AXALYTICAL IXDEX. 



287 



Water essential to plant growth, 18.58 

 (Tart 2), 73; 1S78 (Part 1),252; 1886, 

 177; 18S8, 43. 



— evaporation of, from the soil, 1854 (Part 

 1), 73, 83; 1856 (Part 1), 139; 1886, 

 179; 1888,40. 



— flowing of, laws relating to the, 1S72 

 (Part 1), 130. 



— for cattle, soft, 1861 (Part 1), 96. 

 warming of, 1876 (Part 1), 125; 18S0 



(Part 1), 124; 1887, 288; 1889, 105, 120; 

 1890, 140; 1892, 160, 183. 



— hair grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1),72. 



— in the soil, amount of, which should 

 remain, 1854 (Part 1), 43. 



— in trees, amount of, 1874 (Part 1), 288. 



— on the composition of milk, influence 

 of, 1884, 393. 



— spear grass, characteristics of, 1856 

 (Part 1), 51. 



— well, contamination of, 1879 (Part 1), 

 78 ; 1887, 272. 



Waterman, T. T , address by, on the u^e 

 of mind in farming, 1859 (Part 2), 

 37. 



Watermelons, analyses of, 18S8, 644 ; 

 1889 (Exp. Sta.), 311; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 

 310; 1891 (Exp. Sta.), 336; 1892 (Exp. 

 Sta.), 333. 



Waters, Richard P., report by, on requi- 

 sites and evidences of good farming, 

 1853 (Part 2), 1. 



Watkins, M F., report by, on agricult- 

 ure of western Hampshire County, 1866 

 (Part 1),300. 



Wax, bee, concerning, 1857 (Part 2), 282. 



— in grafting, use of, 1875 (Part 1), 209. 

 Ways, laws relating to public and private 



(Burton W. Potter), 1885, 232. 



Wealth, poverty and, what are they . 

 1873 (Part 2), 1. 



Weasels, characteristics and habits of 

 species of, 1861 (Part 1), 154. 



Weather bureau, work of the (J. War- 

 ren Smith), 1891, 183. 



— forecasting, 1S71 (Part 2), 31. 



— Massachusetts, statistics of, 1889, xviii; 

 1890, vii; 1891, vii; 1892, vii. 



— records, tables of, 1889 (Exp Sta), 

 316; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 315; 1891 (Exp. 

 Sta ), 342; 1892 (Exp Sta ), 339. 



— signal display, 1891, 186. 



Weh moth, cabbage, concerning the, 1871 

 (Part 1), 339. 



— worm, fall, description of, and meth- 

 ods of destroying the, 1856 (Part 2), 

 447; 1878 (Part 1), 223; 1891, 151. 



Webster, Richard, lecture by, on my 

 farming experience, 1879 (Part 1 1, 257. 



Weeds, analyses of certain, 1856 (Part 

 l), 133. 



— and hushes in pastures, 1SS4, 153. 



— in the cornfield, 1882, 78. 



— seed of various, observations concern- 

 ing the vitality of the (Prof. S. T. May- 

 nard), 18S4, 343. 



— wastes caused by growth and spread 

 of, 1861 (Part 1), 104; 1870 (Part 1), 

 237,317; 1884, 96. 



Weendek method of analyzing fodders, 



concerning the, 1892, 381. 

 Weevil, bean, concerning the, 1869 (Part 



1), 251; 1870 (Part 1), 370; 1872 (Part 



1),250; 1887,89. 



— chestnut, concerning the, 1871 (Part 1), 

 345. 



— pea, concerning the, 1887, 90. 



— pitchy-legged, concerning the, 1871 

 (Part 1), 312. 



— plum. (See Cureulio.) 



— radish, concerning the, 1871 (Part 1), 

 341. 



Weevils, description and natural history 

 of, 1856 (Part 2), 449 ; 1857 (Part 1), 199. 



Weihenstephan, description of the agri- 

 cultural institute of, 1863 (Part 1), 201. 



Weld, Mason C, address by, on com- 

 mercial fertilizers, 1868 (Part 1), 93. 



lecture by, on fowds for the table 



and market, 1882, 172. 



Wentworth, Tappan, address by, on the 

 condition of agriculture, 1855 (Part 2), 

 311. 



West, agriculture at home and at the 

 (F. P. Brown), 1873 (Part 2), 24. 



— going (L. S. Richards), 1892,413. 



— impressions received from rambles in 

 the (Prof. Levi Stockbridge), 1889, 75. 



— relations of the east and (George S. 

 Boutwell), 1855 (Part 2), 377. 



Wes thorough, State farm at, the (Charles 



L. Flint), 1856 (Part 2), 69. 

 boys upon the, employment of, 1855 



(Part 1), 10. 

 by-laws of the Board of Agriculture 



for management of the, 1854 | Part 1), 9. 

 contract with the, report of committee 



on renewal of, 1858 (Part 1), 29. 



results of, 1858 (Part 1), 5. 



inventory of property, etc., at, 1854 



(Parti), 168; 1855 (Part 1, Appendix), 



xvii; 1850 (Part 1, Appendix), x vii ; 



1857 (Tart 1, Appendix), xxx; L858 



(Part 1, Appendix), eiii; 1859 (Part 1, 



Appendix), xiii. 



