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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Meadow oat grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 74. 



— or swale hay, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Parti), 111, 117. 



— soft grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1), 77, 119, 126, 154. 



— spear grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Parti), 42. 



Meadows, flowage of, by mill owners, 

 I860 (Part 1), 243; 1874 (Part 1), 403. 



— reclamation of, methods and utility of, 

 1853 (Part 2), 44, 51; 1854 (Part 1), 62 

 (Part 2), 16, 64, 75; 1855 (Part 2), 26, 

 31, 42; 1858 (Part 2), 140; 1860 (Part 

 2), 101, 105; 1870 (Part 2), 109; 1874 

 (Part 2), 63 ; 1877 (Part 2), 41. 



— wet, improving, 1876 (Part 2), 59. 

 Meat and bone, analyses of, dried soup 



from, 1887, 763; 1888, 613; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta ), 287; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 285; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 309; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 



steamed, 1876 (Part 1), 258; 1887, 



719. 



— market, feedingexperiments with young 

 steers for the, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 92. 



— mass, analyses of, 1887, 762; 1888, 

 612; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 287; 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 285; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 309; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 



— packing business, history and growth 

 of, in this country, 1873 (Part 1), 54. 



— profit of growing (Phineas Stedman), 

 1863 (Part 1), 67. 



— worms for poultry, use of, 1889, 258. 



Meats, preservation of, the principles in- 

 volved in the (Dr. John Gamgee), 1868 

 (Parti), 124. 



description of methods of, 1867 (Part 



1), 301 ; 1868 (Part 1), 124, 226. 



— salting, effects of, 1868 (Part 1), 133. 

 Mechanic, the farmer; his relations to 



the manufacturer and (John G. Avery), 



1890, 304. 

 Mechanics in agriculture, progress of, 



1873 (rart 1), 19, 27, 37, 41, 101. 

 Mechi, A., description of experiment farm 



of, 1862 (Part 1),225, 278. 

 Melilot, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. Sta), 



166,292; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 316, 323 ; 1892 



(Exp. Sta.), 313, 320. 

 Mellen, L. F., address by, on advantages 



of New England farm life, 1876 (Part 



2), 11. 

 Melons, analyses of, 1888, 644; 1891 



(Exp. Sta.), 336; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 333. 

 Men, the farm as the place to grow, 1889, 



176. 

 Menhaden fish. (See Fisheries.) 



Mental faculties of domestic animals, 

 1874 (Part 1), 395; 1875 (Part 1), 283. 



Mercurial gauges, description of, 1874 

 (Part 1), 251, 273. 



Merino sheep, characteristics and value 

 of, 1857 (Part 1), 122; 1860 (Part 1), 

 101; 1862 (Part 2), 217; 1863 (Part 1), 

 60, 128 (Part 2), 60; 1S64 (Part 1), 161 

 (Part 2), 121; 1865 (Parti), 122; 1868 

 (Part 2), 198; 1891, 111. 



— introduction of, into Massachusetts, 

 1853 (Part 1), 88. 



— of Rambouillet, characteristics and 

 value of the, 1S53 (Part 1), 88; 1862 

 (Part 2), 218; 1863 (Part 1), 133. 



— Saxon, characteristics and value of, 

 1860 (Part 1), 103; 1862 (Part 2), 219; 

 1863 (Part 1) , 128 (Part 2) , 60 ; 1891, 112. 



— Spanish, characteristics and value of, 

 1853 (Part 1), 88; 1862 (Part 2), 217; 

 1863 (Part 1), 131. 



— Vermont, characteristics and value of, 

 1863 (Part 1), 60, 136. 



prices obtained for, 1864 (Part 1), 



161. 



Merrick, Rev. J. M, address by, on 

 agricultural societies, 1855 (Part 2), 411. 



essay by, on the potato, 1853 (Part 



2), 208. 



report by, on Indian corn, 1854 (Part 



2), 157. 



on management of farms, 1854 



(Part 2), 55; 1855 (Part 2), 22; 1856 

 (Part 2), 161; 1857 (Part 2), 137. 



Messenger horse. (See Horse.) 



Meteorites, description of, 1875 (Part 1), 

 99. 



Meteorological observations at Am- 

 herst, summary of, for 1870 (Prof. E. S. 

 Snell), 1870 (Part 2, Supplement), 9. 



— at Princeton (John Brooks), 1855 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xxvi; 1856 (Part 2), 454. 



— at Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 1884, 474 ; 1886, 538 ; 1887, 

 776; 1888,646; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 314; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 313; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 340; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 337. 



— in connection with field experiments, 

 importance of, 1855 (Part 1), 41. 



Meteorology, lecture on (F. J. Capen), 

 1865 (Part 1), 147. 



— and the farmer, 1854 (Part 1), 29. 



Mice, field, description, habits and destruc- 

 tion of, 1861 (Part 1), 182; 1868 (Part 

 2), 85. 



— protection of trees against, 1S56 (Part 

 2), 195; 1875 (Part 1), 193. 



Microbes in the soil, action of, 1890, 156. 



