ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



261 



Quince, cultivation of the, 1867 (Part 2), 

 95 ; 1887, 23. 



— stock, grafting of the pear on the. {See 

 Pear.) 



— trees, management of, 1887, 38. 



— varieties of the, 1854 (Part 2), 92; 1867 

 (Part 2), 95; 18S7, 24. 



Qiincy granite, facts in relation to, 1860 

 (Part 2), 77. 



Rabbit, description and habits of the, 1861 

 (Part 1), 187 ; 1868 (Part 2), 93. 



Rabbits, experiments in breeding, 1866 

 (Part 1), 83. 



— in France, injury to agriculture by, 1863 

 (Part 1), 275. 



— methods of destroying, 1868 (Part 2) , 94. 

 Rabies among dogs, concerning, 1890, 406, 



410 

 Raccoon, description and habits of the, 



1861 (Part 1), 163. 

 Radish, cultivation of the, 1879 (Part 2), 



55. 



— weevil, characteristics of the, 1871 (Part 

 1), 341. 



Rafting lumber, mode of, practised in 



Maine, 1854 (Part 1), 158. 

 Rain, depth to which it penetrates, 1854 



(Part 1), 44. 



— theory for artificial production of, 1854 

 (Part 1), 61. 



Rainfall, ammonia in the, 1873 (Part 1), 

 116. 



— greater in New England than in Great 

 Britain, 1853 (Part 1), 152; 1854 (Part 

 1), 60, 76. 



— influence of the, on agriculture, 1867 

 (Part 2), 140 ; 1875 (Part 2), 42. 



— influenced by the destruction of forests, 

 1854 (Part 1), 58; 1856 (Part 2), 203; 

 1859 (Part 2), 20; 1861 (Part 1), 87; 

 1869 (Part 1), 227; 1875 (Part 1), 146, 

 150, 166, 250 (Part 2), 48; 1887, 51. 



— record of the maximum and minimum 

 temperature and of the, from 1836-1887) 

 at Amherst, 1887, 783. 



— records of, 1854 (Part 1), 49. 



Raise ? what shall we (William D. North- 

 end), 1872 (Part 2), 1. 



Rake, Bay State, description of the, 1867 

 (Part 1), 294. 



— revolving horse, the, 1855 (Part 1), 87. 



— Whittcmore self-locking horse, descrip- 

 tion of the, 1867 (Part 1), 293. 



Rankin, .lames, lecture by, on artificial 



rearing of poultry, 1885, 272. 

 Rapacia, characteristics of the order, 1861 



(Part 1), 137. 



Rape, analysis of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 47. 

 Raspberry, insects injuring the, 1869 

 (Parti), 244; 1871 (Part 1), 343. 



— saw fly, characteristics of the, 1871 

 (Parti), 343. 



Raspberries, cultivation of, 1859 i Part 

 1), 71; 1868 (Part 1), 70; 1871 (Parti), 

 199; 1887,28. 



— varieties of, 1859 (Part 1), 71, 102; 

 1887, 28. 



Rat, common brown or Norway, descrip- 

 tion and habits of the, 1801 (Part 1), 

 179; 1868 (Part 2), 81. 



— methods of destroying the, 1868 (Part 

 2), 82. 



— guano, analyses of, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 289, 304. 



— musk, description and habits of the, 

 1861 (Part 1), 185. 



Rattle-box, description of the devil's, 



1884, 159. 

 Rattlesnake grass, characteristics of, 



1856 (Parti), 42. 

 Raupenleim, or insect lime, use of, 1892, 



240. 

 Rawson, W. W., essay by, on market 



gardening, 1888, 358. 



lecture by, on irrigation, 1888, 168. 



Reaping machines, American, trial of, in 



France, 1855 (Part 1), 91. 



development of, 1882, 246. 



introduction of, 1855 (Part 1), 88; 



1873 (Part 1), 32. 



national trials of, 1873 (Part 1), 33. 



Redtop grass, analyses of, 1887, 674, 



676, 739, 750; 1888, 629, 632; 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 i Part 

 1),26, 154. 



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

 52. 



Redstart, characteristics of the, 1871 

 (Part 2), 116; 1872 (Part2), 200. 



Reed canary grass, characteristics and 

 nutritive value of, 1856 (Part 1), 62, 80. 



Reed, Joseph A., report by, on farm man- 

 agement, 1854 (Part 2), 18. 



Reed, Quincy L , essay by, on the benefits 

 resulting from agricultural societies, 

 1892, 420. 



Reed, Stephen, report by, on the cultiva- 

 tion of corn, 1853 (Part 2), 163. 



Reed's compound for potato rot, 1875 

 (Part 1), 135. 



Refrigerator railway cars, description 

 and use of, 1867 (Part 1), 303. 



