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AGRICULTURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Wine product in the United States, the, 

 1865 (Parti), 327. 



— rhubarb, how to make, 1868 (Part 2), 

 157. 



— soil on, effect of, 1859 (Part 1), 89. 



— weight of Concord grapes needed to 

 make a gallon of, 1865 (Part 1), 327. 



— whortleberry, how to make, 1868 (Part 

 2), 157. 



Winslow, C. M., lecture by, on the horse, 



1890, 179. 

 Winter gardening and glass structures 



(William C. Strong), 1874 (Part 1), 88. 

 Wire or blue grass, characteristics of, 



1856 (Part 1), 46. 



— fences, utility of. (See Fences.) 

 Witch or couch grass, characteristics of, 



and modes of extirpating, 1856 (Part 1), 



68; 1866 (Part 1), 174; 1873 (Part 1), 



217. 

 Woburn Abbey, experiments with grasses 



at, 1856 (Part 1), 121. 

 Woman and home science (H. W. Parker) , 



1870 (Part 2), 38. 

 Women, agricultural and horticultural 



education of (Richard Goodman), 1871 



(Parti), 308. 



— gardening adapted to, 1871 (Part 1), 

 162. 



— horticultural education of, the (Mrs. 

 Ednah D. Cheney), 1871 (Part 1), 156. 



— horticultural schools for, 1871 (Part 1), 

 169. 



— industrial condition of, 1871 (Part 1), 

 164. 



— muscular development of, 1871 (Part 

 1), 158 



— out-door work for, 1871 (Part 1), 157. 

 Wood, amount of different kinds of, 



necessary to produce a given heat, 1861 

 (Parti), 88. 



— cutting, time for, 1864 (Part 1), 91. 



— formation of, process of, 1873 (Part 1), 

 163; 1874 (Part 1), 228. 



— green, not economical for fuel, 1861 

 (Parti), 88. 



— hair grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1),71. 



— reed grass, characteristics of, 1856 (Part 

 1), 31. 



Wood, E. W., essay by, on fruit as a farm 

 product, 1886, 412. 



lecture by, on strawberries and cur- 

 rants for market, 1888, 147. 



Woodchvck, ground hog or marmot, de- 

 scription and habits, and methods of 

 destroying the, 1861 (Part 1), 175; 1868 

 (Part 2), 87. 



Wooden plough, use of the, 1873 (Part 



1), 17, 19. 

 Woodford, Joseph H., lecture by, on 



heating greenhouses, 18S5, 490. 

 Woodlands and forest trees, report on 



(Asa Clement), 1865 (Part 1), 215. 



— of Massachusetts. (See Forest.) 

 Woodpeckers, characteristics of species 



of, 1861 (Part 2), 60; 1865 (Part 1), 97, 



180; 1871 (Part 2), 111; 1872 (Part 2), 



197; 1890,40. 

 Wood-waxen, characteristics of, 1853 



(Part 1), 69. 

 Wool, buying of, 1879 (Part 1), 211. 



— influenced by feeding, 1864 (Tart 1), 

 164; 1879 (Part 1), 220. 



— interest, the, 1873 (Part 1), 55. 



— raw, analyses of, 1882, 408; 1887, 762; 

 1888, 612; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 284; 1891 

 (Exp. Sta.), 309; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 

 305. 



analysis of scouring liquor of, 1888, 



584. 



— washings, analyses of, 1887, 762 ; 1888, 

 612; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 284, 285; 1891 

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



— waste, analyses of, 1887, 762 ; 1888, 

 584, 612; 1890 (Exp. Sta.), 284; 1S91 

 (Exp. Sta.), 309; 1892 (Exp. Sta.), 283. 



as a fertilizer, 1875 (Part 1), 44; 1876 



(Part 1),253. 

 Worcester, historical sketch of, 1890, 4. 



— public winter meetings of the Board of 

 Agriculture at, 1865 (Part 1), 23; 1876 

 (Parti), 6; 1890,3. 



Worcester Agricultural Society, reports 

 on exhibitions of, 1854 (Part 1), 129; 1855 

 (Part 1), 110; 1S56 (Part 1), 293; 1857 

 (Parti), 252; 1S58 (Part 1), 122; 1859 

 (Part 1),161; 1860 (Part 1), 282; 1861 

 (Part 1), 211 ; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), 

 xii; 1868 (Part 1, Appendix), vi; 1869 

 (Part 1, Appendix), x; 1S70 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), xi; 1871 (Parti, Appendix), 

 viii; 1872 (Part 1, Appendix), xl ; 1874 

 (Part 1, Appendix), x; 1875 (Part 1, 

 Appendix), viii; 1876 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), vii; 1877 (Part 1, Appendix), viii. 



— returns of the, 1853 (Part 1), 166; 

 1854 (Part 1), 180; 1855 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), ii; 1856 (Part 1, Appendix), ii; 

 1857 (Part 1, Appendix), xxxiv; 1858 

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

 Appendix), xviii ; 1860 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), ii; 1861 (Part 1, Appendix), ii ; 

 1862 (Part 1), 416; 1863 (Part 1, Appen- 

 dix), ii; 1864 (Part 1, Appendix), 1; 

 1865 (Part 1, Appendix), xlii; 1866 



