IXDKX TO SECRETARY'S REPORT. r^yd 



Officers of aiiriciiltural societies, '179. 



Onler of luisiiicss jjoveniiiij:; lueetinus of tlie State lU)aril of Aj;riciilturc, 201. 



Oiu" cliaiate and soil, adaptation of some forage crops from other localities, 413. 



Pastures and pa.stnrinjj, paper on, by T. S. Gold, Secretary Connecticnt State I^oanl 



of Agriculture, 116. 

 Peach buds, destruction of, by cold, 34S. 



Peirce, Jolin W., p;ti)cr liy, on water and its supi)ly for our crops, 12. 

 Pigs, feeding expcrinient.s witli, 3i)4. 

 Plants in their I'elatiori m disease, discussion on, G-"). 

 Polled cattle, 192. 

 Potatoes, experiments with, 413. 

 Poultry and eggs, paper on, by A. C. Hawkins, 224. 

 Public meetiug of the State Board at Great IBarrington, 3. 



Report of committee on credentials, 265. 



Report of connnittee on assignment of delegates, 270. 



Report on forest trees, 501. 



Resolution of the Board relating to third or l^enefit day of fairs, 268. 



Sessions, Hon. W. R , paper l\v, on short-horned cattle in Massachusetts, 161. 



Sewage, remarks on, by Henry W. Wilson, 52. 



Sewage, utilization of, 28. 



Shall we plough pastures for their improvement ? 150. 



Slade, Avery P., paper by, on forest tree planting, 130. 



Special fertilizers in fruit culture, experiments with, 439. 



Stock-husbandiy in Massachusetts, paper on, by A. W. Cheever, 177. 



Sturtevant, Dr. E. L., remarks of, on cultivation of corn, 240. 



The May beetle, its destructiveness, 252. 



Tune and place for holding fairs, 282. 



Trade values of high grade fertilizers, 287. 



Trade values of fertilizing ingredients in the raw, 451. 



Tree planting, 130. 



Tree planting, discussion on, 207. 



Utilization of sewage, paper on, by Henry J. Barnes, M. D., 28. 



Valuation of fertilizing ingredients in the raw, 451. 

 Value of experiment stations, 247. 

 Vitality of seed of various weeds, 343. 



Water, drinking, examination of, 468. 



Water and its supply for oiu: crops, paper on, by John \V. Peirce, 12. 



Weeds, vitality of seed, 343. 



Weeds and bushes in jiastures, 153. 



Wheeler, M. I., addi-ess of, before State Board of Agricultiirc. 3. 



WTiite grub, 252. 



Wilson, Henry W., remarks by, on sewage, 52. 



Wilson, Henry W., remarks by, on tree planting, 141. 



Woodland, 130. 



AVoodland, treatment of, 86. 



Weather record, 474. 



