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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Davis, Charles G., address by, on agri- 

 culture in Europe, 1870 (Part 2) , 94. 

 lecture by, on necessity of a standard 



axle for vehicles, 1881, 85. 

 report by, on agriculture of Plymouth 



County, 1865 (Part 1), 271. 

 on market days, 1859 (Part 1), 



115. 

 on the flowage of low lands, 1860 



(Part 1) , 243. 

 Davis, Seth, report by, on reclaimed 



swamps, 1856 (Part 2), 187. 

 Dawes, Henry L., address by, at fair of 



Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society, 



1885, 427. 

 on agricultural education, 1853 



(Part 2), 467. 

 Dawson, Jackson, lecture by, on the prop- 

 agation of trees and shrubs from seed, 



1885, 468. 

 Debt and success (George S. Boutwell), 



1873 (Part 2), 1. 

 Deeds, boundaries of land should be well 



described in, 1872 (Part 1), 125; 1878 



(Parti), 149. 

 Deer, American, description and habits 



of the, 1861 (Parti), 189. 

 Deerfield Valley Agricultural Society, 



formation of the, 1879 (Part 1), 15. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1871 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xxviii ; 1872 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), v; 1873 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxvii; 1874 (Part 1, Appendix), xxx; 

 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), xxviii; 1876 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxvi. 



— returns of the, 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 Iviii; 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), li; 1873 

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

 Appendix), Mi; 1875 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xlviii; 1876 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xlvi; 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), lii; 1878 

 (Parti), 362; 1879 (Part 1), 410; 1880 

 (Parti), 250; 1881,390; 1882,394; 1883, 

 248; 1884, 274; 1881, 310; 1886, 324; 

 1887, 326; 1888, 366; 1889, 350; 1890, 

 348; 1891,327; 1892,322. 



Delano, Jesse L., essay by, on root crops, 

 1879 (Part 2), 53. 



report by, on experiments in the cult- 

 ure of potatoes, 1880 (Part 2), 64. 



Delaware grape, characteristics of the, 

 1863 (Part 2), 133, 142, 148. 



Denmark cattle, importation of, 1859 (Part 

 1), 43. 



Descent of land (George S. Boutwell), 

 1853 (Part 2), 433. 



Devens, Charles, Jr., report by, on breed- 

 ing horses, 1853 (Part 2), 351. 



Devon beef, superior quality of, 1866 (Part 

 1), 107; 1875 (Part 1),223. 



— cattle (H. M. Sessions), 1875 (Part 1), 

 219. 



characteristics and value of, 1854 



(Part 2), 262, 342, 409; 1855 (Part 2), 

 189, 196; 1857 (Part 1), 21; 1859 (Part 

 2), 231; 1860 (Part 2), 31; 1861 (Part 

 1), 59; 1866 (Part 1), 107; 1867 (Part 

 1),279; 1870 (Part 2), 27; 1871 (Part 2), 

 265; 1875 (Parti), 219, 224, 228; 1879 

 (Part 1), 97. 



color of, 1875 (Part 1), 221. 



history of, 1875 (Part 1), 220. 



importation of, 1854 (Part 2), 261; 



1870 (Part 2), 27 ; 1875 (Part 1), 224. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



106; 1854 (Part 2), 262. 



Devonshire, extracting cream from milk 

 in, 1853 (Part 2), 400. 



— rearing calves in, 1861 (Part 1), 32. 

 Dewey, Orville, address by, on the voca- 

 tion of farming, 1874 (Part 2), 31. 



Dew grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1), 26. 



— penetrates mellow soil, 1854 (Part 1), 

 73. 



Digestibilitv of fodder, 1891 (Exp.Sta.), 



91. 

 Digestion and assimilation, relation of 



the fodder to the processes of, 1892, 383. 



— coefficients, the establishment of, 1892, 

 382. 



Dillon, John C, report by, on bulls, 1885, 



416. 



on stock, 1871 (Part 2), 262. 



statement by, on management of 



milch cows, 1864 (Part 2), 98. 

 Dipoi>in.e, characteristics of the, 1861 



(Part 1), 177. 

 Diptera, characteristics of the, 1862 (Part 



1), 127. 

 Disease and accident, influence of, in 



breeding, 1870 (Part 1), 102. 



— definition of, 1859 (Part 1), 52. 



— discussion on plants in their relation 

 to, 1884, 65. 



— epizootic among horses, described, 1872 

 (Part 1), 145, 147, 151. 



— inheritance of, 1872 (Part 1), 94. 



— transmission of, 1870 (Part 1), 102. 

 Diseases, contagious, among cattle. (See 



Cattle ) 



caused by bacteria, 1887, 265. 



conveying of, 1887, 269. 



how they are caused and how to pre- 

 vent them in our homes (Dr. A. F. Holt), 

 1887, 259. 



