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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Saddle beans, analyses of, 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 318, 324; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 

 • 321. 



Sainfoin, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 167,292,297; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 316, 323; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 313, 320. 



— characteristics of, and value as a crop, 

 1856 (Part 1), 108, 128, 154; 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 161; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 189; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 192. 



Salem, public winter meeting of the Board 

 of Agriculture at, 1866 (Part 1), 11. 



Salmon, Dr. D. E., lecture by, on veter- 

 inary problems of the day, 1883, 15. 



Salmonid^e, habits of the, 1869 (Part 1), 

 132. 



Salt, analyses of, 1869 (Part 1), 26, 30, 

 39 ; 1886, 525 ; 1887, 655, 658, 660 ; 1889 

 (Exp. Sta.), 313; 1890 (Exp. Sta-), 69, 

 312; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 338; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 335. 



— and its uses in agriculture (Dr. C. A. 

 Goessmann), 1869 (Part 1), 18. 



— as a preventive against the attacks of 

 the cranberry worm, 1853 (Part 2), 257. 



— as a promoter of animal life, 1869 (Part 

 1), 31, 59. 



of vegetable growth, 1869 (Part 1), 



36, 57, 165. 



— common, chemistry of, 1869 (Part 1), 

 18, 26, 33. 



— dairy, qualities of good, 1869 (Part 1), 

 27; 18S7, 656. 



— for meat packing and dairy purposes, 

 analyses of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 313; 1890 

 (Exp. Sta.), 312; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 338 ; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 335. 



— hay. analyses of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.) , 299 ; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 297; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 105, 315, 322; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 312, 319. 



as food for cattle, 1853 (Part 1), 28; 



1876 (Part 2), 45. 



— in agriculture, uses of, 1854 (Part 2), 

 135; 1867 (Part I), 237; 1869 (Parti), 

 18, 24, 36; 1873 (Part 1), 318; 1876 

 (Part 1), 197; 1885,48. 



— in asparagus culture, 1873 (Part 1) , 321 ; 

 1875 (Part 1), 117; 1883,92; 1884,446; 

 1889, 58. 



— in butter making, use of. (See Butter.) 



— in meat packing, 1868 (Part 1), 134; 

 1869 (Part 1), 24. 



— in the human body, 1869 (Part 1), 33. 



— Lake, description of, 1871 (Part 1), 65. 

 valley, condition of agriculture in, 



1871 (Part 1), 71; 1875 (Part 1), 60, 

 65. 



Salt, manufacture of, modes of, 1869 (Part 

 1), 20. 



— marsh grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 38, 112. 



— marshes. (See Marshes.) 



— mud, analyses of, 1887, 773 ; 1888, 623 ; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 307. 



— on cabbages, use of, 1887, 95. 



— refuse, uses of, 1869 (Part 1), 39. 



— to grass lands, applying, 1869 (Part 1), 

 54; 1887, 175. 



Saltonstall, Leverett, address by, on 



the American farmer, 1856 (Part 2), 



35. 

 essay by, on the use of muck, 1869 



(Parti), 211. 

 remarks by, on Massachusetts at the 



Centennial exhibition, 1875 (Part 1), 



137. 

 report by, on drainage, 1865 (Part 



1), 211. 

 on the Percheron horse, 1864 (Part 



1), 232. 

 Saltpetre and salt for abortion in cows, 



1883, 48. 



— Chili, or nitrate of soda, analyses of, and 

 value as a fertilizer, 1873 (Part 1), 367; 

 1875 (Part 1), 325; 1876 (Part 1), 252; 

 1878 (Part 1), 67, 79, 321, 323; 1879 

 (Parti), 313; 1887,709,759; 1888,609; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 284; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 282; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 306; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta), 302. 



— waste, analyses of, 1876 (Part 1), 249; 

 1887, 709, 760; 1888, 580, 610; 1889 

 (Exp. Sta.), 284; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 263, 

 282; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 291, 306; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 302. 



Samuels, E. A., essay by, on root culture, 



1865 (Part 2), 82. 

 on the breeding and management 



of poultry, 1864 (Part 2), 128. 

 on the pests of the farm, 1868 (Part 



2), 81. 

 lecture by, on agricultural value of 



birds, 1865 (Parti), 94. 

 report by, on animals of Massa- 

 chusetts, 1861 (Part 1), 137. 

 on ornithology of Massachusetts; 



list of species, 1863 (Part 1, Appendix), 



xviii. 

 Sanborn, F. G., lecture by, on the habits 



of insects in their relations to man, 1864 



(Parti), 139. 

 report by, on insects of Massachusetts 



which are beneficial to agriculture, 1862 



(Part 1), 124. 

 on insects, 1857 (Part 1), 197. 



