TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



State Board of Agriculture, 1909, 



Report of tlie Seci'etary, ..... 



IMiuutes of the Executive Committee of the Board, 

 IMinutes of Special Business Meetings of the Board, 

 Summer Field Meetings of the Board, 

 Public Winter Meeting of the Board at Greenfield, 

 Address of Welcome by Mr. E. B. Blake, . 

 Kcsponse for the Boai'd by Secretary Ellsworth, 

 Lecture : The Sheep Industiy in Massachusetts. By Mr. L. B 

 Harris, Lyndonville, Vt., ...... 



Lecture : The Planting of a Commercial Orchard in Massachu- 

 setts. By Prof. F. C. Sears, ..... 



Lecture : Lessons from a Decade's Experience in Poultry Keep 

 ing. By Dr. James B. Paige, ..... 



Lecture : Profitable Bee Keeping. By Mr. Charles Stewart, 

 Lecture : The Cow and the Man, — Twins of the Dairy Industry 

 By Prof. II. II. Dean, ....... 



Lecture : The Profitable Use of Commercial Fertilizers. By Dr 

 E. B. Voorhees, ........ 



Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Board, 

 Keport of Committee on Agricultural Societies, 

 Report of Committee on Experiments and Station Work, . 

 Report of Committee on Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 Report of Committee on Gypsy Moth, Insects and Birds, . 

 R('[)ort of Committee on Domestic Animals and Sanitation, 

 Report of Committee on Forestry, Roads and Roadside Improve 

 meats, .......... 



Report of Special Committee on Revision of Premium Lists, 



Report of Special Committee on San Jose Scale, 



lvei)ort of Special Committee on Cow-Testing Associations, 



Seventh Annual Report of the State Nursery Insijector, 



Fourteenth Semiannual Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, 



Eighteenth Annual Report of the State Dairy Bureau, 



Fifth Annual Report of the State Forester, 



First Annual Report of the State Ornithologist, . 



Essay: Potato-growing Suggestions. By Dr. Chas. D. Woods, 



