ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



251 



1), 214; 1869 (Part 2), 149; 1872 (Part 

 2), 155; 1874 (Part 2), 70; 1878 (Part 2), 

 75. 

 Pear trees, mulching of, 1853 (Part 2), 

 428; 1871 (Part 2), 188,206; 1873 (Part 

 2), 73. 



— - planting and manuring of, 1853 (Part 

 2), 413, 428; 1857 (Part 2), 320; 1865 

 (Part 2) , 37, 51 ; 1871 (Part 2) , 185 ; 1872 

 (Part 2), 151; 1873 (Part 2), 72; 1879 

 (Part 2), 15. 



pruning of, 1857 (Part 2), 322; 1871 



(Part 2), 189; 1873 (Part 2), 75; 1879 

 (Part 2), 10; 1889,20. 



selection and management of, 1865 



(Part 2), 38; 1871 (Part 2), 188; 1872 

 (Part 2), 150; 1873 (Part 2), 73; 1874 

 (Part 2), 70; 1878 (Part 1), 231 (Part 

 2), 77. 



washes for, 1S57 (Part 2), 323; 1871 



(Part 2), 206. 



Pears, cracking of, causes of and remedies 

 for, 1867 (Part 1), 94; 1884, 68; 1889, 

 22. 



— cultivation of, methods of, 1853 (Part 

 2), 412,428; 1856 (Part 2), 90, 408; 1857 

 (Part 2), 320; 1858 (Part 2), 312; 1859 

 (Part 1), 69 (Part 2), 136, 277 ; 1S62 (Part 

 2), 166; 1863 (Part 2), 141, 151; 1864 

 (Part 2), 143; 18G5 (Part 1), 11 (Part 

 2), 36, 51 ; 1866 (Part 1), 206, 221 (Part 

 2), 29, 35; 1867 (Part 2), 83, 97; 1868 

 (Part 1), 58 ; 1869 (Part 1), 115 (Part 2), 

 149; 1870 (Part 2), 138; 1871 (Part 1), 

 197, 225 (Part 2), 185, 197, 203; 1872 

 (Part 2) , 148, 154 ; 1873 (Part 2) , 70, 74 ; 

 1874 (Part 2), 70; 1875 (Part 1), 199; 

 1876 (Part 1), 32, 49; 1878 (Part 2), 74; 

 1879 (Part 2), 7; 1886,416; 1887, 19. 



— gathering and preserving of, 1859 (Part 

 1),83; 1865 (Part 2), 42; 1866 (Part 2), 

 130; 1869 (Part 1), 102, 118; 1877 (Part 

 1), 311 ; 1878 (Part 2), 80. 



— varieties of, characteristics of, 1853 

 (Part 2), 86, 100, 414, 418, 430; 1854 

 (Part 2), 92; 1856 (Part 2), 89, 408; 1857 

 (Part 2), 293, 324; 1859 (Part 1), 69, 

 100; 1862 (Part 1), 75 (Part 2), 170; 

 1863 (Part 2), 152; 1865 (Part 2), 39; 

 1866 (Part 1), 208 (Part 2), 30, 35 ; 1867 

 (Part 2), 98; 1868 (Part 1), 60; 1869 

 (Part 1), 104, 233; 1870 (Part 2), 139; 

 1871 (Part 2), 186, 203; 1872 (Part 2), 

 148,154; 1873 (Part 2), 75; 1874 (Part 2), 

 70; 1877 (Part 1), 307; 1878 (Part 2), 

 81; 1879 (Part 2), 12; 1887, 20. 



Peas and oats, Canada, analysis of, 1892 

 (Exp. Sta ), 311. 



Peat, analyses of, 1879 (Part 1) , 337 ; 1881, 

 359; 1882, 408; 1883, 355; 1887, 7, 12, 

 774; 1888, 624; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 288; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 286; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 292, 311; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 284, 307. 



— as a compost, 1858 (Part 2), 194. 



— bogs in Massachusetts, location and 

 value of, 1891, 381. 



— description of, 1866 (Part 1), 323. 



— for fuel, preparation and value of, 1865 

 (Part 1), 26; 1866 (Part 1), 324, 326, 

 331, 339. 



(Dr. George B. Loring), 1866 (Part 



1), 322. 



— German, analyses of, 1887, 712, 774. 



— machines for preparing, 1866 (Part 1), 

 326. 



— muck, as a fertilizer, use and value of, 

 1853 (Part 2), 38, 142; 1854 (Part 1), 90 

 (Part 2), 140, 506; 1855 (Part 2), 71, 

 306; 1858 (Part 2), 187; 1861 (Part 2), 

 156; 1864 (Part 2), 22; 1867 (Parti), 

 181, 187, 191, 196, 234; 1868 (Part 1), 99 

 (Part 2); 116; 1869 (Part 1), 199, 212; 



1870 (Part 1), 222; 1873 (Part 1), 134, 

 142; 1874 (Part 2), 66; 1879 (Part 1), 

 337; 1881, 137. 



— per acre, quantity of, 1866 (Part 1), 

 339. 



— quality of, method of testing the, 1866 

 (Part 1), 339. 



— turfy, as a fertilizer, 1879 (Part 1), 

 337. 



Pebrine or silk worm disease, character- 

 istics of, 1871 (Part 1), 332. 



Pedestrians, laws relating to, 1885, 245. 



Pedigree, meaning and value of, 1854 

 (Part 2), 257; 1863 (Part 2), 184, 186; 

 1872 (Part 1), 86, 111; 1873 (Part 2), 

 114; 1889, 139. 



Peewee or phcebe bird, characteristics of, 



1871 (Part 2), 113. 



— wood, characteristics of the, 1871 (Part 

 2), 113; 1872 (Part 2), 196. 



Percheron horse, history and charac- 

 teristics of the, 1864 (Part 1), 232; 1882, 

 298 ; 1886, 97. 



— horses, breeding of, 1882, 299. 

 Perennial rye grass, analyses of, 1889 



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

 291, 297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 322; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 311, 319. 



— characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1), 64, 

 154; 1877 (Parti), 133. 



Pkkkins, C. O., address by, on elements 



of success, 1867 (Part 2), 33. 

 essay by, on agricultural education, 



1866 (Part 1), 341. 



