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Leland, J. W., remarks by, at State Dairy Conference loo 



McEdwards, J. B., remarks by, at State Dairy Conference 148 



McKeen, B. Walker, institute paper by, on the dairy cow, her 



feeding and care 40 



remarks by, at State Dairy Conference... 185 



Maine Dairymen's Association, business meeting of 135 



officers of 135 



resolutions adopted by 137 



Man the custodian of the soil, institute paper on, by A. S. 



Elliott 29 



Merrill, Leon S., address by, on better methods 78 



remarks by, at State Dairy Conference 119,145 



Nitrogen problem and the dairy, lecture on, by Prof. Wm. D. 



Hurd 174 



Pure milk, institute paper on, by E. D. Howe 25 



Report of Commissioner of Agriculture 5 



Farm crops 5 



Dairy and live stock interests 7 



Farmers' institutes 8 



Agricultural societies 9 



Publications 10 



Agricultural education 11 



Report of State Dairy Instructor, S. C. Thompson 190 



Report of State Dairy Instructor, Leon S. Merrill 199 



Inspection of creameries 200 



Dairies visited 201 



Dairy testing associations 20i 



Meetings 203 



General 203 



Report of State Entomologist 205 



Insects of the year 207 



Parasites 215 



State collection 218 



Brown-tail moth 218 



Gipsy moth 229 



Description of cuts 249 



Voices from outside 256 



Nursery inspection 261 



Botanical investigation 262 



Bird notes 263 



State exhibitions at fairs 264 



Entomology in the schools -^y 



Stock on hand 269 



Publications and circular letters of the year 269 



Maine apple orcharding 276 



Principal insects of the orchard 298 



Acknowledgments 306 



