578 INDEX. 



PAGB 



Fairs, dates of, and assignment of inspectors to, ... . 218 

 Farm machines, evolution of, with some suggestions as to their 



use, essay on, by Geo. P. Smith, 246 



Farmers, trusts and their relation to the, lecture on, by Prof C. S. 



Walker, 185 



Farmers' clubs, officers of, 566 



Farmers' and mechanics' associations and clubs, officers of, . . 565 



Farmers' institutes, concerning, xi, 234 



Farmers' institutes, report of special committee on,. . . . 234 

 Farmers' National Congress at Boston, concerning the, . xii, 212, 517 

 Farmers' National Congress at Boston, report of the delegates to 



the, by R. G. F. Candage, 517 



Farmers' National Congress, resolutions by the, on the gypsy moth, 349 

 Fernald, Prof C. H., report by, as entomologist of the gypsy moth 



committee, 352 



Fertilizer guaranties, concerning, 167 



Fertilizers, commercial, the composition and economical use of, 



lecture on, by Dr. H. J. Wheeler, 131 



Fertilizers, potash, concerning, 133 



Fertilizers, soil tests by means of plants and, 164 



Financial returns of the incorporated societies, .... 529 

 Forbush, E. H., essay by, on birds as destroyers of hairy cater- 

 pillars, 316 



Forestry, roads and roadside improvements, report of committee on, 231 



Fowler, F. H., report by, as librarian, 236 



Franklin County Agricultural Society, returns of the, . . . 535 



Fruits, spraying of, 262 



Fungicides, concerning certain, 271 



Gardner, C. M., address of welcome by, at Westfield, ... 34 



Glanders, concerning, 486 



Granges, officers of the, 568 



Grass as a soiling crop, 275 



Grinnell, James S., letter to, concerning his resignation from the 



Board of Agriculture, 215 



Guaranties, factors for use in comparing fertilizer, .... 167 



Gypsy moth, concern' ng the, 13, 37, 341 



Gypsy moth, extermination of the, cost of, 353 



Gypsy moth, extermination of the, progress of the, . . 341,356,378 



Gypsy moth, extermination of the, possible, 352 



Gypsy moth, present condition of region infested by the, . . 364 



Gypsy moth, resolutions concerning the, 349 



Gypsy moth caterpillars, birds feeding on, 322 



Gypsy moth committee, aimual report of the, 341 



Gypsy moth committee, entomologist of the, report of the, . . 352 



Gypsy moth committee, field director of the, report of the acting, . 356 



Gypsy moth committee, financial report of the, .... 351 



Gypsy moth in the Legislature, essay on, by Merrick A. Morse, . 37 



Gypsy moth work, who should be interested in, . . . 353, 380 



