446 INDEX. 



Apple maggot or railroad worm, concerning the, 

 Apple tree caterpillar, concerning the, .... 

 Appropriations for agricultural purposes, legislative, 

 Arbor Day pamphlet, concerning the, .... 

 Associations, local cow-testing, forming, paper on, by G. C 

 Sevey, 



PAGE 



121 



124 



xxvi 



xxv 



10(1 



Bean weevil, concerning the, ....... 01 



Bee crop and market, concerning the, .... 373, 381 



Bee hives, concerning, ....... 370, 37S 



Bee keeping: some suggestions for its advancement in Massachu- 

 setts, essay on, by Burton N. Gates, .... 370 



Bees, diseases of, ........ 374 



Bees, wintering of, ........ 379 



Biological Survey, United States Bureau of, resolutions by the 



Board of Agriculture concerning the, .... 8 



Bird laws, concerning, ........ 404 



Bird protection in Massachusetts, statutory, essay on, by Edward 



Howe Forbush, 395 



Birds, game, concerning, ...... 399, 400 



Non-game, concerning, ....... 402 



Shore, concerning, ........ 398 



Useful, and their protection, concerning book on, . . xxix 



Birds, gypsy moth, insects and, report of committee on, . .181 



Board of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Board of. 

 Blight, pine tree, concerning the, ...... 323 



Boston milk and butter supply, statistics of, . . 270, 278, 283 



Brooks, Prof. William P., essay by, on corn as a grain crop in 



Massachusetts, ....... 337 



Bud moth, concerning the, . . . . . . .124 



Bugs, mealy, concerning the, ....... 388 



Bureau, Cattle. See Cattle Bureau. 

 Bureau, Dairy. See Dairy Bureau. 

 Butter, renovated, in work of Dairy Bureau, .... 275 



Butter market, Boston, concerning the, .... 270, 283 



Butter-fat and milk solids, effect of feed on, . . . .100 



Cankerworms, concerning, ....... 120 



Cattle, dairy, breeding and managing, lecture on, by Prof. Thomas 



Shaw, 60 



Cattle, dairy, management of, ...... 73 



Cattle, tuberculous, danger from milk from, .... 254 



Cattle Bureau, diseases in work of the, miscellaneous, . 258 



Financial statement of the, ...... 200 



Twelfth semiannual report of the Chief of the, . . . 195 

 Cauliflower, heading of, ..... 37, 59 



