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Agricultural College. 

 The report of the examining committee of the Agricult- 

 ural College will be found printed on pages 305-314 of this 

 volume. Attention is also called to the lecture on "How 

 the Agricultural College and Experiment Station benefit the 

 farmer," by Dr. J. B. Lindsey of the class of 1883, and ex- 

 pert in charge of the department of foods and feeding of 

 the Hatch Experiment Station of the college. This lecture 

 will be found printed on pages 138-159 of this volume. 

 The annual report of the Experiment Station is by law bound 

 with the report of the secretary of the Board of Agriculture 

 in this volume. 



Returns of Societies. 

 These returns will be found printed on pages 263—292. A 

 summary, contrasting the totals of 1893, 1894 and 1895, is 

 printed on page 293. 



Agricultural Directory. 

 A directory of the agricultural organizations of the Com- 

 monwealth, with officers for 1896, has been prepared, and 

 will be found printed on pages 397-409 of this volume. 



Cattle Commission. 

 Section 51 of chapter 491 of the Acts of 1894 provides 

 that an abstract of the report of the Board of Cattle Com- 

 missioners to the Legislature shall be printed in the annual 

 report of the State Board of Agriculture. An abstract of 

 said report for 1895 will be found printed on pages 425-557 

 of this volume. 



Meetings of the Board. 

 The public winter meeting of the Board for lectures and 

 discussions was held atDalton, Dec. 3, 4 and 5, 1895. The 

 lectures and discussions will be found printed on passes 15— 

 197 of this volume. A special business meeting of the 

 Board was held atDalton, Dec. 3, 1895, an account of which 

 will be found printed on pages 9-12. The annual business 

 meeting of the Board was held at the office of the secretary, 



