466 INDEX. 



Orchards, cover crops for, .... 



Cullivation of, ..... • 



Fertilizing of, ..... • 

 Renovating old, essay on, by Prof. F. C. Sears, 

 Spraying of, ..... • 



Ornithologist, State, first annual report of the, . 

 Investigations by the, .... 



Owl, concerning the useful, .... 



PAGE 



. 413 



. 407 



38, 411 



. 406 



. 409 



. 333 



. 334 



. 351 



Paige, Dr. James B., lecture by, on lessons from a decade's ex- 

 perience in poultry keei^ing, ..... 60 



Patrons of lIusbandr3^ otlicers of, ..... . 445 



Peters, Dr. Austin, fourteenth semiannual re^jort by, as Chief of 



the Cattle Bureau, ....... 187 



Pine, white, forest mensuration of the, . . . . .312 



Seed of, how to collect and use, . . . . . .315 



Pine tree lilight, concerning the, ...... 307 



Potato, fungous diseases of the, ...... 364 



Insect enemies of the, ....... 363 



Potato culture, points in, ...... . 358, 360 



Potato-gi'owing suggestions, essay on, by Dr. Chas. D. AVoods, . 357 

 Potato scalj, formulas for, ........ 365 



Potatoes, fertilizing of, ....... . 361 



Poultry keeping, lessons from a decade's experience in, lectuio 



on, by Dr. James B. Paige, ..... 50 



Poultry products, statistics of, . . . . . . .51 



Premium lists, report of special conmaittee on revision of, . . 172 



I'remiums and gratuities, analysis of, ..... 424 



Publications of the Board of Agriculture in 1908, . . xxviii 



Rabies in work of the Cattle Bureau, .... 



Rane, Prof. F. W., report by, as State Forester, 



Rape for sheep, cultivation of, . 



Reforest waste lands, an opportunity to, . 



Reforestation act, concerning the, ..... 



Reforestation of New England, how may the farmer assist in the 

 Reforested lands from taxation, concerning the exemption of. 

 Rendering companies, report of, in 1908, .... 



Renovated butter in work of the Dairy Bureau, . 



Returns of societies, ........ 



Rural jjrogress, conference on, . . . . . • . 



198 

 285 

 25, 30 

 316 

 287 

 314 

 292 

 211 

 267 

 424 

 xxvii 



San Jose scale, concerning the, ..... 174, 182, 407 

 Report of sjiccial committee on the, . . . . .174 



Sears, Prof. F. C, essay by, on renovating old orchards, . . 406 

 Lecture by, on the planting of a commercial orchard in 



Massachusetts, ........ 34 



