INDEX. 



307 



Duck raising, opportunities in, 

 wood, nesting box for, . 



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246 

 204 



Egg breeds of poultry, characteristics of, 



Eggs as delicacies. 



Egg eating habit, .... 



farming, .... 



hatcheries, .... 

 English Co-operative Wholesale Society, 

 Express companies, use of, in marketing poultry products, 



Farm flock, four years' record of. 

 Farmland bank, articles of amendment of, 

 auditing committee, 

 bonds, . 

 by-laws, 



committee on loans, 

 dissolution of, 

 dividends of, 

 exemption from taxation 

 fiscal year, 



general provisions of, 

 holdings of real estate by, 

 incorporation of, . 

 investments of, 

 land reserve certificate 



fund, . 

 loans by, 

 meeting of, . 

 officers, 

 organization, 



powers and duties of officers, 

 conferred, . 

 ' proxies, 



quorums, . . , 



surplus of, 



who may be shareholders 

 banks, law relating to. 

 Farm machinery, cost per day of using, 

 management, object of study of, 

 organizations, need of co-operation in. 

 Farm Management, address on, by Junius S. Gates, 

 Farming, important factors for profit in, 



need for business methods in, . 

 Feeds for poultry, cost of, in Massachusetts, Illinois and Wisconsin 

 pared, ...... 



Fertility of soil, relation of crop prices to, 

 Flicker, nesting box for. 

 Flycatcher, crested, nesting box for, 

 Forbush, Edward Howe, essay by, on Bird Houses and Nesting Boxes, 

 Fruit growing, advantages of Massachusetts for, 

 grown in Massachusetts, high quality of, 



labor supply for, 

 land, low values of, in Massachusetts, 

 markets for, in Massachusetts, 



