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Poultry keeping, quick returns from, 

 reasons for failure in, 

 killing, 



meat breeds, characteristics of, 

 method of hardening off, 

 methods of brooding, 

 night ration for, 



products, consumption of, in Massachusetts, 

 good markets for, in Massachusetts, 

 methods of marketing, .... 



production of, in Massachusetts, . 

 systematic marketing of, . 

 transportation facilities for, in Massachusetts, 

 proper environment for, ...... 



pure bred, desirability of keeping, .... 



relative value of cracked and whole corn for, 

 scratching ration for, ...... 



selection of breeding stock necessarj-, .... 



thieving posters, law relating to, .... 



wet mash for, ........ 



Prices of crops, relation of, to soil fertility, .... 



Profits from poultrj;- culture, ....... 



Public markets, law relating to, . 



Pullet growing, ......... 



Pumpkins, price paid for, by canneries, ..... 



Response for Board, by John Bursley, ..... 



Rhubarb, price paid for, by canneries, ..... 



Rich, William P., remarks by, at Public Winter Meeting, . 

 Richardson, L. L., address by, on Horse Breeding for Farmers, . 

 Robin, nesting box for, ........ 



Rorer, Sarah Tyson, address by, on Domestic Science Teaching in Rura 

 Districts, ........ 



Rural credit movement, two phases of, . 

 problem, proposed solution of, 

 system, Hollis-Buckley bill for establishing, 

 credits. (See also Farmland Bank.) 

 death rate, ....... 



Rural Credits, essay on, by Myron T. Herrick, 



Saltonstall, R. M., address of welcome by, 



Screech owl, nesting box for, ..... 



Sears, Fred C, essay by, on Opportunities for Fruit Growing in Massachu- 

 setts, .......... 



Sheep, Breeds Best Adapted to New England Conditions, essay on, by 

 Edward Daniels, .... 



Sheep, records of New England farmers with. 



Smith, Leslie R., essay by, on Onion Growing in the Connecticut Riv 

 Valley 



Smith, Leslie R., essay by, on Tobacco Growing in the Connecticut River 

 Valley 



Soil in Massachusetts favorable for poultry culture. 



Sparrow, English, undesirability of, 

 hawk, nesting box for. 



Spinach, price paid for, by canneries. 



Squab raising, opportunities in, . 



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