ANALYTICAL END EX. 



273 



Soda, nitrate of, analyses of, and value as a 

 fertilizer, 1873 (Part 1), 367; 1875 (Part 

 1), 32.5; 1876 (Part 1), 252; 1878 (Part 

 1), 67, 79, 321, 323; 1879 (Part I), 313; 

 1887, 709, 759; 1888, 609; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 284; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 282; 1891 

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

 302. 



Soil analysis (William S. King), 1853 

 (Part 2), 449. 



— analysis and study of the, importance 

 and utility of, 1853 (Part 2), 449, 459; 

 1855 (Part 2), 404; 1856 (Part 2), 52; 

 1857 (Part 2), 347; 1864 (Part 1), 106; 

 1866 (Part 1), 238; 1870 (Part 1),200; 

 1886, 212. 



— agricultural, the origin of the (Prof. 

 Louis Agassiz), 1864 (Part 1), 168; 1868 

 (Parti), 161. 



— chemical changes in the, 1856 (Part 2), 

 52; 1864 (Part 1), 107, 109; 1866 (Part 

 1), 239. 



— composition of the, relation of the min- 

 eral constituents of the plants to the, 

 1885, 134. 



■ — culture to soul culture, the relations of 

 (Rev. Washington Gladden), 1869 (Part 

 2), 45 



— deep culture of the, 1859 (Part 2), 16. 



— exhaustion, concerning, 1878 (Part 1), 

 241; 1892, 28,40. 



— evaporation of water from the, 1854 

 (Part 1), 73, 83; 1886, 179; 1888, 40. 



— formation of, agency of ice in the, 1864 

 (Part 1), 172; 1865 (Part 1), 64; 1868 

 (Parti), 163; 1889,295. 



— frequent stirring of, as an expedient 

 against drought, 1853 (Part 1), 162; 1854 

 (Part 1), 72,83, 106. 



— humus in the, influence of, 1862 (Part 

 1), 55 (Part 2), 253; 1875 (Part 1), 18 

 (Part 2) , 38 ; lf-85, 509 ; 1889, 305. 



— influence of the, on the grasses, 1856 

 (Parti), 10, 27, 121, 152. 



— microbes in the, action of, 1890, 156. 



— of Johannisberg, characteristics of, 1868 

 (Parti), 122. 



— of New England, the (George F. 

 Works), 1864 (Part 2), 29. 



— on wine, efl'eot of, 1859 (Part 1), 89. 



— over-valued as plant food, 1885, 44. 



— plant food taken from the, by crops, 

 1885, 52. 



— plants as an indication of the nature of 

 the (Prof. Levi Stockbridge), 1866 (Part 

 1), 265. 



— right of support of, 1872 (Part 1), 

 130. 



Soil, salt marsh, diked, analyses of, 1874 

 (Part 1), 337; 1S75 (Part 1), 238, 242, 

 245; 1876 (Part 1), 223; 1887,773; 1888, 

 623. 



— saturation of the, 1854 (Part 1), 43, 73 ; 

 1878 (Part 1), 73,252. 



Soiling of cattle (A. L. McKinstry), 1876 

 (Part 2), 52. 



— best crop for, 1872 (Part 1), 24. 



— method and economy of, 1856 (Part 2), 

 166; 1857 (Part 2), 346; 1861 (Part 1), 

 43, 79 (Part 2), 194; 1874 (Part 2), 55; 

 1875 (Part 1), 11 (Part 2), 36; 1876 

 (Part 2), 52; 1889, 104. 



— of sheep, 1891, 140. 



Soils, adaptation of (Sanford Howard), 



1853 (Part 2), 481. 

 plants to, 1865 (Parti), 131, 139, 145; 



1866 (Part 1), 269; 1870 (Part 2), 60; 



1875 (Part 1), 18. 



— absorptive power of, 1878 (Part 1), 71. 



— amending, by mechanical means (C. 

 Sanderson), 1868 (Part 1), 259. 



— and agricultural resources of Massa- 

 chusetts, discussion on, 1863 (Part 1), 

 42. 



— carbonate of lime on, action of, 1874 

 (Part 1), 50. 



— clayey, characteristics of, 1858 (Part 2), 

 179. 



— composition of, 1855 (Part 2), 303, 404 ; 

 1858 (Part 2), 179; 1&60 (Part 1), 141; 

 1864 (Part 1), 101, 108. 



— crops to, adaptation of (John B. Moore), 

 1S66 (Parti), 269. 



— drift, characteristics of, 1864 (Part 1), 

 112, 173. 



— exhaustion of, by the growth of plants 

 (Prof. Levi Stockbridge), 1878 (Part 1), 

 241. 



— fertility of, 1856 (Part 2), 52 ; 1889, 305. 



— gravelly, best for fowls, 1876 (Part 1), 

 75. 



— improving, methods of, 1873 (Part 1), 

 123. 



— influence of various, on animal life, 

 1870 (Part 1), 91. 



— in which drainage is necessary, 1871 

 (Part 1), 44, 122,275. 



— mixing, importance of, 1868 (Part 1), 

 259, 265; 1871 (Part 1), 127. 



— New England, character of 1864 (Pari 

 2), 29; 1871 (Part 2), 40, 58; 1889, 295, 

 301. 



— northern States, all of foreign origin, 

 1864 (Part 1), 172. 



— of Massachusetts (Prof. N. S. Shaler) . 

 1889, 295. 



