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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



English bent-grass, characteristics of, 

 1856 (Part 1), 28. 



— fence system, the, 1882, 199. 



— hay. (See Hay.) 



— sparrow, characteristics and habits of 

 the, 1890, 46, 48, 270. 



— system of agricultural education, 1887, 

 351. 



Ensilage a success in New England ? Is 

 (Henry E. Alvord), 1887, 120. 



— and other forage crops, chemical com- 

 position of corn, 1887, 139. 



— apple pomace, fodder analj r ses of, 1S86, 

 481; 1887, 744; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 297; 

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

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



feeding of, 1886, 481 ; 1887, 197 ; 1889, 



122. 



— as food for farm stock, 1880 (Part 1), 

 7; 1881, 9, 240; 1887, 141, 147, 151; 

 1889,131; 1890,108,297; 1892,20. 



— bacteria in, 1883, 289. 



— beet roots, leaves and tops of, and sugar 

 beet pulp as, 1880 (Part 1), 162. 



— clover, fodder analyses of, 1880 (Part 

 1), 160, 168. 



— corn, and soja bean, analyses of, 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 58, 314; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 47, 318. 



experiments with fodder corn and, 



1884,426; 1886,472: 1887,638. 



feeding experiments with, 1884, 352. 



fertilizing ingredients in, 1889 (Exp. 



Sta.), 298; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 296; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 321; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 19, 

 47, 80, 96, 103, 110, 119, 128, 318. 



fodder analyses of, 1880 (Parti), 165; 



1882,387,411; 1886,434,477; 1887,655; 

 1888, 443, 492; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 34, 

 143, 292; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 37, 129, 131, 

 290; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 100, 126, 147, 

 314; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 18, 80, 96, 103, 

 109, 118, 128, 310. 



— crops for, cultivating and harvesting, 

 1882, 388 ; 1887, 127. 



— cutting of, for the silo, 1882, 388; 1887, 

 289. 



— esparsette, analysis of, 1880 (Parti), 161. 



— from rowen, analysis of, 1886, 4S0; 

 1887, 738. 



— history of, 1882, 382; 18S7, 121. 



— liquor, analysis of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 277. 



— on milk, effect of, 1887, 145. 



— removing of, from the silo, and feed- 

 ing, 1887, 140. 



— report on, 1883, 285. 



— soja bean and cow pea, analysis of, 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 129. 



Ensilage, stacking of, in the open air, 

 1887, 193. • 



— temperature of, in the silo, 1883, 287. 



— the silo and (B. P. Ware), 1882, 382. 



— value of, as compared with English 

 hay, 1882, 389. 



Entomology, definition of technical terms 

 used in, 1862 (Part 1), 125, 129.. 



Epidemic defined, 1872 (Part 1), 145. 



Epizootic aphtha, or foot and mouth dis- 

 ease, among cattle, spread of and destruc- 

 tive nature of, 1870 (Part 1), 8, 136, 3S0; 

 1871 (Part 1), 244, 247, 250; 1892, 226. 



— disease among horses, description of 

 and treatment for, 1872 (Part 1), 145, 

 147, 151. 



Equestrians, laws relating to, 1885, 245. 

 Ergot, description of, 1872 (Part 1), 59. 



— as a cause of abortion, 1870 (Part 1), 

 91; 1883, 45; 1884, 120. 



Ermine, or common weasel, description 

 and habits of the, 1861 (Part 1), 156. 



Escutcheon, cause of the, 1879 (Part 1), 

 193. 



— description of the, 1879 (Part 1), 180. 



— Guenon's system of selecting cows by 

 the (Willis P.Hazard), 1879 (Parti), 174. 



— on bulls, the, 1879 (Part 1), 192. 



— the bastard, 1879 (Part 1), 188. 



ovals on the, 1879 (Part 1), 189. 



Escutcheons, names of the, 1879 (Part 



1), 183. 

 Esparsette ensilage, analysis of, 1880 



(Parti), 161. 

 Esskx Agricultural Society, history of the 



(Dr. George B. Loring), 1868 (Part 2), 1. 



— improving the (Francis H. Appleton), 

 1871 (PartT2), 121. 



— incorporation of the, 1853 (Part 1), 12;. 

 1856 (Part 2), 10. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1854 (Part 1), 

 125; 1855 (Part 1), 101; 1856 (Parti), 

 287; 1857 (Part 1), 235; 1858 (Part 1), 

 115; 1859 (Part 1), 153; 1860 (Part 1), 

 273; 1861 (Part 1), 201; 1862 (Parti), 

 373 ; 1863 (Parti), 297 ; 1864 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), ii; 1865 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 ii; 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 1868 

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

 Appendix), ii ; 1870 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 ii; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 1872 

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

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

 ii; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 1876 

 (Part 1, Appendix), ii; 1877 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), iii. 



— returns of the, 1853 (Part 1), 166; 1854 

 (Part 1), 180; 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), 



