186 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Droughts in New England, history of, 



1854 (Part 1), 30, 33; 1876 (Part 1), 146. 

 Dry rot, nature of, 1872 (Part 1), 60. 

 Ducks, characteristics of different varieties 



of, 1867 (Part 2), 190; 1872 (Part 2), 

 176, 206. 



— for market, raising of, 1872 (Part 2), 

 174 ; 1885, 288. 



Dukes County, agriculture of (Cleaveland, 



D. A.), 1865 (Part 1), 265. 

 (Grinnell, James S.), 1883, 389. 



— roads of, 1870 (Part 1), 26. 

 Dunham, J. N., address by, on the farm- 

 ers' calling, 1861 (Part 2), 42. 



Durant, Henry F., address by, on the 

 dignity of labor, 1859 (Part 2), 59. 



Durant, Warren A., essay by, on agri- 

 culture in Massachusetts, 1869 (Part 2), 

 83. 



Durfee, Dr. Nathan, address by, on the 

 industries of Fall River, 1871 (Part 1), 9. 



essay by, on the relation of manu- 

 factures to agriculture, 1868 (Part 1), 

 290. 



Durham or Shorthorn bull, desirable qual- 

 ities in the, 1857 (Part 1), 18. 



— cattle, characteristics and value of, 1853 

 (Part 2), 397; 1854 (Part 2), 263, 343; 



1855 (Part 2), 185, 188; 1857 (Part 1), 

 16| 1859 (Part 2), 205, 231; 1860 (Part 

 2), 29; 1861 (Part 1), 35 (Part 2), 178; 

 1865 (Part 1), 28, 42; 1866 (Part 1), 90; 

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

 1870 (Part 1), 92; 1871 (Part 2), 263; 

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

 1879 (Part 1), 96. 



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



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

 2), 24, 176; 1871 (Part 2), 263; 1872 

 (Parti), 116; 1884, 161. 



importation of, 1857 (Part 1), 18 ; 1860 



(Part 2), 29; 1867 (Part 1), 21; 1870 

 (Part 2), 24, 176; 1884, 167. 



in Massachusetts (William R. Ses- 

 sions), 1884, 161. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



104; 1857 (Parti), 18. 



Dutch cattle, north, characteristics and 

 value of, 1857 (Part 1), 62; 1861 (Part 

 1), 13,22; 1862 (Parti), 313; 1863 (Part 

 1),109; 1870 (Part 2), 28; 1873 (Parti), 

 386 (Part 2), 117; 1874 (Part 2), 97; 1879 

 (Part 1), 97. 



— origin of, 1873 (Part 2), 117, 119, 122. 



— points of excellence in, 1857 (Part I). 

 63. 



— report on (S. H. Pierce), 1873 (Part 2), 

 117. 



Dutch, the, among the first people to im- 

 prove the form of the plough, 1855 (Part 

 1), 52. 



Dwight, Daniel, essay by, on size and 

 conduct of farms in Massachusetts, 1876 

 (Part 1), 215. 



Dytiscidje, characteristics and habits of 

 the, 1862 (Parti), 143. 



Earth, epochs in the history of the, 1S56 

 (Part 2), 62. 



— productiveness of the, the (A. N. Ar- 

 nold), 1862 (Part 2), 33. 



Earth's crust, formation of the, 1856 

 (Part 2), 60, 63. 



Earths, cost of handling, shrinkage in, 

 and moving, in road making, 1869 (Part 

 2), 212, 216. 



Easements, concerning, 1872 (Part 1), 

 136. 



East and West, comparative advantages 

 of the, 1855 (Part 2), 377 ; 1873 (Part 2), 

 24, 41, 85. 



Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society, 

 reports on exhibitions of, 1857 (Part 1), 

 258; 1858 (Part 1), 137; 1859 (Part 1), 

 182; 1860 (Part 1), 301; 1861 (Part 1), 

 232; 1862 (Part 1), 395; 1863 (Part 1), 

 317; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), xxvii; 

 1865 (Part 1, Appendix), xxv; 1867 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xviii; 1868 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xxiv; 1869 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xxix ; 1870 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxv; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), xxiii; 

 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), xii ; 1873 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xxv; 1874 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xxvii; 1875 (Parti, Appendix), 

 xxi; 1876 (Part 1, Appendix), xxiii; 

 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxi. 



— returns of the, 1856 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 iii; 1857 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiv; 

 1858 (Part 1, Appendix), cviii; 1859 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xviii; 1860 (Part 1, 

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

 iii; 1862 (Part 1), 417; 1863 (Part 1), 

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

 (Part 1, Appendix), xlii; 1866 (Parti), 

 356; 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), xl ; 1868 

 (Part 1, Appendix), Iii; 1869 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xlviii ; 1870 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), Iii; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), lviii; 

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

 1, Appendix), lviii; 1874 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), lvi; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), 

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



I 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), Iii; 1878 (Part 



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



1),250; 1881,390; 1882,394; 1883,248; 



