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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Swine, dam, selection and care of the, 1853 

 (['art 2), 372; 1880 (Part 2), 17; 1891, 

 196, 199. 



— selection of breed of, 1853 (Part 2), 

 366; 1877 (Part 2), 99; 1880 (Part 2), 

 15. 



— sire, importance and food of, 1880 (Part 

 2), 16; 1891, 193, 196. 



— statistics of, 1853 (Part 1), 90; 1854 

 (Part 2), 375; 1857 (Part 1), 127; 1881, 

 371; 1891,207. 



— weight of food given, proportion of gain 

 in weight to, 1874 (Parti), 132, 136. 



Swiss cattle as dairy stock, 1879 (Part 1), 

 115. 



— characteristics and value of, 1870 (Part 

 2), 169; 1879 (Part 1), 118, 123. 



Switzerland, dairy husbandry in, 1862 

 (Parti), 292. 



— irrigation in, 1862 (Part 1), 291. 



— military system of, 1862 (Part 1), 300. 



— mountains of, character of, 1864 (Part 

 1), 178. 



Sylvians or warblers, foraging habits of 



the, 1861 (Part 2), 58. 

 Syrphid.*:, characteristics and habits of 



the, 1862 (Part 1), 181. 



Tapani's, characteristics of species of, 

 1869 (Part 1), 256. 



Taft, George S., report by, on bulls, 1853 

 (Part 2), 290. 



Taft, Velorous, resolutions by the Board 

 of Agriculture on the death of, 1890, 

 241. 



Tallow tree, concerning the, 1873 (Part 

 2), 11. 



Talpiu.'e, characteristics of the, 1861 (Part 

 1), 145. 



Tamias, characteristics of species of, 1861 

 (Part 1), 173. 



Tan as a fertilizer, 1853 (Part 2), 135. 



Tankage, analyses of, and use as a fer- 

 tilizer, 1876 (Part 1), 256; 1887, 763; 

 1888, 613; 1S89 (Exp. Sta ), 287; 1890 

 (Exp. Sta.), 267,285; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 

 2E9, 309; 1892 (Exp. Sta ), 305. 



Tariff and the farmer, the, 1887, 254. 



— on sheep keeping, effect of, 1891, 118. 



— to the farmer, the value of a protective 

 (Joseph S. Fay), 1882, 310. 



Taxation and agriculture, 1890, 207, 220. 

 Taylor, Ralph, report by, on reclaiming 



wet meadows, 1853 (Part 2), 69. 

 Tedder, hay, concerning the American, 



1867 (Part 1),292. 

 Telephorus, two-lined, concerning the, 



1870 (Part 1), 374. 



Temperament in breeding stock, impor- 

 tance of regarding, 1866 (Part 1), 97. 



Temperature of England higher than 

 that of New England, 1853 (Part 1), 154. 



— record of average, at Amherst, 1836- 

 1887,1887,781. 



— requisite for germination of seeds, 1878 

 (Part 1), 267. 



Temple, Rev. J. H., address by, before 

 the Board of Agriculture at Framing- 

 ham, 1885, 4. 



prize essay by, on some thoughts on 



the management of agricultural societies, 



1873 (Part 2) , 62. 



report by, on fattening of swine, 1867 



(Part 2), 174. 



Tenney, Sanborn, address by, on how 

 farmers can improve their present con- 

 dition, 1872 (Part 2), 68. 



on the farmer, and his relations to 



the State, 1875 (Part 2), 43 



Tent caterpillar, habits of, and methods of 

 destroying the. (See Caterpillar.) 



Tenthredinidje, characteristics and hab- 

 its of the, 1862 (Parti), 164. 



Teosinte, analyses of, 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 180, 292, 207; 1891 (Exp. Sta), 316, 322; 

 1892 (Exp. Sta), 312, 319. 



Texas cattle fever (Dr. Noah Cressy), 

 1875 (Part 2), 56. 



— concerning the, 1868 (Part 1), 14, 15; 



1874 (Part 1), 6, 313; 1875 (Part 1), 212 

 (Part 2), 56, 60; 1883, 29, 31; 1892, 

 223. 



— contagion of, 1883, 32. 



— history of, in Massachusetts, 1868 

 (Part 1), 6, 13; 1875 (Part 2), 56; 1892, 

 223. 



— incubation and symptoms of, 1868 

 (Parti), 14; 1875 (Part 1), 57; 1S33.31. 



— post-mortem appearances of, 1868 (Part 

 1), 15; 1875 (Part 2), 58. 



— theories concerning, 1S68 (Part 1), 

 14. 



— treatment of, 1868 (Part 1), 16; 1875 

 (Part 2), 60. 



Thatcher, T. D., report by, on clover as 

 a fertilizer, 1869 (Part 1), 209. 



Thayer, Dr. E. F , communication by, 

 on pleuropneumonia, 1864 (Part 1), 27. 



report by, on convention of American 



cattle commissioners, Springfield, 111., 

 1868 (Part 1), 10. 



Thistle, Canada, characteristics of the, 

 1864 (Parti), 83. 



Thomas, Benjamin F., address by, on ad- 

 vantages of rural pursuits, 1862 (Part 

 2), 46. 



