212 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 322; 1892 



(Exp. Sta.), 311, 319. 

 Grasses, analysis and list of artificial, 



1856 (Part 1), 125, 128, 130, 132. 

 natural, 1856 (Part 1), 124, 126, 129, 



132. 



— and forage plants, lists of, 1856 (Part 

 1), 16, 124; 1883,306; 1887, 182, 184. 



— arrow, list of, 1856 (Part 1), 109. 



— characteristics of the, 1856 (Part 1), 10. 



— essential oils of, flavor, milk, 1874 (Part 

 1), 19. 



— groups of, 1856 (Part 1), 118. 



— improvement of, by hybridization or 

 cross-fertilization, 1877 (Part 1), 119. 



— moisture in, 1888, 174. 



— nutritive value of certain, 1856 (Part 1), 

 121, 126, 129, 134; 1868 (Part 1), 203; 

 1872 (Parti), 20,27, 122. 



— production of, 1887, 171. 



— salt marsh, characteristics of, 1874 (Part 

 1), 332. 



— soils best adapted to the growth of, 

 1872 (Part 1),200. 



— varieties of, different, importance of 

 mixing, 1856 (Part 1), 150, 152, 155, 166; 

 1871 (Part 1), 21 ; 1877 (Part 1), 124, 136. 



for pasturage, 1863 (Part 2), 58, 106; 



1877 (Parti), 135. 



in mowing lands, 1868 (Part 1), 207. 



Grasshoppers, destructiveness of, 1892, 



293. 



— in Utah, destruction by, 1871 (Part 1), 

 76. 



Gravel and lime wall, description of 



mode of constructing a, 1854 (Part 2), 



246. 

 Gray, John C, essay by, on the climate 



of New England, 1853 (Part 1), 147. 

 report by, on forest trees, 1854 (Part 



1), 139. 

 Grazing, a characteristic in our farming, 



1863 (Part 2), 33, 35, 57, 100. 

 Great Barrington, history of, 1884, 5. 



— public winter meeting of the Board of 

 Agriculture at, 1884, 3. 



Green, M. B., report by, on farm improve- 

 ments, 1853 (Part 2), 24. 



Green, Hugh W., report by, on plough- 

 ing, 1853 (Part 2), 129. 



Green crops, ploughed under as a fertil- 

 izer, value of, 1853 (Part 2), 140; 1856 

 (Part 2), 238; 1858 (Part 2), 79; 1865 

 (Part 2), 54; 1867 (Part 1), 237; 1869 

 (Part 1), 209 (Part 2), 143; 1877 (Part 

 1),298; 1878 (Parti), 259. 



— fodder all the year (0. B. Potter), 1880 

 (Part 2), 75. 



Green food in silos, the system of preserv- 

 ing (Dr. C. A. Goessmann), 1880 (Part 

 1), 156. 



— sand marl, analysis of, 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta), 303. 



Green Harbor marshes, reclamation and 

 improvement of, 1874 (Part 1), 335; 1875 

 (Part 1) , 5, 238 ; 1876 (Part 1) , 219 ; 1877 

 (Part 1), 253; 1878 (Part 1), 353; 1879 

 (Part 1), 290; 1880 (Part 1), 195. 



Greenfield, public winter meetings of the 

 Board of Agriculture at, 1864 (Part 1), 

 30; 1879 (Parti), 7. 



Greenhouses, heating (Joseph H. Wood- 

 ford), 1885, 490. 



— use of blue glass in, 1871 (Part 1), 222. 

 Greenough, Prof. J. C, lecture by, on 



the place and the work of the State Agri- 

 cultural College, 1883, 53. 



Gregory, James J. H., address by, on ob- 

 servation and experiment, 1859 (Part 2), 

 1. 



essay by, on clearing a farm of 



bowlders, 1878 (Part 2), 37. 



on originating new potatoes, 1876 



(Part 2) 37. 



lecture by, on errors in estimating 



the value of manures, 1885, 39. 



on field culture of roots and vegeta- 

 bles, 1870 (Part 1), 229. 



report by, on poultry husbandry, 



1858 (Part 2), 291. 



reports by, on the cultivation of 



vegetables, 1856 (Part 2), 423; 1857 

 (Part 2), 326; 1869 (Part 2), 135; 1871 

 (Part 2) , 240. 



statement by, on crop of Indian corn, 



1877 (Part 2) , 68. 



Grignon, agricultural institute at, descrip- 

 tion of the, 1863 (Part 1), 217. 



Grinnell, James S., address by, before 

 the Board of Agriculture, at Greenfield, 

 1879 (Parti), 7. 



at Spencer, 1892, 12. 



essay by, on agriculture of Massa- 

 chusetts for forty years, 1881, 361. 



on Massachusetts agriculture, 1888, 



329. 



lecture by, on agricultural machinery 



and implements, 1882, 231. 



on hindrances to successful farm- 

 ing, 1884, 72. 



on the history of sheep husbandry 



in Massachusetts, 1891, 101. 



report by, on farmers' institutes in 



Franklin County, 1879 (Part 1), 340. 



on sheep husbandry, 1858 (Part 2), 



285; 1860 (Parti), 91; 1878 (Part 1), 291. 



