 



Bokhara clover, analyses of, 1S90 (Exp. 

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

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



— as a crop, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 161; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 189; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 192. 



Bolles, E. C, address by, on relations of 

 science to agriculture, 1875 (Part 2), 22. 



Bolton gray fowls, or Hamburgs, charac- 

 teristics of the, 1857 (Part 1), 135; 1858 

 (Part 2), 295; 1867 (Part 2), 192; 1868 

 (Part 2), 209. 



Bone ami meat, analyses of steamed, 1876 

 (Part 1), 258; 1887, 719. 



