170 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Cattle, Shorthorn or Durham, bull, de- 

 sirable qualities in the, 1857 (Part 1), 18. 



characteristics and value of, 1853 



(Part 2), 397; 1854 (Part 2), 263, 313; 

 1855 (Part 2), 185, 188; 1S57 (Part 1), 

 16; 1859 (Part 2), 205,231; 1861 (Part 

 1), 35 (Part 2), 178; 1866 (Part 1), 90; 

 1867 (Part 1), 21 ; 1869 (Part 1), 86, 92, 

 1S70 (Part 1), 92; 1871 (Part 2), 263; 

 1872 (Part 1), 116; 1873 (Part 1),265; 

 1879 (Part 1) , 96 ; 1884, 167. 



grades, value of, 1863 (Part 2), 36; 



1801 (Parti), 123. 



history of, 1857 (Part 1), 16; 1859 



(Part 2), 231; 1870 (Part 1), 92 (Part 

 2), 21, 176; 1871 (Part 2), 263; 1872 

 (Part 1), 116; 1881, 101. 



importation of, 1857 (Part 1), 18; 



1S60 (Part 2), 29; 1870 (Part 2), 24, 

 176; 1884, 167. 



in Massachusetts (William R. Ses- 

 sions), 1884, 161. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



104; 1857 (Part 1), 18. 



— show and agricultural fair, holding of 

 a State, 1857 (Part 1), li. 



— six acres can summer twelve, how, 

 1876 (Part 2), 52. 



— soiling of (A. L. McKinstry), 1876 (Part 

 2), 52. 



— soiling of, 1S61 (Part 1), 43; 1876 (Part 

 2), 52; 1889, 104. 



— sterility in, causes of, 1S70 (Part 1) , 87. 



— store, shipment of, to Europe, 1879 

 (Part 1), 24. 



— stray, liabilities of owners of, 1878 (Part 

 1), 160, 165. 



— Suffolk, characteristics and value of, 

 1855 (Part 2), 178; 1867 (Part 2), 158. 



— Swabian-IIallish, characteristics of, 

 1863 (Part 1), 121. 



— Swiss, characteristics and value of, 1S63 

 (Part 1), 113; 1864 (Part 1), 127; 1870 

 (Part 2), 169; 1871 (Part 2), 266; 1879 

 (Parti), 115. 



— Texas, origin of, 1879 (Part 1), 27. 



— training, methods of, 1864 (Part 2), 38. 



— tuberculosis in (Dr. Frank S. Billings), 

 1885, 69. 



food products, special report by Board 



of Agriculture on dangers arising from 

 the presence of, 1891, 373. 



— warts on, removing of, 1865 (Part 1) , 75. 



— water for, warming of, 1876 (Part 1), 

 125; 18S0 (Part 1), 124; 1887,288; 1889, 

 105, 126; 1890, 140; 1892, 160, 183. 



— weight of, dressed and undressed, 1863 

 (Parti), 117. 



Cattle, weight of, increase of, 1853 (Part 

 D,3. 



— Yorkshire, characteristics of, 1859 (Part 

 2), 205. 



Call: flower, cultivation of the, 1857 

 (Part 2), 333. 



Cedar of Lebanon, habitat and peculiari- 

 ties of the, 1854 (Part 1), 151. 



— ■ or cherry bird, habits and character- 

 istics of the, 1871 (Part 2), 116. 



— Tineid, description and habits of the, 

 1870 (Part 1), 372. 



— white, value of the, 1S7-5 (Part 1), 266. 

 Celeky, blanching of, 1889, 45. 



— blight of, description of, 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 231. 



— cultivation and varieties of, 1888, 167; 

 1889, 43; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 185. 



— pit, description of a plan of a, 1877 

 (Part 1), 28, 30. 



Cell, structure and development of the, 

 1873 (Part 1), 164, 171, 179; 1874 (Part 

 1), 149, 171. 



— origin of life in the, 1S74 (Part 1), 149. 

 Cellars, barn, construction and utility of, 



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

 (Part 2), 146, 491; 1855 (Part 2), 324; 

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

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

 1), 32, 35, 38, 43. 



— to dwelling houses, importance of tak 

 ing care of, 1870 (Part 2), 52. 



Cemeteries of Europe and America com- 

 pared, 1863 (Part 1), 146. 



Census returns, unreliability of, 1872 (Part 

 1),7, 312. 



Century plant, flow of sap of the, 1874 

 (Part 1), 265. 



Cereals, effect of stimulating manures 

 on, 1863 (Part 1), 281. 



— report on the cultivation of (William 

 Knowlton), 1868 (Part 1), 266. 



Cervid/E or deer family, characteristics of 



the, 1861 (Parti), 189. 

 Cerves or American deer, description and 



habits of the, 1861 (Part 1), 189. 

 Chadboukne, Prof. P. A., address by, 



before the Board of Agriculture, at 



Northampton, 1882, 10. 

 on New England home life, 1872 



(Part 2) , 56. 

 on the obstacles to the progress of 



scientific agriculture, 1869 (Part 1), 61. 

 . on Utah and the Mormons, 1871 



(Part 1), 61. 

 on utilization of labor, 1871 (Part 



2), 53. 

 essay by, on buds, 1876 (Part 1), 233. 



