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Hall, Walton, remarks by, at Westfield, 31 



Hampshire Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 536 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society, returns 



of the, 537 



Harrows, history and use of, 251 



Hatch Experiment Station, officers of the, 562 



Hatch Experiment Station, work of the, 225 



Herrick, H. K., address of welcome by, at Westfield, ... 27 



Highland Agricultural Society, returns of the, 538 



Hillside Agricultural Society, returns of the, 539 



Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, retvirns of the, . 539 



Holland and its people, lecture on, by Prof Wm. H. Niles, . . li 



Hoosac Valley Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 540 



Horticultural societies, officers of, 564 



Housatonic Agricultural Society, returns of the, .... 541 



Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, . . 568 



Insect destroyers, comparative usefulness of certain families of 



birds as, 326 



Insecticides, concerning certain, 269 



Insjjectors of animals, list of, 423 



Inspectors to fairs, assignment of, 218 



Institutes, farmers', concerning, xi, 234 



Institutes, farmers', report of special committee on, .... 234 



Iron as a fertilizer, 162 



Kainite as a fertilizer, 136 



Kerosene as an insecticide, 270, 298 



Kinney, H. R., lecture by, on market gardening, .... 86 



Kirkland, A. H., essay by, on the elm-leaf beetle in Massachusetts, 289 

 Kirkland, A. H., report by, as acting field director in brown-tail 



moth work, 386 



Kirkland, A. H., rejiort by, as acting field director in gypsy moth 



Avork, 356 



Lead arsenate as an insecticide, 270, 296 



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



Librarian, rej^ort of the, by F. H. Fowler, 236 



Life, country, lecture on, by Rev. Dr. Russell H. Couwell, . . 114 



Lime as a fertilizer, 158 



Loudon purple as an insecticide, 270 



M spikes, concerning the supplying of, xiv, 21 



Machines, farm, with some suggestions as to their use, the evolu- 

 tion of, essay on, by Geo. P. Smith, 246 



157 

 542 



Magnesia, sources of, and use as a fertilizer, .... 

 Manufacturers' Agricultural Society, returns of the. 

 Manure, barnyard, suggestions for the use of, essay on, by Prof 

 Charles Wellington, 



301 



