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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Lactate waste, analyses of, 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 291,310; 1892 (Exp. Sta),306. 



Lactometer, test for milk, the, 1S69 (Part 

 2), 13; 1873 (Part 1), 66, 84, 97. 



Lady beetle, the aphis eating, characteris- 

 tics of the, 1872 (Part 1), 262. 



— bird beetles, characteristics and habits 

 of the, 1862 (Part 1), 144. 



Lames, early, feeding and management of, 

 1860 (Part 1), 121, 127; 1864 (Part 1), 

 166; 1878 (Part 1), 305 (Part 2), 122; 

 1879 (Part 1), 212; 1886, 157; 1888, 60, 

 67; 1891, 129. 



— feeding experiments with, at Agricult- 

 ural Experiment Station, 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 70; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 128; 1892, 

 216 (Exp. Sta.), 126. 



— profits of, 1863 (Part 2), 207, 215. 



— raising of calves and, 1866 (Part 1), 109. 

 Lam son, Alvan, address by, on farming 



in some of its intellectual aspects, 1857 

 (Part 2), 75. 

 Land, boundaries of, laws concerning, 

 1872 (Parti), 125. 



— cultivating too much, 1855 (Part 2), 

 348; 1861 (Part 1), 107; 1884, 79. 



— descent of (George S. Boutwell), 1853 

 (Part 2), 433. 



— drainage companies, 1860 (Part 1), 256. 



— exhaustion of, concerning, 1892, 28, 40. 



— fish on, history of the use of, 1892, 121. 



— grants of, law concerning, 1872 (Part 

 1), 126. 



— permanent improvement of, desirable, 

 1855 (Part 1),46. 



— preparation and seeding down of, the 

 (John Johnson, Jr.), 1871 (Part 1), 18. 



— reclaiming (Francis H. Appleton), 1886, 

 119. 



— tenure of, in this country compared 

 with that of others, 1858 (Part 2), 55, 

 89,96; 1861 (Part 2), 14; 1870 (Part 1), 

 2. 



Lands, grass. (See Grass.) 



— how our, should be worked, 1874 (Part 

 2), 2, 4,7,22, 53. 



— improvement in, 1886, 232. 



— low, flowage of (Charles G. Davis), 



1860 (Part 1),243. 



— of Massachusetts, the inundated (Prof. 

 N. S. Shaler), 1891,377. 



— pasture, improving, 1860 (Part 2), 111; 



1861 (Part 2), 110. 



— rough, paring and burning the surface 

 of, utility of, 1853 (Part 2), 70. 



— swamp, reclaiming, 1853 (Part 2), 44; 

 1854 (Part 1), 62; 1867 (Part 2), 77; 

 1868 (Part 2), 104; 1869 (Part 2), 106. 



Lands, swamp, reclaiming, as to profit 

 and the public health (B. P. Ware), 

 1879 (Part 1), 292. 



— waste, improvement of, 1853 (Part 1), 

 66; 1855 (Part 2), 43; 1857 (Part 2), 

 184; 1859 (Part 2), 107; I860 (Part 2), 

 111; 1861 (Part 2), 110; 1862 (Part 2), 

 122; 1886, 119, 138. 



— worn out, value of legumes for renovat- 

 ing, 1890 (Exp. Sta ), 139. 



Languria, spotted necked, characteristics 



of the, 1872 (Part 1), 260. 

 Larch, American, characteristics and 



value of the, 1856 (Part 2), 215; 1875 



(Part 1), 278. 



— European, characteristics and value of 

 the, 1875 (Part 1), 276; 1885, 371. 



— quick growth of the, 1854 (Part 2), 104 ; 

 1856 (Part 2), 103, 215; 1875 (Part 1), 

 229 ; 1885, 372. 



— Scotch, characteristics and value of the, 

 1853 (Part 1), 73; 1854 (Part 2), 104; 

 1856 (Part 2), 103; 1884,213. 



Lathees, Richard, address by, on practi- 

 cal hints on farming, 1875 (Part 2), 29. 



on the management of farms, 1874 



(Part 2), 22. 



Lathrop, Paoli, report by, on apple or- 

 chards, 1853 (Part 2), 88. 



on tobacco culture, 1862 (Part 1), 



63. 



Law, Prof. James, lecture by, on the prin- 

 ciples of breeding, 1870 (Part 1), 82. 



Law of inheritance, the, 1872 (Part 1), 

 81. 



or the philosophy of breeding, the 



(Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant), 1874 (Part 1), 

 145. 



— or nature's modes of action (Prof. I. 

 P.Roberts), 1890, 129. 



— relating to farm property, practical 

 questions of (Farwell F. Fay), 1872 

 (Parti), 124. 



Lawes and Gilbert, experiments by, 1863 

 (Part 1), 295; 1874 (Part 1), 133, 142; 

 1878 (Parti), 257. 



Lawes, Sir J. B., essay by, on the culture 

 of corn, 1881,401. 



— — on the nitrogen supply, 1881, 408. 

 Lawn grasses, varieties suitable to mix 



for, 1856 (Parti), 161. 

 Laws and conditions in stock breeding, 

 fundamental, 1889, 138. 



— relating to agricultural societies, 1859 

 (Part 2), 308; 1876 (Part 2), 180; 1888, 

 386. 



Board of Agriculture, 1859 (Part 2), 



307; 1876 (Part 2), 177; 1888, 379. 



