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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Fat, Richard S., statement by, on Jerseys, 



1859 (Part 2), 223. 

 Fearing, Albert, resolutions by the Board 



of Agriculture on the death of, 1875 



(Part 1), 237. 

 Feather or black oat grass, characteristics 



of, 1856 (Part 1), 38. 

 Fecundation of animals, concerning the, 



1866 (Part 1), 122. 

 Feed on milk, influence of, 1884, 385. 



— stuffs, with reference to the fertilizing 

 constituents they contain, 1886, 459; 1887, 

 749. 



Feeding and field experiments (Prof. 

 Manly Miles), 1883,265. 



— animals, science of, 1879 (Part 1), 222; 

 1881, 218; 1889, 102; 1892, 380. 



Barre system of. concerning the, 1870 



(Parti), 135; 1871 (Part 1), 263; 1872 

 (Part 1), 27, 47; 1889, 125. 



directions for, 1879 (Part 1), 234. 



— experiments at the State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. (See Experiment 

 Station.) 



— fall, the aftermath or rowen of mowing 

 lands, 1855 ( Part 1 ) , 209, 211; 1868 (Part 

 1), 219; 1873 (Parti), 211. 



— for milk or butter. (See Butter and 

 Milk.) 



— nutritive ratio in, concerning, 1879 

 (Parti), 237; 1889,108; 1892,383. 



— of animals, high, 1892, 18. 



— of cattle as a means of improving 

 breeds, 1870 (Part 1), 92. 



— of swine, breeding and (Theodore 

 Louis), 1891, 192. 



— substances, digestibility of, 1879 (Part 

 1),230. 



— tables of nutritive values in, 1879 (Part 

 1), 224. 



— value of fodder, physiological or, 1879 

 (Part 1),224; 1888, 419. 



Felcii, I. K., lecture by, on breeding and 

 management of poultry, 1876 ( Part 1) ,55. 



Felid.i; or cat family, characteristics of 

 the, 1861 (Part 1), 147. 



Felt refuse, analyses of, 1887, 710, 761; 

 1888, 611; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 286; 1890 

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

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 



Fei.ton,O.C, report by, on the renovation 

 of exhausted pastures, 1859 (Part 1), 21. 



Female education, importance of, in agri- 

 culture, 1869 (Part 1), 188. 



Fence evils, the, 1882, 208. 



— garden, the (Prof. L H. Bailey, Jr.), 

 18S5), 93. 



— in America, the, 1882, 201. 



Fence question, barb wire and the (Henry 

 M. Smith), 1882, 196. 



— reform, concerning, 1882, 210. 



— system, the English, 1882, 199. 



Fences and division walls, possible im- 

 provement in, 1854 (Part 2), 18, 26 ; 1857 

 (Part 2), 11; 1867 (Part 1), 230. 



— and walls occupy land which could be 

 used to better advantage, 1855 (Part 1), 

 84; 1861 (Part 1), 88; 1881, 162. 



— extent and cost of, in different States, 

 1861 (Part 1), 89; 1882, 197. 



— farm, report on hedges and (Avery P. 

 Slade), 1867 (Part 1), 229. 



— fence viewers and, statutes relating to, 

 1859 (Part 2), 311. 



— for sheep pastures. (See Sheep.) 



— kinds and economy of, 1884, 89. 



— laws concerning. 1872 (Part 1), 128; 

 1878 (Part 1), 160; 1882, 206. 



— wayside, removing of, 1891, 256., 



— wire, utility and economy of, 1857 (Part 

 2), 208; 1861 (Part 1), 91; 1882, 211, 

 217; 1891, 124. 



Fermentation, action of, 1874 (Part 1), 

 14; 1880 (Parti), 171. 



— effect of, on foods, 1881, 245. 



— process of, 1887, 262. 

 Ferments, characteristics of, 1S87, 369. 

 Fern bark louse, description of the, 1869 



(Part 1), 259. 



Fernald, Prof. C. H., lecture by, on inju- 

 rious insects, 1887, 78. 



paper by, on the Orthoptera of New 



England, 1887, 423. 



remarks by, on the insect enemies of 



the cranberry, 1891, 169. 



Ferns, prehistoric, size of, 1857 (Part 2), 

 105. 



Fertilization, cross, phenomena of, 1885, 

 118; 1891, 24. 



— effect of, upon grapes, 1879 (Part 1), 

 352; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 



upon sugar beets, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 



308. 



— of flowers, 1870 (Part 1), 296. 

 Fertilizer, ammonia as a. (.See Am- 

 monia ) 



— analysis, methods of, 1S90 (Exp. Sta.), 

 272; 1891 (Exp Sta.), 277. 



— clover as a (T. D. Thatcher), 1869 (Part 

 1), 209. 



— cotton-seed meal as a. (See Cotton ) 



— night soil as a, use and value of, 1862 

 (Part 1), 318 ; 1863 (Part 1)., 278; 1867 

 (Parti), 182,269; 1877 (Parti), 169, 178, 

 183,186,197; 1878 (Parti), 65; 1884,28. 



— nitrogen as a. (See Nitrogen.) 



