262 



AGRICULTUKE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Refuse of slaughter-houses, value of, for 



manure, 1868 (Part 1), 99. 

 Rendering establishments, analysis of 



refuse from, 1887, 763. 

 Rennet, source and use of, in cheese 



making, 1853 (Part 2), 402; 1856 (Part 



2), 403; 1865 (Part 1), 234; 1867 (Part 



2), 209; 1868 (Part 1), 192, 198; 1872 



(Part 2), 185; 1874 (Part 1), 17, 23, 



32. 

 Reproduction, methods of, 1874 (Part 1), 



153, 166. 

 Respiration a species of combustion, 



1859 (Part 1), 48. 

 Respirations apparatus, concerning the, 



1892, 384. 

 Reversion, in breeding, 1870 (Part 1) , 98. 

 Reynolds, Joseph, essay by, on farm 



management, 1858 (Part 2), 112. 

 report by, on agricultural implements, 



1857 (Parti), 172. 

 on sheep husbandry, 1860 (Part 2), 



210. 



on swine, 1862 (Part 2), 233. 



Rhode Island bent grass as a crop, 1890 



(Exp. Sta.), 162. 

 Rhododendrons, propagation of, 1885, 



486. 

 Rice, Charles B., essay by, on protection 



of trees against insects, 1885, 384. 

 Rice, Dr. David, report by, on agricult- 

 ural implements, 1853 (Part 2), 420. 

 on apples and apple trees, 1861 



(Part 2), 211. 



on bee keeping, 1860 (Part 2), 229. 



on domestic wines, 1868 (Part 2), 



149. 



on ploughing, 1854 (Part 2), 125. 



statement by, on management of 



orchards, 1853 (Part 2), 94. 

 Ricrc, Dr. William E., prize essay by, on 



open-air grape culture, 1864 (Part 2), 



145. 

 Rice grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 



1), 19- 

 Ric hards, Lysander S., essay by, on 



going west, 1892, 413. 

 Richardson, Rev. James, address by, on 



saving of manures, 1854 (Part 2), 493. 



report by, on fruits, 1854 (Part 2) , 419. 



Richardson, James, Jr., report by, on 



management of orchards, 1853 (Part 2), 



106. 

 Right of way on owner's land, 1872 (Part 



1), 136. 

 Riley, Prof. C. V., essay by, on a com- 

 plete life history of the army worm and 



its parasites, 1877 (Part 1), 243. 



Road coverings, relative merits of differ- 

 ent, 1869 (Part 2), 294. 



— engineer, appointment of a, 1869 (Part 

 2), 258; 1891,253. 



— law of the, 1878 (Part 1), 156 ; 1885, 242, 



— making, the science of, prize essay on 

 (Clemens Herschel), 1869 (Part 2), 207. 



transportation of earth in, 1869 (Part 



2), 214. 

 and maintenance, lecture on, with 



appendix, illustrated (J. B. Olcott) , 1891, 



223. 

 discussion on, 1891, 244. 



— rollers, construction and utility of, 1869 

 (Part 2), 228; 1870 (Part 1),66; 1891, 

 234. 



Roads and bridges, proposed bureau of, 

 1870 (Parti), 63 



— and road-making (Charles L. Flint), 

 1874 (Part 1), 20. 



— around a hill preferable to those over 

 one, 1869 (Part 2), 210; 1870 (Part 1), 

 46. 



— common, maintenance and repairs of, 

 prize essay on (Henry Onion), 1869 

 (Part 2), 283. 



— construction and repair of, prize essay 

 on (Samuel F. Miller), 1869 (Part 2), 

 264. 



— cross section of, 1869 (Part 2), 287. 



— defects in our system of managing, 

 1870 (Part 1), 46, 49, 57, 64, 67. 



— drains, culverts and bridges, 1869 (Part 

 2), 217, 273, 276, 285; 1870 (Part 1), 

 49. 



— farm, how to make, 1878 (Part 2), 41. 



— foundation of, 1869 (Part 2), 221, 290; 

 1870 (Parti), 51. 



— good, importance of, 1869 (Part 2), 244, 

 284 ; 1870 (Part 1) , 73 ; 1874 (Part 2) , 23 ; 

 1892, 13. 



— grades in, 1869 (Part 2), 208, 268, 288; 

 1870 (Part 1), 46; 1891,243. 



— gravel top, 1869 (Part 2), 231. 



— in Baden, system of,1869 (Part 2), 254. 



— in Europe, 1869 (Part 2) , 301 ; 1870 

 (Parti), 79; 1891,237. 



— inspectors of, and their duties, 1870 

 (Part 1), 61. 



— laying out of, 1869 (Part 2), 207; 1870 

 (Part 1),45. 



— location of, 1869 (Part 2), 265. 



— macadam, top for, description of, 1869 

 (Part 2), 220, 222. 



repairs of, 1869 (Part 2), 239. 



size of stones for, 1869 (Part 2), 226. 



— making the bed of, 1869 (Part 2), 212, 

 271; 1870 (Parti), 47; 1891,225. 



