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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Forests, influence of.general, 1854 (Part t), 

 58 ; 1856 ( Part 2) , 203 ; 1859 (Part 2) , 20 ; 

 1861 (Part 1), 87; 1869 (Part 1), 227; 

 1871 (Part 1), 67, 154; 1872 (Part 2), 90; 

 1875 (Part 1), 140, 166, 250, 258; 1876 

 (Part 1), 228. 



on rainfall, 1854 (Part 1), 58; 1856 



(Part 2), 203; 1859 (Part 2), 20; 1861 

 (Part 1), 87; 1869 (Part 1), 227; 1875 

 (Part 1), 146, 150, 166, 250; 1887, 51. 



— in Massachusetts, area of, 1875 (Parti), 

 258. 



— - report of Board of Agriculture on, 

 1890, 254. 



■ — modification of climate by, 1875 (Part 

 1), 149, 251. 



— our (L. B. Caswell), 1872 (Part 2), 90. 



— purification of air by, 1875 (Part 1), 

 149. 



— restoration of the (George B. Emer- 

 son), 1875 (Part 1), 140. 



— retention of moisture by, 1875 (Part 1), 

 146. 



— soil in, temperature of, 1854 (Part 1), 

 58; 1856 (Part 2), 203; 1859 (Part 2), 

 20; 1865 (Part 1), 217. 



Fork, the Montgomery hay, description 

 of the, 1867 (Part 1), 296. 



— Walker improved pitch, description of 

 the, 1867 (Part 1), 296. 



Fotleh early drumhead cabbage, history 

 of the, 1S76 (Part 1), 208. 



Fowl meadow grass, characteristics of the, 

 1856 (Part 1), 52; 1857 (Part 2), 85. 



Fowler, Prof. S. P., essay by, on de- 

 struction of insects injurious to vegeta- 

 tion, 1856 (Part 2), 438. 



Fowler, William C, address by, on 

 science in agriculture, 1853 (Part 2), 440. 



report by, on the management of 



orchards, 1853 (Part 2), 90. 



Fowler's steam plough, description of 

 the, 1872 (Part 1), 268. 



Fowls. (See Chickens and Poultry.) 



— breeding of, 1876 (Part 1), 69; 1882, 

 174. 



— breeds of, characteristics and value of 

 different, 1853 (Part 2), 382; 1857 (Part 

 1), 133; 1858 (Part 2), 294; 1860 (Part 

 2), 222; 1864 (Part 2), 130; 1867 (Part 

 2), 184, 191; 1868 (Part 2), 207; 1876 

 (Part 1),57,70, 81; 1884,237. 



— cholera in, cause of, 1887, 209. 

 virus of, 18^3, 22. 



— fattening of, 1882, 185. 



— for broilers, 1882, 182. 



— for the table and market (Mason C. 

 Weld), 1882, 172. 



Fowls, gapes in, 1873 (Part 1), 336; 1884, 

 237; 1889, 261. 



— grading and crossing of, 1882, 176. 



— killing and picking of, 1882, 188. 

 Fox, common or red, description and 



habits of the, 1861 (Part 1), 151. 

 Fra.mingham, history of, 1885, 4. 



— public meetings of the Board of Agri- 

 culture at, 1870 (Part 1), 11 ; 1885, 3. 



France, agriculture in, condition and im- 

 portance of, 1855 (Part 2), 312; 1862 

 (Part 1), 354, 361 ; 1870 (Part 2), 7. 



— wine product of, 1865 (Part 1), 327. 

 Franklin County Agricultural Society, 



incorporation and work of the, 1879 

 (Part 1), 14. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1856 (Part 1), 

 303; 1857 (Part 1), 260; 1859 (Part 1), 

 184; 1860 (Part 1), 302; 1861 (Part 1), 

 235; 1862 (Part 1), 393; 1863 (Part 1), 

 320 ; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), xxv ; 1865 ' 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxvi; 1867 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xix ; 186S (Parti, Ap- 

 pendix), xxviii ; 1869(Part 1, Appendix), 

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

 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), xxv; 1872 

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

 Appendix), xxxi; 1874 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xxiii; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxiv; 1876 (Part 1, Appendix), xxiv; 

 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxii. 



— returns of the, 1853 (Part 1), 167; 1854 

 (Part 1), 181; 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 ii; 1856 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 1857 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiv; 1858 (Part 

 1, Appendix), cviii; 1859 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xix; 1860 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 iii; 1861 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1862 

 (Part 1), 417; 1863 (Part 1, Appendix), 

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

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

 1), 356; 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), xli; 

 1868 (Part 1, Appendix), liii ; 1869 

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

 1, Appendix), liii; 1871 (Part ^Appen- 

 dix), lviii; 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 li; 1873 (Part 1, Appendix), lix ; 1874 

 (Part 1, Appendix), hi; 1875 (Parti, 

 Appendix), xlviii ; 1876 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xlvi; 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 Iii; 1878 (Part 1), 362; 1879 (Part 

 1),410; 1880 (Parti), 250; 1881,390; 

 1882,394; 1883,248; 1884,274; 1885, 

 310; 1886, 324; 1887, 326; 1888, 366; 

 1889,350; 1890,348; 1891,330; 1892, 

 325. 



Franklin County, agriculture of (J. M. 

 Smith), 1865 (Part 1), 306. 



