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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Orchard grass, analyses of, 1887, 673, 

 676, 739, 750 ; 1888, 629, 633 ; 1889 (Exp. 

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

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

 (Exp. Sta.), 311, 319. 



characteristics and value of, 1856 



(Part 1), 39, 154; 1868 (Part 1), 208 

 1877 (Part 1), 130. 



— management (Dr. Jabez Fisher), 1889 

 11. 



— manures for the garden and, a com 

 parison of (Prof. G. C. Caldwell), 1885 

 505. 



Orchardists, rules for, 1875 (Part 1), 178 

 Orchards affected by climatic and mete 



orological agencies, 1859 (Part 1), 74 



1862 (Part 1), 70. 



— apple. (See Apple.) 



— cultivation of, methods and utility of 

 1853 (Part 2), 83, 93, 104, 426; 1854 

 (Part 2), 85, 99; 1858 (Part 2), 165, 168 

 170; 1859 (Part 1), 68; 1860 (Part 2) 

 91, 124; 1863 (Part 2), 149; 1866 (Part 

 1), 227; 1867 (Part 1), 254; 1874 (Part 

 1), 345; 1876 (Part 1), 21; 1887, 17 

 1889, 14; 1890, 161; 1892,93. 



— pasturing of, 1875 (Part 1), 192; 1876 

 (Part 1), 23. 



— peach. (See Peach.) 



— pear. (See Pear.) 



— western fruit trees not desirable for 

 eastern, 1876 (Part 1), 34, 51. 



Orgyia or vaporer moth, characteristics 



of the, 1864 (Parti), 154. 

 Orient, agriculture of the, 1888, 210. 



— reminiscences of the (Prof. H. H. 

 Goodell), 1888,203: 



Ornamental plants about a house, value 

 of, 1873 (Part 2), 35, 43. 



— shrubs, insects affecting, 1869 (Part 1), 

 249. 



— tree associations, concerning, 1855 (Part 

 2), 54. 



— trees (Prof. John Robinson), 1880 (Part 

 1),23. 



discussion on, 1880 (Part 1), 43. 



utility of culture of, 1855 (Part 2), 



54, 333, 374. 



and shrubs, characteristics of differ- 

 ent, 1862 (Part 2), 152. 



Ornithology of Massachusetts, list of 

 species (E. A. Samuels), 1863 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xviii. 



Orthoptera, anatomy of the, external, 

 1887, 424. 



internal, 1887, 427. 



— families, genera and species of the, in- 

 dex of, 1887, 479, 480. 



Orthopteka families, synopses of the, 

 1S87, 432. 



— of New England, list of, 1887, 477. 

 the (Prof. C. H. Fernald), 1887, 423. 



— order of, characteristics of the, 1862 

 (Part 1), 126; 1887,423. 



Osier, value of the, 1875 (Part 1), 274. 

 Osmose, theory of, 1873 (Part 1), 179. 

 Otis, Amos, report by, on forest tree 



planting, 1853 (Part 2), 119. 



on fruit culture, 1853 (Part 2), 113. 



Otter, Canada or American, description 



and habits of the, 1861 (Part 1), 160. 



— or Ancon sheep, characteristics of, 1870 

 (Part 1), 115. 



Ovum, form of the, and its developmental 



changes, 1870 (Part 1), 83. 

 Owls, characteristics and habits of, 1865 



(Part 1) , 95 ; 1872 (Part 2) , 195 ; 1890, 54. 

 Ox, education of the, the (A. B. Davis), 



1864 (Part 2), 38. 



— foot of the, characteristics of the, 1859 

 (Part 2) , 305. 



— shoeing, methods of, 1859 (Part 2), 304. 

 Oxen, fat, concerning, 1869 (Part 2), 168. 



— working, versus horses, 1855 (Part 1), 

 73; 1877 (Part 2), 30; 1878 (Part 2), 

 114. 



management and training of, 1853 



(Part 1), 2 (Part 2), 335; 1854 (Part 

 2), 347; 1855 (Part 1), 73 (Part 2), 208; 

 1857 (Part 1), 71, 74; 1858 (Part 2), 

 263; 1859 (Part 2), 239; 1866 (Part 2), 

 85; 1869 (Part 2), 164; 1871 (Part 2), 

 279; 1874 (Part 2), 106; 1877 (Part 2), 30. 



Ox-eye daisy, extermination of the, 1864 

 (Part 1), 97. 



Oxford Agricultural Society, returns of 

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

 1891,344; 1892,338. 



Oxfordshire Down sheep, characteristics 

 of the, 1854 (Part 2), 362; 1857 (Part 

 1), 117. 



Oxygen, the absorption of, during ger- 

 mination of seeds, 1878 (Part 1), 267. 



Oyster shell lime, value of, as a manure ( 

 1853 (Part 2), 142. 



Oysters, production of, 1883, 396. 



Packard, Jr., Dr. A. S., essay by, on the 

 Colorado potato beetle, 1876 (Part 1),86. 



report by, on new or little known in- 

 jurious insects, 1869 (Part 1), 235. 



on the injurious and beneficial in- 

 sects of Massachusetts, 1870 (Part 1)> 

 351; 1871 (Part 1), 331; 1872 (Part 1), 

 237; 1873 (Part 1), 331. 



Packing business, the, 1873 (Part 1), 54. 



