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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Soils of Massachusetts, diversity of, 1863 

 (Part 1), 12; 1866 (Part 1), 270. 



— origin of, 1855 (Part 2), 296, 29S; 1856 

 (Part 2), 51, 64; 1864 (Part 1), 104, 106, 

 111, 168, 180; 1S65 (Part 1), 64; 18fa6 

 (Part 1), 266; 1868 (Part 1), 161, 169, 

 259; 1869 (Part 1), 144; 1875 (Part 1), 

 96, 99, 101. 



— relation of the botanical characteristics 

 of our cultivated plants to the chemical 

 composition and physical condition of 

 the, 1885, 139. 



— sandy, concerning management of, 

 1866 (Part 2), 69. 



— study of (Dr. Daniel Lee), 1853 (Part 

 2), 459. 



— vary in character, 1855 (Part 1), 41; 

 1856 (Part 2), 52; 1860 (Part 1), 144; 

 1864 (Part 1), 112, 172; 1866 (Part 1), 

 270; 1870 (Parti), 200. 



So j a bean. (See Bean.) 



Soot, analyses of, 1887, 775; 1888, 625; 



1890 (Exp. Sta.) , 287 ; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 311 ; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 285, 307. 



Sohex, species of, description and habits 



of, 1861 (Parti), 142, 143. 

 Sorghum, analyses of, 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 



292; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 290, 296, 309; 



1891 (Exp. Sta.), 314, 321; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 310, 318. 



— characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1),89, 98 

 (Part 2), 426; 1857 (Part 2), 157, 170, 

 222. 



— experiments in the cultivation of, 1857 

 (Part 1), 147 (Part 2), 157, 222. 



Sokicid;e or shrews, characteristics of 



the, 1861 (Part 1), 142. 

 Soule, Allen P., lecture by, on the social 



and political life of the farmer, 1885,437. 

 Soup, bone. (See Bone ) 



— dried, from meat and bone, 1887, 763 

 1888, 613. 



from rendering cattle feet, 1887, 763 



1888, 613. 



— from horse-rendering factory, 1887, 763 

 1888,613. 



Sovthhorough, public winter meeting of 

 the Board of Agriculture at, 18S0 (Part 

 1), 18. 



South American bone ash. (See Bone 

 Ash.) 



South Carolina phosphates. (See Phos- 

 phates.) 



Spaiiino, concerning, 1854 (Part 2), 129; 

 1855 (Part 2), 65; 1867 (Part 2), 143. 



Spanish moss, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 291, 296; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 315, 

 321 ; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 311, 319. 



Sparrow, chipping, characteristics and 

 habits of the, 1871 (Part 2), 117. 



— English, concerning the, 1890, 270. 



— family, characteristics of the, 1890, 42, 

 268. 



species of the, 1890, 42, 268. 



— song, characteristics and habits of the, 

 1871 (Part 2), 117; 1872 (Part 2), 

 202. 



Spear grass annual. (See June Grass.) 



sea, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 1), 



110. 

 Species, multiplication of, 1891, 23. 



— origin of, 1872 (Part 1), 103, 107. 



— phenomena of, 1885, 119. 

 Specimens, natural history, directions for 



preparing, 1859 (Part 1), 115. 

 Spencer, industries of, 1892, 10. 



— public winter meeting of the Board of 

 Agriculture at, 1892, 9. 



Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Asso- 

 ciation, returns of the, 1888, 366; 1889, 

 350; 1890,348; 1891,346; 1892,340. 



Sperm, concerning the, 1874 (Part 1), 

 155. 



Spermatozoa, history and development 

 of, 1870 (Parti), 82; 1874 (Part 1), 155, 

 160, 166. 



Sphenophorus, corn, characteristics of 

 the, 1869 (Part 1), 253. 



Spinach houses, construction of, 1877 

 (Part 1),30. 



— mildew of, concerning, 1890(Exp. Sta ), 

 221. 



— growing and keeping of, 1877 (Part 1), 

 29, 36; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 195; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 186. 



Spofford, Jeremiah, report by, on the 



culture of trees, 1861 (Part 2), 115. 

 Sponge refuse, analyses of, 1887, 761 ; 



1888, 611; 1889 (Exp. Sta ), 286; 1S9J 



(Exp. Sta.), 284; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 308; 



1892 (Exp. Sta.), 305. 

 Spores, summer, and resting, concerning, 



1S89 (Exp. Sta.), 203. 

 Sports, phenomena of, 1885, 107. 

 Spot disease of sugar beets, concerning 



the, 1889 (Exp. Sta ), 225. 

 Springfield, national horse show at, 



1858 (Part 1), 154. 



— public winter meetings of the Board 

 of Agriculture at, 1863 (Part 1), 25; 

 1887, 7. 



Squash bugs, methods of destroying, 

 1862 (Part 2), 192; 1864 (Part 1),207; 

 1870 (Part 1), 242 (Part 2), 160; 1875 

 (Part 1), 133; 1876 (Part 1), 210; 1884, 

 340. 



