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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



199; 1872 (Part 1), 184; 1873 (Part 1), 

 318; 1876 (Part 1), 76; 1885,49; 1886, 

 518; 1887,775; 1888,625; 1889, 255 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 2S9; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 268, 287; 

 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 311 ; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 307. 

 Poultry product of Bristol County, value 

 of the, 1878 (Part 2), 125. 



— report on (J. 11. Presho), 1880 (Part 

 2), 26. 



— should have pure air, 1860 (Part 2), 

 224; 1867 (Part 2), 188. 



— should have sufficient range, 1867 (Part 

 2), 187. 



— vermin from, the keeping of, 1867 (Part 

 2), 188; 1876 (Part 1), 80; 1889, 260. 



Pounds and field drivers, laws in relation 

 to, 1859 (Part 2), 311. 



Poverty and wealth, what are they ? 1873 

 (Part 2), 1. 



Pratt, Minot, report by, on bread mak- 

 ing, 1861 (Part 2), 227. 



Premiums by agricultural societies, the 

 best methods of offering (Edmund Her- 

 sey), 1877 (Parti), 295. 



— rules for governing the awards of, 1858 

 r (Part 1) , 42 ; 1871 (Part 2) , 122. 



Prepotency of races and individuals, 

 1870 (Part 1), 99; 1874 (Part 1), 187. 



Preservaline, analysis of, 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta ) , 292. 



Presho, J. R., report by, on poultry, 1880 

 (Part 2), 26. 



Prestox, George M., address by, on agri- 

 culture in its relations to the sciences, 

 1857 (Part 2), 43. 



Prickly comfrey, concerning the, 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 191; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 191. 



Pkiocycla, the many toothed, character- 

 istics of the, 1869 (Part 1), 245. 



Pristiphora grossularitB, characteristics 

 of the, 1S70 (Parti), 360. 



iR, J. W., remarks by, on stock of 

 New England, 1853 (Part 2), 275. 



■ report by, on farm implements, 1854 



(Part 2), 233. 



on mowing machines, 1855 (Part 



2), 147. 



on reclaimed meadows, 1853 (Part 



2), 44. 



on root crops, 1854 (Part 2), 202. 



Procyox, characteristics of the genus, 

 1861 (Part 1), 163. 



Produce, average worth of, per acre in 

 different States, 1870 (Part 2), 4, 16, 59. 



Progeny, relative influence of the parents 

 on the, 1855 (Part 2), 185, 191; 1856 

 (Part 1), 48; 1857 (Part 1), 48 (Part 2), 



271; 1860 (Part 1), 241; 1861 (Part 1), 

 18; 1863 (Part 1), 57; 1866 (Part 1), 

 82; 1870 (Part 1), 97, 105; 1872 (Part 

 1), 87, 102, 112, 117; 1874 (Part 1), 191; 

 1875 (Part 1), 76; 1876 (Part 1), 68; 

 1877 (Part 1), 86, 93, 97. 



Progress in twenty-rive years (Robert 

 M. Copeland), 1873 (Part 2), 39. 



Propagation, laws of, defined and illus- 

 trated, 1864 (Part 1), 130, 136; 1872 

 (Part 1), 75, 79, 81, 102, 158. 



Property, personal, sale of, 1872 (Part 1), 

 140. 



— statutes protecting, 1859 (Part 2), 320. 

 Provender, analyses of, 1886, 465 ; 1888, 



497. 

 Pruning of fruit trees (See Fruit Trees.) 



— root, advantages of, 1875 (Part 1), 43; 

 1889, 22. 



Prussia, agriculture of , 1862 (Part 1),335. 

 Psylla, pear tree, destroying the, method 



of, 1891, 155. 

 Pteromalus puparum, characteristics of 



the, 1871 (Part 1), 337. 

 Pteromys, characteristics of the genus 



and of species of, 1861 (Part 1), 172. 

 Public and private debts, difference in, 



1873 (Part 2) , 4. 



— highways of Massachusetts, statistics 

 of, 1870 (Part 1), 22, 43. 



Puff balls, concerning, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 

 209. 



Pullets, fattening of, 1882, 192. 



Pure bred, meaning of the term, 1875 

 (Parti), 346 (Part 2), 74. 



Putnam, Ansel W., essays by, on the com- 

 parative value of crops as food for cattle, 

 1876 (Part 2), 43; 1877 (Part 2), 36. 



Putnam, Rev. George, address by, on the 

 farmer, 1863 (Part 2), 77. 



Putnam, William R., report by, on im- 

 proving pasture lands, 1853 (Part 2), 73. 



on milch cows, 1854 (Part 2), 277. 



on sheep husbandry, 1860 (Part 2). 



204. 



Putorius, characteristics of genus and of 

 species of, 1861 (Part 1), 154. 



Putrefaction of meats, causes of, 1868 

 (Part 1), 127; 1883, 18. 



— conditions of, 1868 (Part 1), 131. 



— process of, 1868 (Part 1), 132; 1887, 

 263. 



Pyrkthru.ii as an insecticide, use and 

 value of, 1887, 92. 



Quaking-grass, characteristics of, 1856 



(Part 1), 54. 



— analyses of, 1856 (Part 1), 126, 129. 



