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Modern cultivation vs. other methods 32 



Pruning : the two essentials ;^;^ 



Spraying: the necessity of this operation 34 



Harvesting apples 35 



Sorting' and marketing apples ^S 



Conclusions ^j 



Organization and management of a dairy farm, lecture on, by 



Prof. J. W. Sanborn 83 



Palmer, E. L., address of welcome by, at State Dairy Conference 50 



Peculiar apple situation, a, institute paper on, by D. H. Knowlton 38 



]\Iaine is growing apples 38 



Difficulties and losses from the present system 39 



Local storage will provide a remedy 40 



Opportunities offered by this plan 41 



Production and handling of sweet cream, address on, by J. D. 



McEdwards 145 



Purcell, Dr. C. W., remarks by, at State Dairy Conference 139 



Raising calves for the dairy, address on, by Z. A. Gilbert 142 



Report of Commissioner of Agriculture 5 



Farm crops 5 



The gypsy and brown-tail moths 8 



Our dairy interests 8 



Farmers' institutes 9 



Agricultural fairs 10 



Agricultural education 11 



Report of cow testing associations, by Leon S. Merrill 176 



Report of State Dairy Instructor 183 



Dairy testing associations 183 



Meetings ' 185 



Inspection of dairies 186 



Inspection of creameries 188 



City milk plants 189 



State Dairy Conference 189 



Summary of exhibits 190 



Summary of scores 190 



Proposed work 191 



General 193 



Report of State Entomologist 195 



Insects for 1908 196 



Pine blight 197 



The tarnished plant bug 197 



Remedies 198 



Forest caterpillars 199 



The saddled prominent 199 



Lecture work 200 



State exhibits 201 



Orchard inspection 201 



