No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 463 



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Patrons of Husbandry, officers State Grange 73 



Patrons of Husbandry, origin of the Grange; 75 



Patrons of Husbandry, declaration of purposes of 76 



Pennsylvania Slate Agricultural Society, officers and committees of 14 



Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, act incorporating, 16 



Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, constitution and by-laws of, ... 18 



Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, members of 23 



Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, officers of, 25 



Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, act establishing, 27 



Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, minutes of annual meeting 30 



Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, minutes of meeting held at State 



College, 38 



Pennsylvania State Live Stock Sanitary Board, act establishing 56 



Pennsylvania State Live Stoclc Sanitary Board, officers of, 56 



Pennsylvania Live Stock Breeders' Association, officers of, 67 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, officers of, 69 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, rules governing exhibitions, 72 



Pennsylvania Farmers' Alliance, officers of, 81 



Pennsylvania Farmers' Alliance, constitution and by-laws of, 82 



Pennsylvania State College, faculty of, 83 



Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station, officers and 



assistants of, 85 



Pennsylvania Forestry Association, officers and council of 86 



Pennsylvania State Poultry Association, officers of, 95 



Pennsylvania State Poultry Association, constitution of 96 



Pennsylvania Dairy Union, officers of, 156 



Pennsylvania Dairy Union, papers read at annual meeting of, 157 



Poultry, value of on farm, 292 



Poultry, breeds of, 292 



Poultry raising for profit 284 



Poultry raising, value of, 294 



Poultry raising, how to make it profitable, 295 



Poultry raising, importance of breed, 296 



Poultry raising, incubators, 297 



Protein, producing of, 165 



Protein in pastures, 168 



Protein, what feeds are best producers of, 168 



Protein, yield of, by available crops 170 



Protein, yield of, increasing 172 



Publications of Department, 9 



San Jose Scale, laws for its suppression, 153 



Schools, country, benfit to the farmer, 269 



Schools, country, need of agricultural studies in 272 



Schools, country, centralization of, 272 



Schools, coui.try, nature study in, oOS 



School libraries, importance of 267 



Soils, fertility of, 2;t8 



Soils, absorptive power of 298 



