278 



AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Strawberry plants, mildew of the, pow- 

 dery, concerning the, 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 



239*. 

 mowing the tops of, 1871 (Part 1), 



209. 

 mulching of, in the fall, 1868 (Part 



1), 69, 278; 1871 (Part 1), 201, 203; 



1881, 291. 

 setting out, 1868 (Part 1), 276; 1870 



(Part 1), 249; 1871 (Part l) r 200, 211; 



1881,66; 1887,26; 1888, 147. 



snails injurious to, 1872 (Part 1), 249. 



Streeter, G. L , essay by, on how to 



manage the hen coop, 1868 (Part 2), 205. 

 Strong, William C, lecture by, on winter 



gardening and glass structures, 1874 



(Part 1), 88. 

 Strongylus filaria, characteristics of the, 



1873 (Part 1), 336. 

 Sturtf.vant, Dr. E. Lewis, essay by, on 



chemical corn growing, 1875 (Part 2), 



77. 

 >- on some considerations concerning 



the morphology of milk, 1873 (Part 1), 



374. 

 on the cost of a crop of corn to the 



Massachusetts farmer, 1872 (Part 2), 80. 

 on the law of inheritance; or the 



philosophy of breeding, 1874 (Part 1), 



145. 

 lecture by, on paramount fertilizers , 



1888, 37. 

 on the growing of corn, 1880 (Part 



1), 77. 

 Stirtevaxt, J. N., essay by, on essentials 



of agricultural inquiry, 1873 (Part 1), 



396. 

 on suggestions relating to agricult- 

 ural societies, 1873 (Part 1),390. 

 on the management of agricultural 



societies. 1871 (Part 2), 129. 

 Subsoil ploughing, utility of, 1853 (Part 



I), 160; 1854 (Part 1), 68 (Part 2), 27, 



117 ; 1855 (Part 1), 6i (Part 2), 63, 409 ; 



1864 (Part 2), 23; 1866 (Part 2), 72; 



1867 (Parti), 137, 178. 

 Sibsoilixg, object of, 1888, 54. 

 Subsoils, characteristics of, 1854 (Part 2), 



27. 

 Success, debt and (George S. Boutwell), 



1873 (Part 2), 1. 

 — elements of (C O.Perkins), 1867 (Part 



2), 33. 

 Suckers on fruit trees, methods of treat- 

 ing, 1859 (Part 2), 129. 

 Suffolk cattle, characteristics of, 1855 



(Part 2), 178; 1867 (Part 2), 158; 1879 



(Part 2), 207; 1884, 194. 



Suffolk swine, characteristics and value 

 of, 1853 (Part 2) , 366, 374 ; 1854 (Part 2) , 

 368, 374; 1856 (Part 2), 392; 1857 (Part 

 1), 127; 1868 (Part 2), 203; 1880 (Part 

 2), 23. 



Suffolk County, roads of, 1870 (Part 1), 

 39. 



Sugar, amount of, in juice of stalks of 

 Indian corn, 1879 (Part 1), 254. 



— beet. (See Beet.) 



as an agricultural enterprise in Massa- 

 chusetts, report on the production of 

 (Dr. C. A. Goessmann), 1870 (Part 2, 

 Supplement), 12. 



for the manufacture of sugar, on 



the cultivation of the (Dr. C. A. Goess- 

 mann), 1879 (Part 1), 378. 



— cane, analyses of. 1888,643; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta), 335; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 332. 



concerning, 1881, 102. 



Chinese. (See Chinese.) 



— from sorghum, facts in relation to, 1856 

 (Parti), 89,97; 1857 (Part 1), 147; 1870 

 (Part 2, Supplement), 16; 1889 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 182. 



— grape, concerning, 1881, 103. 



— home resources of, 1870 (Part 2, Sup- 

 plement), 13. 



— in fruits and sugar-producing plants, 

 1888, 640; 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 302, 307; 

 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 306; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 332; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 329. 



— in milk, percentage of, 1868 (Part 1), 

 193. 



— maple, characteristics of the, 1854 (Part 

 1), 119; 1875 (Parti), 142, 269; 1884,208. 



manufacture and yield of, 1854 (Part 



1), 149; 1857 (Part 2), 335, 365; 1870 

 (Part 2, Supplement), 15; 1873 (Part 

 1), 162, 183. 



— waste as a fertilizer, 1870 (Part 1), 220, 

 229. 



Sugars, the; their chemical nature and 



history (Dr. James R. Nichols), 1881, 



101. 

 Sulla, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), ISO, 



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



1892 (Exp. Sta ), 313, 320. 



— as a crop, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 174. 

 Sulphatine, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. 



Sta.), 275; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 339; 1892 

 (Exp. Sta.), 336. 

 Sulphur as a fungicide, 1891, 160. 



— as an insecticide, 1889, 65. 



— and lime as a preventive against mil- 

 dew, 1877 (Parti), 43. 



Sulphurous acid gas, use of, in the pres- 

 ervation of meats, 1868 (Part 1), 139. 



