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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Sheep, Cheviot, characteristics of, 1862 

 (Part 2), 216. 



— Chinese, characteristics of, 1854 (Part 

 2), 359. 



— Chunab, characteristics of, 1854 (Part 

 2), 359. 



— clothing from, manufacture of, 1874, 

 (Part 2), 111; 1891, 104. 



— Cotswold, characteristics of, 1857 (Part 

 1), 115; 1860 (Part 1), 109; 1862 (Part 

 2), 215, 229; 1863 (Part 2), 39, 59; 1864 

 (Part 2), 120; 1868 (Part 2), 199; 1886, 

 152; 1891, 110. 



— diseases of, 1860 (Part 1), 129; 1878 

 (Parti), 302. 



— domestic, origin of the, 1857 (Part 1), 

 112. 



— Dorset, characteristics of, 1891, 110. 



— exhibitions of, 1862 (Part 1), 201 ; 1863 

 (Part 1), 128. 



— fattening of, 1878 (Part 1), 306. 



— feeding of ensilage to, 1887, 151. 



— foot rot among, 1860 (Part 1), 130; 

 1878 (Part 1),302; 1891, 145. 



— gestation of, period of, 1860 (Part 1), 

 123. 



— grubs in head of, 1860 (Part 1), 131. 



— Hampshire Down, characteristics of, 

 1860 (Part 1), 112; 1886, 153; 1891, 

 109. 



— heath, black-faced, characteristics of 

 the, 1860 (Part 1), 111; 1862 (Part 2), 

 216; 1886, 151. 



— housing, of, in stormy weather, 1861 

 (Part 1), 94; 1864 (Part 1), 163; 1865 

 (Part 1), 121. 



— how to secure twin lambs of, 1860 (Part 

 1), 123. 



— hurdling of, 1880 (Part 1), 56; 1886, 

 157, 164; 1891, 144. 



— husbandly (Bowditch, E. F.), 1886, 150. 



(Grinnell, James S.), 1860 (Parti), 91. 



as a means of renovating old pastures, 



1860 (Part 2), 214; 1864 (Part 1), 99 

 (Part 2), 125; 1865 (Part 1), 123; 1866 

 (Part 1), 315; 1867 (Part 1), 53; 1877 

 (Parti), 142; 1884,84. 



concerning importance of, 1853 (Part 



1), 86; 1854 (Part 2), 360, 444; 1855 

 (Part 2), 326; 1857 (Part 1), 113; 1859 

 (Part 2), 86, 259; 1860 (Part 1), 93, 121 

 (Part 2), 204; 1861 (Part 2), 195; 1862 

 (Part 2), 212; 1864 (Part 1), 161 (Part 

 2), 117; 1865 (Part 1), 118; 1873 (Part 

 1), 55. 



discussion on, 1864 (Parti), 160; 1865 



(Part 1), 121; 1879 (Part 1), 216; 1886, 

 161; 1888,62; 1891, 122. 



Sheep husbandly, early records of, 1874 

 (Part 2), 110; 18S6, 150; 1891, 101. 



in Dukes County, 1865 (Part 1), 268. 



in Massachusetts (James S. Grin- 

 nell), 187S (Part 1), 291; 1891, 101. 



in Nantucket County, 1865 (Part 1), 



257. 



in Silesia, 1863 (Part 1), 130. 



— - in the Alps, 1862 (Part 1), 326. 



profits of, 1854 (Part 2), 360, 365 ; 1855 



(Part 2), 326; 1856 (Part 2), 381; 1857 

 (Part 2), 273; 1858 (Part 2), 286; 1859 

 (Part 2), 259; 1860 (Part 1), 95, 121,313, 

 1862 (Part 2), 221, 223; 1863 (Part 2), 

 58; 1864 (Part 1), 161 (Part 2), 122; 1865 

 (Part 1), 129; 1867 (Part 2), 171; 1870 

 (Part 2), 201; 1874 (Part 2), 110, 116; 

 1S78 (Part 1), 296, 304; 1886, 154; 1888, 

 55,61,67; 1891, 129. 



statistics of, 1853 (Part 1), 86; is;,; 



(Part 1), 113; 1860 (Part 1), 93, 292; 

 1861 (Part 2), 198; 1862 (Part 2), 213; 

 1874 (Part 2), 109; 1878 (Part 1), 304; 

 1880 (Part 1), 11; 1881, 369; 1886, 154; 

 1891, 115, 122. 



— importation of, from the west, 1891, 

 116. 



— injury done to, by dogs, 1860 (Part 1), 

 94; 1862 (Part 2), 109; 1864 (Part 1), 

 167 (Part 2), 124; 1865 (Part 1), 126; 

 1874 (Part 2), 109, 120; 1878 (Part 1), 

 294; 1886, 156, 162, 166; 1888, 57, 67; 

 1891, 119. 



— into Massachusetts, early introduction 

 of, 1857 (Part 1), 123; 1862 (Part 2), 

 220; 1873 (Part 1), 55; 1878 (Part 1), 

 292. 



— law, colonial, 1878 (Part 1), 307. 



— Leicester, characteristics of, 1854 (Part 

 2), 361; 1857 (Part 1), 114; 1860 (Part 

 1), 103; 1862 (Part 2), 215; 1863 (Part 

 2), 60; 1864 (Part 2), 120; 1886, 152; 

 1891,110. 



— Lincolnshire, characteristics of, 1864 

 (Part 2), 120. 



— management of, methods of, 1853 (Part 

 1), 87 (Part 2), 358; 1856 (Part 2), 

 380; 1860 (Part 1), 91; 1863 (Part 2), 

 206; 1865 (Part 1), 118 (Part 2), 108; 



1866 (Part 2), 95; 1867 (Part 2), 171; 

 1868 (Part 2), 64, 197; 1869 (Part 2), 

 182; 1870 (Part 2), 201; 1871 (Part 2), 

 283; 1874 (Part 2), 109, 120; 1877 (Part 

 2), 97; 1878 (Part 2), 121; 1879 (Part 

 1), 204; 1888, 56. 



— manure, value of, 1860 (Part 1), 99; 



1867 (Part 1), 189; 1878 (Part 1), 297; 

 1886, 162. 



