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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Manures, commercial (Asa Clement) , 1868 

 (Part 1),281. 



— composting, methods and utility of, 1853 

 (Part 1), 77 (Part 2), 11, 39; 1854 (Part 

 2), 46, 131, 140, 147; 1855 (Part 2), 70, 

 307; 1856 (Part 1), 228 (Part 2), 235, 

 240; 1857 (Part 2), 194; 1858 (Part 2), 

 187, 192, 194; 1859 (Part 2), 156; 1863 

 (Part 1), 198 (Part 2), 101; 1866 (Part 

 1), 247; 1867 (Part 1), 201, 275; 1869 

 (Part 1), 215; 1871 (Part 1), 129, 147; 

 1890, 24. 



— decomposition of animal, 1873 (Part 1), 

 136. 



— experiments with, 1855 (Part 2), 66; 

 1859 (Part 1), 7, 15 (Part 2), 152; 1860 

 (Part 2), 130; 1861 (Part 2), 135, 144, 

 154; 1862 (Part 1), 23; 1863 (Part 1), 

 81; 1864 (Part 2), 76; 1874 (Part 1), 142; 

 1876 (Part 1), 149; 1877 (Part 2), 46. 



of Lawes and Gilbert, 1874 (Part 1), 



142. 



— fermenting, heat of, utilized, 1874 (Part 

 1), 93. 



— for the garden and orchard, a compari- 

 son of (Prof. G. C. Caldwell), 1885, 505. 



— general and special (Dr. James ft. 

 Nichols), 1870 (Parti), 179. 



— green, application of, 1873 (Part 1), 135 ; 

 1890, 155. 



— leaching of, 1890, 27, 155. 



— mineral, use of, 1869 (Part 1), 40, 57. 



— necessity for, and methods of increas- 

 ing our supply of, 1853 (Part 1), 80 (Part 

 2), 15, 21, 38, 138, 367; 1854 (Part 2), 

 137, 493; 1857 (Part 2), 153; 1858 (Part 

 2), 121, 131; 1861 (Part 1), 92; 1863 

 (Part 2), 41 ; 1876 (Part 2), 144. 



— rotation of, 1863 (Part 1), 48. 



— saving of (Rev. James Richardson), 

 1854 (Part 2), 493. 



— special, or concentrated fertilizers (Dr. 

 James R. Nichols), 1868 (Part 2), 114. 



— under-estimating of fertilizers when 

 comparing them with barn-yard, the, 

 1885, 43. 



— use of, the (Richard §. Fay), 1854 (Part 

 2), 442. 



— valuation of, proper, 1885, 40, 47. 



— value of certain, relative, 1854 (Part 2), 

 444. 



errors in estimating the (James J. H. 



Gregory), 1885,39. 

 per cord per annum, 1861 (Part 1), 



79. 



— waste of, 1853 (Part 1), 74, 80; 1854 

 (Part 2), 473, 490; 1861 (Part 1), 76; 

 1863 (Part 1), 47; 1867 (Part 1), 233, 



243; 1869 (Part 1), 213; 1872 (Part 1), 

 169; 1878 (Part 1), 84; 1890, 17, 105. 

 Manurial value of feed, net cost of milk 

 and, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 32; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 28, 53, 68. 



— fodder articles, 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 93. 

 Manuring, surface, utility of, 1867 (Part 



1), 193. 

 Maple sugar, times for and description of 

 methods of making, 1854 (Part 1), 149; 

 1857 (Part 2), 335, 365; 1870 (Part 2, 

 Supplement), 15; 1873 (Part 1), 162, 183. 



— trees, characteristics and value of, 1854 

 (Part 1), 149; 1875 (Part 1), 142, 269. 



varieties of, 1884, 208. 



Marcy, Oliver, address by, on educated 

 farm labor, 1856 (Part 2), 57. 



on the laws of vegetation, 1858 



(Part 2), 70. 



Mares, breeding, should possess certain 

 qualities, 1856 (Part 2), 372, 377; 1857 

 (Part 2), 265; 1859 (Part 2), 257; 1869 

 (Part 1), 203; 1877 (Part 1), 85. 



Market cost and food value of fodder 

 articles, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 62. 



— days, advantage resulting from estab- 

 lishing regular, 1858 (Part 2), 327; 1859 

 (Part 1), 115; 1870 (Part 1), 145. 



prize essay on (A. W. Dodge), 1858 



(Part 2), 327. 



— facilities, importance of good, 1870 (Part 

 1),142; 1874 (Part 2), 4, 53. 



— gardeners, methods of the Arlington, 

 1870 (Part 1), 315. 



— gardening (Moore, John B.), 1870 (Part 

 1), 310; 1883, 83. 



(Rawson, W. W.), 1888, 358. 



(Smith, A. H.), 1888, 158. 



and root culture (B. P. Ware), 1876 



(Parti), 185. 

 and vegetable culture (William D. 



Philbrick), 1877 (Part 1), 23. 

 as a business (Peter Henderson), 



1889, 37. 

 discussion on, 1875 (Part 1), 115; 



1877 (Part 1), 35; 1883, 89; 1888, 164; 



1889, 43. 

 under glass, concerning, 1874 (Part 



1), 88; 1877 (Part 1), 27; 1888, 359; 



1889, 39 ; 1890, 375. 

 gardens, location and soil of, 1864 (Part 



1),188; 1877 (Parti), 24; 1888,159,358. 



crops, 1888, 163. 



management of, 1S64 (Part 1), 186; 



1870 (Part 1), 310; 1871 (Part 1), 119; 



1873 (Part 1), 313; 1875 (Part 1), 14; 



1877 (Part 1),23; 1883,83. 

 manures for, 1S64 (Part 1), 189; 



