INDEX. 



447 



Chicks by natural methods on the farm, hatching and rearing, 



lecture on, by John H. Robinson, .... 362 



College, Massachusetts Agricultural. See Agricultural College. 

 Codling moth, concerning the, . . . . . .115 



Corn, agricultural classification and varieties, . . . .341 



Botanical characteristics of, ..... 339 



Manures and fertilizers for, ...... 347 



Corn as a grain crop in Massachusetts, essay on, by Prof. William 



P.Brooks, 337 



Corn is a desirable crop, reasons why, ..... 338 



Corn crop, cultivating and harvesting the, .... 352 



Cow-testing associations, forming local, paper on, by G. C. Sevey, 106 

 Cows, the sacrifice of, . . . . . . . .73 



Creameries and milk depots in Massachusetts, list of, . . 284 



Crop reports, concerning, ...... xxih 



Crops in 1907, concerning, ...... xxxii 



Cutworms, concerning, ........ 386 



Dairy Bureau, financial statement of the, .... 289 



Membership of the, 267 



Prosecutions by the, . . . . . . .271 



Seventeenth annual report of the, ..... 269 



Dairy cattle, breeding and managing, lecture on, by Prof. Thomas 



Shaw, 66 



Management of, ........ 73 



Dairy herds, replenishing, ....... 77 



Dairying, the great future for, ...... 79 



Datanas, concerning the, ....... 123 



Directory of agricultural and similar associations, . . . 421 



Diseases of bees, concerning the, ...... 374 



Doves and pigeons, concerning, . . . . . .401 



Exhibitions, agricultural, dates of, and assignment of inspectors 



to, 172, 174 



Essex Agricultural Society, mortgage of property of, ... 7 



Experiments and station work, report of committee on, . . 177 



Fairs of agricultural societies, dates of, and assignment of in- 

 spectors to, ...... . 172, 174 



Farm, hatching and rearing chicks by natural methods on the, 



essay on, by John H. Robinson, .... 362 



Farm help, concerning, . . . . . . . 31, 34, 79 



Farm help problem, the, lecture on, by Burton W. Potter, Esq., . 139 

 Farm laborers, Italians as, ..... . 150, 155 



Farmers' clubs, officers of, ...... . 427 



Farmers' institutes, concerning, ...... xviii 



