256 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Plough trial at Amherst, report of the, 

 1868 (Part 1), 333. 



— value of the, 1867 (Part 2), 142. 



— Victory, description of the, 1868 (Part 

 1),339. 



Ploughing and draining (E. Graham), 

 1867 (Part 2), 140. 



— clayey land, 1867 (Part 1), 167. 



— conditions requisite for success in, 1853 

 (Part 2), 121; 1854 (Part 2), 122; 1855 

 (Part 2), 60, 321, 407; 1856 (Part 2), 

 223; 1858 (Part 2), 173; 1859 (Part 2), 

 140; 1860 (Part 2), 125; 1867 (Part 1), 

 135, 163, 178 (Part 2), 140; 1871 (Part 

 1), 19; 1877 (Part 2), 34; 1878 (Part 

 2), 72. 



— depth of, advisable, 1853 (Part 2), 27, 

 125, 129 ; 1854 (Part 1) , 70 (Part 2) , 124 ; 

 1855 (Part 2), 61, 322; 1858 (Part 2), 

 174, 177; 1867 (Part 1), 135, 163, 173 

 (Part 2), 143. 



— fall and spring (William Birnie), 1867 

 (Parti), 267. 



comparative utility of, 1867 (Part 1), 



140, 267. 



— greensward, best time for, 1867 (Part 

 1),268. 



— matches, when and why instituted, 1853 

 (Part 1), 11 ; 1859 (Part 2), 148. 



— methods of, 1858 (Part 2), 176; 1859 

 (Part 2), 141; 1868 (Part 1), 230; 1869 

 (Part 1), 195 (Part 2), 157; 1871 (Part 

 1), 19. 



— subsoil, 1854 (Part 2), 117; 1855 (Part 

 2), 63, 409; 1867 (Part 1), 178. 



— with single and double teams, 1859 

 (Part 2), 140, 142. 



Plum curculio or weevil, habits of, and 

 methods of destroying the, 1856 (Part 

 2), 449; 1857 (Part 1), 199; 1861 (Part 

 1),9,104; 1866 (Parti), 225; 1867 (Part 

 1), 123; 1875 (Part 1), 186; 1878 (Part 

 1), 223; 1884, 341; 1887, 23; 1889, 32; 

 1891, 152. 



— trees, black knot on (Prof. J. E. Hum- 

 phrey), 1889,33. 



cause and development of the, 1877 



(Part 1), 219; 1889, 33; 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 200; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 235. 

 destruction of the, 1875 (Part 1), 



187; 1877 (Part 1), 224; 1881, 82; 



1887, 23; 1889, 22; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 



236. 

 theories concerning the, 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 201. 

 cultivation and management of, 1862 



(Part 2), 170; 1875 (Part 1), 186, 194; 



1887, 22. 



Plums, varieties of, 1875 (Part 1), 194; 

 1887,23; 1892,93. 



Plutella xylo&tella, characteristics of the, 

 1871 (Parti), 340. 



Plymouth County Agricultural Society, 

 reports on exhibitions of, 1855 (Part 1), 

 131; 1856 (Part 1), 312; 1857 (Part 1), 

 269; 1859 (Part 1), 196; 1860 (Part 1), 

 312; 1861 (Part 1), 257; 1862 (Part 1), 

 404; 1863 (Part 1), 329; 1865 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xxxiv; 1867 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xxix; 1868 (Parti, Appendix), 

 xli; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), xlv; 1872 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxvii; 1873 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xlviii; 1874 (Part 1, Ap- 

 pendix), xl; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xxxix ; 1876 (Part 1, Appendix) , xxxiv ; 

 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), xl. 



— returns of the, 1853 (Part 1), 167 ; 1854 

 (Part 1), 181; 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 iii; 1856 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1857 

 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxv; 1858 (Part 

 1, Appendix), cix ; 1859 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xix; 1860 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 

 1861 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 1862 (Part 

 1), 417; 1863 (Part 1, Appendix), iii; 

 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), li ; 1865 (Part 

 1, Appendix), xliii ; 1866 (Part 1), 357; 

 1867 (Part 1, Appendix), xli ; 1868 (Part 

 1, Appendix), liii; 1869 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), xlix; 1870 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 liii; 1871 (Part 1, Appendix), lix; 1872 

 (Part 1, Appendix), li; 1873 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), lix; 1874 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), lvii; 1875 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xlix; 1876 (Part 1, Appendix), xlvii; 

 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), liii; 1878 (Part 

 1), 363; 1879 (Part 1), 411; 1880 (Part 

 1),251; 1881,391; 1882,395; 1883,248; 

 1884, 274; 1885, 310; 1886, 324; 1887, 

 326; 1888, 366; 1889, 350; 1890, 348; 

 1891, 345 ; 1892, 339. 



Plymouth County, agriculture of (Charles 

 G. Davis), 1865 (Part 1), 271. 



— climate of, 1865 (Part 1), 272. 



— roads of, 1870 (Part 1), 37. 



— soils and topography of, 1865 (Part 1), 

 271. 



Plymouth Rock fowls, characteristics and 



value of, 1872 (Part 2), 177; 1876 (Part 



1), 57 (Part 2, Preface), iii. 

 Poisons of the farmer's life, some of the (Dr. 



Edward Hitchcock), 1875 (Part 2), 



13. 

 Poland China swine, characteristics of, 



1880 (Part 2), 24; 1889, 220. 

 Poland China fowls, characteristics of, 



1853 (Part 2), 385. 



