INDEX. 



530 



Farming, poultry keeping as a principal feature of diversified, 



essay on, by John II. Robinson, 

 Farms, abandoned, concerning, 

 Farms, New England, the relation of fruit culture to the value; 



of, lecture on, by George T. Powell, 

 Fernald, Dr. Henry T., essay by, on three common orchard 



SCtllGS, • • • ■ 



Fertilizers for potatoes, 



Flamande cattle, concerning, . 



Flea beetle, concerning the, 



Forests and forest preservation, 



Forestry, Massachusetts, essay on, by Hon. Wm. R. Sessions, 



Forestay, roads and roadside improvements, report of committee 



on, .......... 



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



France, butter making and selling in, 



France, cheese making in, concerning, .... 



France, dairying in, lecture on, by Maj. Henry E. Alvord, 

 Franklin Coimty Agricultural Society, mortgage of property of, 

 Fruit culture to the value of New England farms, the relation of, 



lecture on, by George T. Powell, ...... 



416 

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232 



353 

 47 



128 

 51 

 xi 



322 



302 

 320 

 123 

 129 

 121 

 283 



232 



Gardens, school, value of, . . . . . . .219 



Glanders in work of Cattle Commission, ..... 475 



Glucose in spraying mixtures, value of, . . . . 62, 111 



Goodell, Dr. H. H., address by, on the influence of the monks in 



agriculture, ......... 8 



Granges, officers of the, ........ 522 



Gruyere cheese, concerning the making of, ... . 133 



Gypsy moth, concerning the, ...... 84, 313 



Gypsy moth, insects and birds, report of the committee on, . 313 

 Gypsy moth committee, financial statement of the, . . .317 



Hatch Experiment Station, officers of the, . . . .516 



Heifers, rearing and developing, .... 175, 192, 387 



Hoard, Ex-Gov. W. D., lecture by, on dairy economics, . . 168 

 I lodge, Dr. C. F., lecture by, on nature study and the need of 



agriculture in a system of public education, .... 200 



Hog cholera, concerning, ....... 499 



Horses, history and value of, ...... . 345 



Horticultural societies, officers of, ..... . 518 



Husbandry, Patrons of, officers of, ..... . 522 



Insect enemies of the cranberry, concerning the, 

 Insect enemies of the potato, concerning the, 

 Insect pests, loss to the State from, . 



393 

 50 

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