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AGRICULTURE OP MASSACHUSETTS. 



Institutes, farmers', the holding of, 1853 

 (Part 1), 116; 1888, 396; 1890, xxvii, 

 330; 1891,365; 1892, xix, 5. 



Insurance, co-operative fire, 1887, 256. 



Interests of labor, 1872 (Part 2), 48. 



— unity of (Eliphalet Stone), 1872 (Part 

 2), 43. 



Investigations, original, requirements of, 



1855 (Part 1), 49. 

 Iron, sulphate of, as a deodorizer, 1877 



(Part 1), 182. 

 Irrigation (W. W. Rawson), 1888, 168. 



— and agriculture, 1884, 37. 



— at Paris, 1884, 39. 



— disposal of sub-surface, 1884, 36. 



— history of, 1854 (Part 1), 64. 



— in Lombardy, method of, 1862 (Part 1), 

 275. 



— in Switzerland, method of, 1862 (Part 

 1),290. 



— in Utah, value of, 1871 (Part 1), 68, 71, 75. 



— manure? is, 1867 (Part 1), 241. 



— methods and utility of, 1854 (Part 1) 

 63; 1856 (Part 1), 234; 1859 (Part 2), 83 

 1860 (Part 2), 85; 1861 (Part 2), 219 

 1863 (Part 1), 277; 1870 (Part 1), 267 

 1871 (Part 1), 74; 1872 (Part 1), 134 

 1873 (Part 1), 206; 1883, 97; 1884, 36 

 1888, 169, 174. 



— of grass lands, 1854 (Part 1), 65; 1859 

 (Part 2), 83. 



— right of land-owners in, 1872 (Part 1), 

 134. 



— soils favorable for, 1863 (Part 2), 62, 

 64; 1884,48. 



— superficial, effect of, 1856 (Part 1), 234. 



— use of hydraulic ram for, 1854 (Part 1), 

 67. 



Italian rye grass, analyses of, 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 293, 299; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 291, 

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

 (Exp. Sta.), 311,318. 



— characteristics of, 1856 (Parti), 66; 1862 

 (Part 1), 274. 



Ives, John M., essay by, on open-air grape 



culture, 1863 (Part 2), 133. 

 report by, on fruit culture, 1858 (Part 



2), 312. 

 Ivory dust, analyses of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 



288, 305. 



Jaculus, characteristics of the genus, 1861 

 (Parti), 177. 



Jamestown cattle, history and charac- 

 teristics of, 1860 (Part 2), 197; 1867 

 (Part 2), 158. 



Japan, agriculture of, the (Prof. W. S. 

 Clark), 1878 (Part 1), 90. 



Japan, life in (William Wheeler), 1888, 



85. 

 Jay, blue, characteristics and habits of 



the, 1865 (Part 1), 114; 1871 (Part 2), 



120; 1872 (Part 2), 201. 

 Jena, agricultural institute at, description 



of the, 1863 (Part 1), 157. 

 Jersey as a butter cow, the, 1879 (Part 



1), 104. 



— Belle, concerning the cow, 1892, 169 



— butter, characteristics of, 1871 (Part 1), 

 287, 297,305; 1883, 114. 



— cattle (0. B. Hadwen), 1879 (Part 1), 

 370. 



characteristics and value of, 1853 



(Part 2), 270; 1854 (Part 2), 252, 

 278; 1855 (Part 2), 190,199,206; 1857 

 (Part 1), 37; 1859 (Part 2), 204, 228; 

 1860 (Part 2), 38; 1861 (Part 1), 60; 

 1865 (Part 1), 37; 1868 (Part 1), 304; 

 1869 (Part 1), 91 (Part 2), 170, 176, 

 179; 1870 (Part 2), 28, 166, 176; 1871 

 (Part 2), 257, 265; 1872 (Part 2), 157; 

 1874 (Part 1), 22 (Part 2), 92; 1876 

 (Part 1), 117, 129; 1877 (Part 2), 90, 

 157; 1879 (Part 1), 104, 371; 1883, 109. 



crossing of, 1857 (Part 1), 39; 1865 



(Part 1), 31. 



history of, 1857 (Part 1), 38; 1859 



(Part 2), 204; 1869 (Part 2), 176; 1870 

 (Part 2), 28. 



importation of, 1869 (Part 2), 176; 



1879 (Part 1), 370. 



in America; their present and future 



(Richard Goodman, Jr.), 1883, 109. 



on the island of Jersey, numbers of, 



1892, 108. 



points of excellence in, 1853 (Part 1), 



113; 1857 (Part 1), 38; 1879 (Part 1), 

 373 ; 1892, 109. 



too young, should not be allowed 



with calf, 1857 (Part 1), 39. 



— milk, characteristics of, 1873 (Part 1), 

 94, 382, 384; 1874 (Part 1), 22; 1883, 

 118. 



Jerusalem artichoke, concerning the, 1892 



(Exp. Sta.), 191. 

 Johannisbeug vineyards, character of 



soil of, 1868 (Part 1), 122. 

 Johnson, John, Jr., address by, on the 



preparation and seeding down of land, 



1871 (Parti), 18. 

 essay by, on pasture lands, 1866 



(Parti), 313. 

 on the improvement of stock, 1867 



(Parti), 277. 

 on the time of cutting and mode of 



curing hay, 1870 (Part 1), 339. 



