576 INDEX. 



FAOE 



Appleton, Francis H., remarks by, at Westfield, .... 28 

 Appleton, Francis H , report by, as chairman of committee on for- 

 estry, roads and roadside improvements, 231 



Appropriations for agricultural purposes, legislative, . . . xv 



Ashes, unleached wood, as a fertilizer, ...... 133 



Barley and peas as a soiling crop, .... 

 Barnstable County Agricultural Society, returns of the, 

 Barnyard manure compares with other manures, how, 

 Barnyard manure, how to make and use, . 



. 279 



. 530 



. 306 



302, 309, 313 



Barnyard manux'e, use of, suggestions for the, essay on, by Prof. 



Charles Wellington, ......... 301 



Basic slag as a fertilizer, 141 



Beals, Chas. H., address of greeting by, 25 



Berkshire Agricultural Society, mortgage of property of, . . 18 



Berkshire Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 530 



Birds as destroyers of hairy caterpillars, essay on, by E. H. Forbush, 316 



Birds as insect destroyers, comparative use of certain families of, . 326 

 Birds feeding on gypsy moth, brown-tail moth and tent caterpillars, 



list of, 322 



Birds materially restrict the increase of hairy caterpillars, . . 333 



Birds observed feeding on hairy caterpillars, pupa3 or imagoes, . 329 



Blackstone Valley Agi-icultviral Society, returns of the, . . . 531 

 Board of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Board of. 

 Board of Cattle Commissioners. See Cattle Commissioners, Board 



of. 



Bordeaux mixture, concerning the use of, 271 



Boston milk and butter supply, statistics of, . . . . 398, 409 



Bristol County Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 532 



Brown-tail moth caterpillars, birds feeding on, .... 322 



Brown-tail moth work, report on, and financial statement, . . 384 



Bureaia, Dairj', ninth annual report of the, 391 



Butter, imitation, concerning, 393 



Butter, renovated, concerning, 397 



Butter, statistics of quantity and price, 398 



Cadle, J. D., address of welcome by, at Westfield, .... 30 

 Candage, R. G. F., report by, on Farmers' National Congress at 



Boston, 517 



Caterpillars, hairy, birds as destroyers of, essay on, by E. H. For- 

 bush, 316 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, annual report of the, . . . 419 



Cattle Commissioners, Board of, financial statement of, . . . 436 

 Cattle Commissioners, Board of, letters of, 422, 438, 442, 489, 492, 503 

 Cattle Commissioners, Board of, members of, . . . . 420, 562 



Cheese, concerning, 412 



Chlorine as a fertilizer, . . 162 



Clover as a soiling crop, . 274 



