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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Scotch tares, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 131, 182, 293, 298; 1891 (Exp. 



Sta.), 317,323; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 313, 



320. 

 Sctjdder, Daniel, report by, on the daily, 



1867 (Part 2), 211. 

 Sea as a source of plant food, the, 1892, 



126. 



— harvest of the, or the relation of the 

 fisheries to agriculture (William H. 

 Bowker), 1892, 120. 



Sea-fowl guano, analysis of, 1876 (Part 



1),270. 

 Sea-marshes of Europe, on the character 



and the cultivation of some of the (Dr. 



C. A. Goessmann), 1874 (Part 1), 329. 

 Sea-spear grass, characteristics of, 1856 



(Parti), 49, 110. 

 Sea-weed as a manure, 1854 (Part 2), 4; 



1855 (Part 2), 13; 1856 (Part 2), 121'; 



1866 (Part 1), 172; 1867 (Part 1), 143-. 

 1879 (Part 1), 337- 



Sea-weeds and sea-weed ashes, analyses 

 of, 1887,711, 771; 1888, 582, 621; 1889 

 ( Exp. Sta ), 2S5, 288 ; 1890 (Exp. Sta.) , 

 269, 286; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 310; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 307. 



Sears, Marshal, report by, on ploughing 

 1853 (Part 2), 131. 



Seaks, Philander S., essay by, on corn, 

 1886, 407. 



Seasons influence plant growth, 1875 (Part 

 1), 23. 



Sedges, list of varieties of, 1856 (Part 1), 

 113. 



Seed bed for grass, the, 1888, 185. 



— beds, soil and situation for, 1864 (Part 

 2), 49; 1865 (Part 1), 251 ; 1885, 473. 



— breeding, 1878 (Part 1),29. 



— cleaning of, 1866 (Part 1), 180. 



— culture, deep, 1854 (Part 2), 121. 



— of plants, the, 1874 (Part 1), 209. 



— of various weeds, observations regard- 

 ing the vitality of (Prof. S. T. May- 

 nard) , 1884, 343. 



— preparation of the soil and planting of 

 the (J. B. Moore), 1869 (Part 1), 195. 



— propagation, importance of, 1856 (Part 

 2), 22/ 



— propagation of trees and shrubs from, 

 the (Jackson Dawson), 1885, 468. 



— pure, importance of, 1856 (Part 2), 22; 

 1870 (Part 1), 313; 1878 (Part 1), 18, 26; 

 1888, 195; 1890,213; 1892,47. 



— sower, description of the Emery, 1855 

 (Part 1), G6. 



description of the improved Danvers, 



1867 (Parti), 287. 



Seeding of grass lands in the fall, utility 

 of, 1856 (Part 1), 145, 148; 1871 (Part 

 1),8, 57. 



— to grass with grain, utility of, 1871 

 (Part 1), 6. 



Seedling potatoes, where best originated, 



1876 (Part 2), 38. 

 Seedlings, experiments with, 1869 (Part 



1), 112. 

 Seeds, absorption of water by, 1878 (Part 



1), 265. 



— action of chemical agents upon, 1878 

 (Part 1), 274. 



— degree of maturity of, 1878 (Part 1), 

 268, 284. 



— dissemination of, natural methods of, 

 1860 (Part 2), 14, 17, 19, 21 ; 1870 (Part 

 1), 302. 



— field and garden, raising and selecting 

 (0. B. II ad wen), 1882, 329. 



— foreign mixtures in, 1878 (Part 1), 279. 



— germination of, 1870 (Part 2), 162; 

 1873 (Part 1), 160; 1874 (Part 1), 161; 

 1878 (Parti), 267. 



— growing of, importance of, 1856 (Part 

 2), 22; 1865 (Part 1), 246. 



— inspection of, 1890, 213, 219. 



— planting or sowing of, 1869 (Part 1), 

 195; 1870 (Part 1), 234, 315 (Part 2), 

 162; 1884, 208; 1885, 474; 1888, 52, 162. 



— preservation of, 18G5 (Part 1), 254. 



— purity and germinating power of, 1878 

 (Parti), 277; 1890,212. 



— raising and preservation of, the (T. G. 

 Huntington), 1865 (Part 1), 246. 



— recent researches in regard to (Prof. 

 George L. Goodale), 1878 (Part 1), 262. 



— selection of, 1865 (Part 1), 250, 252; 



1869 (Part 1), 200; 1870 (Part 1), 313; 

 1871 (Part 1), 139; 1877 (Part 1), 33; 

 1878 (Part 1), 31; 1882, 329; 1888, 160; 

 1891, 53. 



— soundness of, 1878 (Part 1), 272 



— testing of, 1878 (Part 1), 276, 281. 



— to an acre, quantity to sow, of different, 



1870 (Part 1), 235. 



— tree, planting of, 1884, 208. 



— trees from, raising of, 1890, 258. 



— vitality of, 1860 (Part 2), 21; 1866 

 (Part 1), 181; 1873 (Part 1), 160; 1878 

 (Part 1),269, 285; 1884, 343. 



as affected by age (Prof. S. T. May- 



nard), 1884,344. 



— white pine, concerning, 1884, 209. 

 Seeley, R. H., address by, on what to do 



with the farm, 1867 (Part 2), 1. 



report by, on fruit growing, 1853 



(Part 2), 417. 



