ANALYTICAL IXDEX. 



199 



Fisher, Dr. Jabez, essay by, on success- 

 ful agriculture, 1862 (Part 2), 251. 



lecture by, on fruit growing: its de- 

 mands and its enemies, 1891, 148. 



on grape culture in Massachusetts, 



1873 (Part 1), 274. 



on orchard management, 1889, 11. 



on the war with insects, 1878 (Part 



1),207. 

 report by, on farm management, 1S65 



(Part 2), 6. 

 on fruits, 1855 (Part 2), 274; 1S69 



(Part 2), 150. 

 on poultry management, 1870 (Part 



2), 205. 

 on the management of orchards, 



1859 (Part 2), 127. 

 statement by, on construction of 



gravel and lime walls, 1854 (Part 2), 



246. 

 on experiment with manures, 1855 



(Part 2), 66. 

 on grape growing, 1864 (Part 2), 



82. 

 on the management of orchards, 



1857 (Part 2), 320. 

 Fisheries, menhaden, statistics of the, 



1874 (Part 1), 371; 1875 (Part 1), 322; 

 1876 (Part 1), 279; 1877 (Part 1), 336; 

 1878 (Part 1), 331; 1879 (Part 1), 320; 

 1892, 128. 



— to agriculture, harvest of the sea, or 

 the relation of the, the (William H. 

 Bowker), 1892, 120. 



Fishes, food for, 1869 (Part 1), 135. 

 Fishing, legislation concerning, 1892, 132, 

 140. 



— net, history of, 1891, 130. 

 Fitchkvrg, public winter meetings of the 



Board of Agriculture at, 1873 (Part 1), 



7 ; 1889, 3. 

 Flagg, Wilson, essay by, on inquiries in 



relation to experimental farming, 1857 



(Part 2), 337. 

 on utility of birds, 1861 (Part 2), 50. 



— plan by, for investigating the potato 

 disease, 1859 (Part 2), 280. 



Flamaxd cattle, characteristics of, 1863 

 (Part 1), 126. 



Flanders, agriculture in, condition of, 

 1854 (Part 24, 433; 1862 (Part 1), 317. 



Flax crop, direction for the proper man- 

 agement of the, 1863 (Part 1), 291. 



— culture, methods of, 1863 (Part 1), 

 291 (Part 2), 177; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 176. 



— culture of, in Massachusetts, statistics 

 of, 1853 (Part 1), 64. 



Flax, pulling and handling of, 1863 

 (Part 1),294 (Part 2), 182. 



— rotting of, 1863 (Part 2), 182. 



— soil for, and its preparation, 1853 (Part 

 1),65; 1863 (Part 1), 291 (Part 2), 181. 



— sowing the seed of, 1863 (Part 1), 292 

 (Part 2), 179. 



— weeding of, 1863 (Part 1), 293. 



Flea beetle, the steel-blue, characteristics 

 of the, 1878 (Part 1), 214. 



Flint, Charles L., address by, on practi- 

 cal suggestions on farming, 1855 (Part 

 2), 370. 



on the future of agriculture, 1855 



(Part 2), 363. 



on the practical farmer, 1856 (Part 



2), 96. 



on the State farm at Westborough, 



1856 (Part 2), 69. 



communication by, to the Governor, 



on pleuro-pneumonia, 1863 (Part 1), 14. 



lecture by, on a trip to Europe, 1862 



(Part 1), 186; 1863 (Part 1), 105. 



on roads and road making, 1870 



(Part 1), 20. 



on the grass and hay crop, 1877 



(Parti), 121. 



on the principles of breeding, 1871 



(Part 1), 178; 1878 (Part 1), 185. 



on the State farms should consti- 

 tute great breeding establishments for 

 some one exclusive, distinct, pure-bred 

 class of stock, 1865 (Part 1), 27. 



paper by, on a hundred years' prog- 

 ress in American agriculture, 1873 (Part 

 1), 11. 



on the phosphate beds of the 



Charleston basin, 1874 (Part 1), 47. 



remarks by, on the distribution of 



neat cattle in the United States, 1864 

 (Part 2), 161. 



report by, on grasses, 1856 (Part 1), 9. 



on the international exhibition at 



Hamburg, 1S63 (Part 1), 105. 



resignation of, as Secretary, action by 



the Board of Agriculture on the, 1877 

 (Part 1), 258; 1SS0 (Part 1), 16. 



review by, on the past and present 



condition of the agriculture of Massa- 

 chusetts, 1853 (Part 1), 1. 



Floating curds, characteristics of, 1874 

 (Part 1),36. 



— foxtail grass, characteristics of, 1S56 

 (Part 1), 23. 



— meadow grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 50. 



Flora of the Channel Islands, the, 1892, 

 118. 



