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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society, fair 

 of, address at (Henry L. Dawes), 1885, 

 427. 



— reports on exhibitions of, 1860 (Part 1), 

 309; 1861 (Part 1), 249; 1863 (Part 1), 

 325; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiii ; 

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

 1, Appendix), xxix ; 1870 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xxxv ; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxx ; 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), xxii; 

 1873 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiv; 1874 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiv; 1875 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xxxii; 1877 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix;, xxxvii. 



— returns of the, 1860 (Part 1, Appendix), 

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

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

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

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

 357; 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), xli; 1868 

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

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

 dix), liii; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), lix; 

 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), li ; 1873 (Part 

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

 dix), lvii; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), xlix ; 

 1876 (Part 1, Appendix), xlvi ; 1877 

 (Part 1, Appendix), liii; 1878 (Part 1), 

 362; 1879 (Part 1), 410; 1880 (Part 1), 

 250; 1881, 390; 1882, 394; 1883, 248; 

 1884, 274; 1885, 310; 1886, 324; 1887, 

 326; 1888, 366; 1889, 350; 1890, 348; 

 1891,336; 1892, 331. 



Hoove in cattle, cause of, 1856 (Part 1), 



109. 

 Hop, cultivation of the, yield and profits, 



1853 (Part 1), 66 ; 1854 (Part 1), 94, 100, 



112. 



— drying, baling and bagging of the, 1854 

 (Part 1), 109, 111. 



— history of the, as a cultivated plant, 1854 

 (Part 1), 96. 



— insects which infest the, 1854 (Part 1), 

 116. 



— natural history of the, 1854 (Part 1), 

 94. 



— plant, diseases of the, 1854 (Part 1), 115. 



— plantation, location for a, 1854 (Part 

 1),99. 



— refuse, analyses of, 1886, 516; 1887, 

 771; 1888, 621; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 287; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 286; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 310; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 306. 



— setting poles for the, 1854 (Part 1), 104. 



— soil adapted to the culture of the, 1854 

 (Part 1), 100. 



— tree, the, 1854 (Part 1), 95. 



— uses of the, 1854 (Part 1), 118. 



Hop vine, analysis of the, 1854 (Part 1), 



117. 

 Hopkins, Prof. Albert, lecture by, on New 



England homes, 1870 (Part 1), 167. 

 Hops, amount raised, 1853 (Part 1), 66; 



18,54 (Parti), 114. 

 Horn and hoof waste, analyses of, and 



value as a fertilizer, 1875 (Part 1), 327; 



1876 (Parti), 254; 1887,761; 1888,611; 



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



284; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 309; 1892 (Exp. 



Sta.), 305. 



— shavings, analyses of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 283, 305. 



Horse, American, characteristics and his- 

 tory of, 1860 (Part 1), 183; 1873 (Part 

 1), 57; 1875 (Part 1), 87, 94; 1890, 



• 179. 



demand for the, in England, 1875 



(Part 1), 94. 



— and ox shoeing (David Stiles, Jr.), 



1859 (Part 2), 295. 



— Arabian, origin and characteristics of 

 the, 1860 (Part 1), 153, 177; 1875 (Part 

 1),76; 1888,220. 



— Black Hawk, origin and value of the, 

 1854 (Part 2), 354; 1857 (Part 1), 87; 



1860 (Part 1), 187; 1864 (Part 2), 114; 

 1867 (Part 2), 169. 



— breeders, rules for, 1860 (Part 1), 193. 



— breeding of the, 1853 (Part 2) , 350, 353 ; 

 1854 (Part 2), 356; 1856 (Part 2), 173, 

 375; 1857 (Part 1), 86 (Part 2), 270; 

 1859 (Part 2), 255, 257; 1860 (Part 1), 

 170, 193; 1875 (Part 1), 70; 1877 (Part 

 1), 79; 1890, 185, 197. 



— Clydesdale, characteristics of the, 1857 

 (Part 1), 102; 1860 (Part 1), 182. 



— draught, essential points in the, 1860 

 (Part 1), 169; 1863 (Part 2), 204. 



— foot of the, description of the, 1859 

 (Part 2), 297; 1877 (Part 1), 101. 



shoe for the, if contracted, 1859 (Part 



2), 298. 

 if flat, 1859 (Part 2), 298. 



— how to kill a, 1873 (Part 1), 238. 



— ideal, characteristics of the, 1877 (Part 

 1), 83,97. 



— length of life of the, 1860 (Part 1), 175, 

 235. 



— Messenger, characteristics and history 

 of the, 1864 (Part 2), 113; 1867 (Part 2), 

 169; 1877 (Part 1), 80; 1890, 181. 



— Morgan, origin and characteristics of 

 the, 1853 (Part 2), 354; 1857 (Part 1), 

 87; 1859 (Part 2), 255; I860 (Part 1), 

 187; 1862 (Part 2), 210; 1863 (Part 2), 

 205; 1864 (Part 2), 113; 1867 (Part 2), 



