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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Bristol County, poultry product in, value 

 of the, 1878 ( Part 2), 125. 



— roads of, 1870 (Parti), 25. 



— statistics of manufacturing in, 1S71 

 (Part 1), 13. 



— strawberry in, culture of the, 1881, G3. 

 British and American agriculture (Prof. 



J. A. Nash), 1851 (Part 2), 470. 



— contrasted, 1855 (Part 2), 311; 1857 

 (Part 2), SS; 1S58 (Part 2), 55; 1859 

 (Part 1), 120; 1S60 (Part 2), 44; 1869 

 (Parti), 179. 



Brockville mineral phosphate, analysis 

 of, 1876 (Part 1), 260; 1837,768; 1888, 

 618; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 235; 1S90 (Exp. 

 Sta.),284; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 308; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta ), 301. 



— superphosphate, analysis of, 1876 (Part 

 1), 260. 



Buomus, Willard's, chess or cheat, charac- 

 teristics of, 1856 (Part 1), 59. 



Brooks, Rev. C. S., address by, before 

 the Board of Agriculture, at Fitchburg, 

 1889, 6. 



Brooks, Ethan, address by, before the 

 Board of Agriculture, at Springfield, 

 1887, 8. 



— - essay by, on farm life, 1885, 390. 

 lecture by, on progressive agriculture, 



1886, 222. 

 Brooks, John, meteorological observa- 

 tions by, 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), xxv ; 



1856 (Part 2), 453. 



report by, on cattle husbandry, 1859 



(Part 1),30. 



on milch cows, 1853 (Part 2), 319. 



statement by, on experiments in feed- 

 ing milch cows, 1858 (Part 2), 272. 

 on yield of dairy cows, 1856 (Part 



2), 350. 

 Brooks, Obed, Jr., report by, on cranberry 



culture, 1853 (Part 2), 258. 

 Brooks, Prof. William P., lecture by, on 



the economical disposition of the wastes 



of the dairy, 1889, 214. 

 on work of the Agricultural College 



and Hatch Experiment Station, 1892, 187. 

 Broom-corn, cultivation and yield of, 



1853 (Part 1), 60; 1854 (Part 2), 178; 



1855 (Part 2), 87; 1856 (Part 2), 274; 



1857 (Part 2), 220; 1858 (Part 2), 207; 

 1860 (Part 2), 167; 1882, 155. 



— in the Connecticut valley, culture of, 

 1882, 155. 



— meal, analyses of, 1887, 648, 737; 1888, 

 631 ; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 296; 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 295; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 319; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 315. 



Broom-corn seed, analyses of, 1S87, 648, 

 737; 1»88, 630; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 295; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 294; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 318; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 315. 



— waste, analyses of, 1887, 649, 737, 749; 

 18S8, 631, 634 ; 1889 (Exp. Sta.) , 297, 301 ; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 295, 300; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta ), 320, 325; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 317, 

 323. 



Brown, F. P., address by, on agriculture 



at home and at the West, 1873 (Part 2), 



24. 

 Brown, J. B., report by, on poultry, 1860 



(Part 2), 221. 

 Brown, J. S., report by, on the cultivation 



of vegetables, 1857 (Part 2), 331. 

 Brown rot of stone fruits, concerning the, 



1890 (Exp. Sta.), 213. 

 Brown, Simon, address by, on aids to 



farming, 1867 (Part 2), 15. 

 Brown, William D., report by, on grapes, 



1855 (Part 2), 271. 

 Bryant, Martin, report by, on forest trees, 



1362 (Part 2), 156. 

 Buckeye mower, description of the, 1867 



(Part 1), 290. 

 Buckthorn hedges, characteristics of, 



1854 (Part 2) , 108. 

 Buckwheat as a green manure, 1877 (Part 



1),298. 



— cultivation and yield of, 1868 (Part 1), 

 270; 1881,377; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 194. 



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

 269; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 326; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 323. 



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

 181,292,297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 316, 322 ; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 312,319. 



as a crop, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 194. 



— middlings, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 126, 295; 1891 (Exp. Sta ), 319; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 73,316. 



Bud moth, eye-spotted, description, habits 

 and destruction of the, 1887, 85; 1391, 

 151. 



Budding, methods of, 1869 (Part 2), 38. 



Buds (Prof. P. A. Chadbourne), 1S76 

 (Part 1), 233. 



— characteristics, growth and offices of, 

 1865 (Part 1), 135; 1869 (Part 2), 35; 

 1876 (Part 1), 233. 



— sporting of leaf, 1876 (Part 1), 237. 

 Bugs, characteristics of, 1862 (Part 1), 



126, 176. 

 Buildings, construction of stone, 1875 

 (Part 1), 110. 



— report on farm (C. O. Perkins), 1S64 

 (Part 1), 213. 



