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Essay : Three Common Orchard Scales. By Dr. Henry T. Fer- 



nald, ........... 353 



Essay : A Lesson in Economics : what the Agriculture of the 



Twentieth Century demands. By Dr. G. M. Twitchell, . 

 Essay : Selection and Improvement of the Dairy Herd. By Prof 



F. S. Cooley, 



Essay: Cranberry Culture in South-eastern Massachusetts. Bv 



John Bursley, ........ 



Essay : Irrigation in Humid Climates. By Prof. C. S. Phelps, 

 Essay : Poultry Keeping as a Principal Feature of Diversified 



Farming. By John II. Robinson, ..... 



Eleventh Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, 



Abstract of Report of Board of Cattle Commissioners, . . 459 



Returns of the Agricultural Societies, ...... 502 



Agricultural Directory, . . . . . . . .513 



Index, . . . . . . . . . . .531 



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