INDEX 



TO THE SECRETARY'S REPORT 



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Agassiz, Prof. Louis, lecture by, 291, 305, 309 



Agricultural productions, average analyses of, 167 



Agriculture, advance in, 8, 9 



Allen, Dr. Charles G., address by, 17, 18 



Allen, Dr. Nathan, lecture by 75, 80, 90, 102 



Annual meeting of the State board of agriculture, 236 



Annual report of cattle commissioners, 233, 236 



Annual report of State entomologist, 237, 265 



Artificial versus farm-yard manure 172 



Assignment of delegates to county exhibitions for 1873, .... 288, 289 



Average yield of milk per cow, 33, 35 



Ayrshires as milkers, 35, 36, 37, 119, 120 



Barre system of feeding, 27, 47, 48 



Bean, insects injurious to, 250 



Bedding for cattle, 46 



Beneficial insects, 262 



BischofF, labors of, 293 



Board of Agriculture, annual meeting, 236 



Blue-gi-ass, its value, 23 



Board of Agi-iculture, meeting of, at BaiTC, 12, 75, 165 



Botanic gardens should be supported, 69, 70, 71 



Boundaries of lands should be well described in deeds, 125 



Botany, relations of, to agriculture, 49, 60, 75 



Breeding "in and in," 88,89 



Breeding, principles of, discussion on, .... 85,88,90,97,102,112,124 

 Breeding, principles of, lecture on 75,90,102,104,113,116 



Catarrhal epidemic, lecture on, 145, 147, 165 



Census returns, unreliability of, . . . 7, 8, 312 



Clark, Prof. William S., lecture by, . . 49, 60, 75 



Cleanliness, importance of, in dairy stock management, 29, 31 



Commercial fertilizers, discussion on, 178, 194 



Contagious diseases among cattle, annual report of commissioners on, . . 233 



Contagious diseases defined 145, 163 



Country meeting of the board of 1873 at Fitchburg, 288 



Corn fodder of little value for dairy stock, 22, 24 



Cows, treatment and feeding of, 19, 21, 24, 27, 29, 32, 41, 45 



Crops and manures, plan for experiments on, 22, 176 



Cross-breeding, 89, 90, 91 



Dairy husbandry, lectm-e and discussions on, - 18, 25, 30, 40, 49 



Darwin's investigations, value of, 98, 104, 105 



Delegates, assignment of, to exhibitions for 1873 2, 88, 289 



Disease, epizootic, among horses, 145, 151, 165 



Disease, inherited, 94, 95 



Distribution of plants, 57 



Draining, importance and effects of, 24, 216, 217 



Dry rot, nature of, • . 60 



