ANALYTICAL IXDEX. 



203 



Roads, making the surface of, 1869 

 (Part 2), 218, 220, 290; 1870 (Part 1), 

 48. 



— pavements and trackways on, 1869 



.(Part 2), 240. 



— power required to move vehicles on 

 different, 1869 (Part 2), 243. 



_ repairs of, 1869 (Part 2), 233, 247, 



277, 298, 303, 305; 1870 (Part 1), 44, 51, 



61. 



— State, county and town, 1869 (Part 2), 



252. 



— State management of, proposed system 

 of, 1869 (Part 2), 305. 



— statistics of, in Massachusetts, 1870 

 (Part 1),23. 



— stone crushers on, use of, 1869 (Part 

 2), 223; 1870 (Part 1), 53. 



— superintendence of, 1869 (Part 2), 247, 



278, 297 ; 1870 (Part 1), 54, 60. 



— Telford, character of the, 1869 (Part 2), 



295. 



— use of labor tax in repairing, injudi- 

 cious, 1870 (Parti), 57. 



— width of, 1869 (Part 2), 287. 

 Roadsters, characteristics and value of, 



1857 (Part 1), 84; 1859 (Part 2), 254; 



1860 (Part 1), 158; 1862 (Part 2), 210; 

 1864 (Part 2), 113; 1890,179. 



Roberts, Austin J., essay by, on preser- 

 vation of apples and other winter fruits, 



1861 (Part 2), 88. 



statement by, on cranberry culture, 



1853 (Part 2), 255. 

 on farm management, 1862 (Part 



2), 117; 1864 (Part 2), 55; 1865 (Part 2), 



21. 

 Roberts, David, report by, on cranberry 



culture, 1855 (Part 2), 110. 

 Roberts, Prof. I. P., lecture by, on 



law, or nature's modes of action, 1890, 



129. 

 on value of breeds and varieties, 



how they are funned; the effect of food 



on breeds, 1892, 162. 

 Robin, characteristics and habits of the, 



1861 (Part 2), 62, 72; 1865 (Parti), 102, 



109; 1871 (Part 1), 114. 



— food of the, 1865 (Part 1), 106. 



_ not a pest of the farm, 1861 (Part 1), 

 72; 1868 (Part 2), 95 



Robinson, Dean, report by, on planting 

 forests, L853 (Part 2), 115. 



Robinson, Prof. John, lecture by,on orna- 

 mental trees, 1880 (Part 1), 23. 



on forestry and arboriculture in 



Massachusetts, 1887, 51. 



report by, on forest trees, 1881, 501. 



Robinson. John H., reports by, on milch 



cows, 1853 (Part 2), 333; 1854 (Part 2), 



341. 

 statement by, on dairy products, 1853 



(Part 2), 406. 

 Robinson, Solon, address by, on the 



farmer's errors, 1855 ( Part 2), 317. 

 Rocks as plant food, 1875 (Part 1), 103; 



1885, 46. 



— bowlder, their probable origin and his- 

 tory, and their use in the construction 

 of dwellings (Dr. James R. Nichols), 

 1875 (Part 1), 96. 



Rockweed, analyses of, 1879 (Part 1), 

 338; 1887, 771; 1888, 621; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.) , 288 ; 1890 (Exp. Sta ) , 286 ; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta), 310; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 307. 



— as a fertilizer, 1854 (Part 2), 4; 1855 

 (Part 2), 13; 1866 (Part 1), 172; 1867 

 (Part 1), 143; 1879 (Parti), 337. 



Rockwell, Julius, address by, on the 



farmer, 1855 (Part 2), 391. 

 Poit.ntia, characteristics of the, 1861 



(Parti), 138. 

 Rodman, Edmund, reports by, on poultry, 



1867 (Part 2), 184; 1869 (Part 2), 188; 



1870 (Part 2), 210; 1871 (Part 2), 291; 



1874 (Part 2), 123. 

 Rogers' hybrid grapes, characteristics of 



the, 1863 (Part 2), 133, 136; 1864 (Part 



1), 78. 

 Rogers, Prof. William B., address by, on 



connection between agriculture and posi- 

 tive science, 1864 (Part 1), 104. 

 Roller, spiked, use of the, 1871 (Part 1 ). 



24. 

 Root, T. P., address by, before the Board 



of Agriculture at Barre, 1872 (Part 1), 



12. 

 report by, on cheese making, 1872 



(Part 2), 182. 

 Root and vegetable culture (John B. 



Moore), 1878 (Parti), 14. 

 discussion on, 1878 (Part 1), 24. 



— cellar, utility and plans of, 1868 (Part 

 1),34,42; 1873 (Part 2), 37; 1877 (Part 

 1), 30. 



— crops (J. L. Delano), 1879 (Part 2), 53. 

 analyses of, 1888, 546. 



cultivation of, yields and profits, 1853 



(Part 1),34 (Part2),207, 223 ; 1854 | Part 

 1), 22 (Part 2), 59, 198; 1855 (Pari 2), 

 96,370; 1856 (Part 2), 39, 276; 1857 

 (Part 2), 235; 185!) (Part 1), 103 (Part 

 2), 173; 1860 (Part l),i39 (Part 2), 168; 

 1863 (Part 2), 165; 1861 (Part 2), 90; 

 1865 (Part 2), 73; 1806 (Part 1), 153 

 (Part 2), 68; 1867 (Part 2), 126; 1868 



